John Fury, father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes his son's last performance was a wake-up call for the entire team.

Back in October, Fury struggled to win a close ten round split decision over former UFC champion Francis Ngannou, who was making his pro debut.

Fury was dropped in the third round and had issues with Ngannou's style for the remainder of the fight.

Next month, on February 17 in Saudi Arabia, Fury is scheduled to face WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA champion Oleksandr Usyk in an undisputed showdown.

John Fury felt that his son's recent in-ring issues have placed the whole team on alert.

“Absolutely. Everybody needs a wake-up call now and again and without these wake-up calls, you’re never going to wake up are you? Tyson has tended to get a bit lackadaisical with what he’s doing, but he’s always been a good worker. Against Ngannou, he had to rely on how good he is because he underestimated Francis and it was only me saying that Ngannou is a world champion in his own right, he’s the hardest hitting heavyweight on record and that needed to be respected," John Fury said to Betfred.

“The fact that people were saying that it’s only Francis’ first fight was a load of rubbish because he’s been kicked in the face, elbowed in the face and stamped in the face. He’s not going to be bothered by a right-hander or a left hook is he Tyson’s team totally got it wrong and I stand by that statement. Let’s hope they’ve learnt from that fight and if they haven’t, then Usyk will win because you need to prepare properly and it’s more about brains than anything and you need brains in your corner. Usyk’s got them, so let’s see if Tyson’s team can match Usyk’s team but from what I’ve seen, I don’t think they can.

“Forget Tyson’s team because he’s that great, just wind him up and let him go because all they can do for him is give him a drink of water. Tyson has too much knowledge, too much heart, too much skill, too much determination and he’s far too big, so a 70% Tyson will do the trick."