John Fury, father of WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury, is worried that his son has "200 yes men" around him.

Fury is scheduled to defend his title against Deontay Wilder in a trilogy fight, on October 9th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Back in February 2020, Fury dominated and stopped Wilder in the seventh round to capture the WBC title.

John Fury doesn't like the high volume of individuals that he feels are using his son for his fame and money.

"When he gets off the plane in Las Vegas, you've got 200 yes men waiting for him looking to get that from him," John Fury told BT Sport.

"Because he's the Pied Piper, ain't he? That's what he does. People follow him around just to get what they can. 'Yes, Tyson. You're this, you're that, you're the best in the world. We love you.'

"This kid's heard it all before in my life. They don't love you, they don't care you, they just want your money and your profile to make their status bigger for being around you."

John Fury feels that his son's drive is being affected by too many people being in the camp. He doesn't like what he's seeing from his son in training sessions. 

"You need people like me. Somebody's got to point the finger at the bad guy. Tony Montana said that in the film Scarface. Point it at me. But I am the bad guy because I'm getting that boot up the backside and down the road, gone. Because they're not relevant to his job. Or he'll get beat," John Fury said.

"He needs to work, like we're working in here. One-to-one, a select few people around him who he can trust and work and work again. And get it all right and shed blood, snot and tears in the gym. And I don't see him doing that today.

"He's sort of lost his bit of movement that he had, for my money. He used to be elusive, he used to be awkward, coming at you from all different styles. He's gone a bit one dimensional."