John Fury, father and trainer of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has revealed that his son was forced to undergo surgery in the aftermath of his October win over Deontay Wilder.

The elder Fury indicates that Tyson went under the knife on both elbows to remove bone spurs.

In the trilogy contest, Fury was forced to overcome two knockdowns in the fourth round, to eventually score a knockout of Wilder in the eleventh.

John Fury explains that his son was already injured when he entered the ring for the trilogy encounter, which led to a change in strategy for the fight.

"To be honest it wasn’t a boxing match was it?," John Fury told BT Sport.

"Because Tyson was very badly injured going into that fight, he had to have chromosome injections in both elbows, both elbows were numb. He’s since had an operation, six hours, all day in the hospital having to sort out his elbows, because I think he had some bone spurs he had to get removed. Common thing in sportsmen, especially boxers.

"He was handicapped from the beginning. The boxing side of it went out the window because I knew he was going to be like that from early on. When I seen the look on his eye, I just knew he wanted to seek and destroy. That’s what he did and believe me, it was exciting for the paying public."

Wilder suffered a right hand injury during the bout and he too underwent surgery in the aftermath.

Fury's next fight is scheduled to take place in the first quarter of 2022. The likely opponent, at this point, is WBC interim champion Dillian Whyte. The sanctioning body is expected to order the contest at their annual convention taking place later this month.