Tyson Fury won’t let his kids follow him into boxing – because he wants them to battle it out to be the first in the family to graduate from university.
The self-proclaimed ‘Gypsy King’ faces Tom Schwarz at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas this weekend.
It is the next step towards becoming world heavyweight champion again as he eyes up a rematch with WBC title holder Deontay Wilder early next year.
But despite the Manchester-born traveller rising to the top of the sport he doesn’t want his kids to follow the same path.
Fury is married to wife Paris and they have five children - Venezuela, Prince John James, Prince Tyson Luke, Valencia and Prince Adonia Amazia.
He said: "I have been talking to my wife about this.
"It’s going to be very hard to follow me in what I've done.
"Usually in life you tend to do what your father does, you sort of get into that.
"I think boxing is a very hard sport and if you’re not talented it’s pointless.
"You can train as hard as you want and never get anywhere.
"You have got to be talented, you have to get the right breaks, be in the right place at the right time, you’ve got to train hard, dedicate and sacrifice most of your life and then you still might not have the chance to make it anyways.
"It is a tough thing to go through. I would like my kids to go and do something different.
"I've set a precedent by becoming a world heavyweight champion, a lineal champion and all that.
"I would like my children to go on and better that. It’s tough in sports, to be the best in your sport.
"I would love them to set a precedent and be the first Fury to graduate at university."
Fury says his eldest son, Prince John James, has no interest in contact sports and is more keen on going on the TV show the Crystal Maze.
But he is happy that the fighting lineage passed down from his bareknuckle boxing elders will end with him.
He added: "I believe it is the end of my family in bareknuckle boxing.
"I don’t think there is much use in it all now. Today it gets you in all sorts of bother. I want my kids to be out of trouble and healthy."
