Tyson Fury family feud breaks out hours before 16-year-old daughter's wedding

Tyson Fury's 16-year-old daughter Venezuela is set to marry her partner Noah Price this weekend, though the couple's special day risks being overshadowed by a bitter rift that has torn through her family. The teenager, who is the two-time heavyweight boxing champion's eldest daughter, became engaged to 19-year-old Noah at her 16th birthday party last year.

The pair are due to exchange vows on Saturday, with Venezuela enthusiastically documenting her final wedding preparations for her social media followers earlier this week. Yet the run-up to the ceremony has been far from smooth, with her father, Tyson and grandfather, John, enduring a significant falling-out earlier this year, with the latter voicing his misgivings about his granddaughter getting married at such a young age.

In a veiled warning directed at Venezuela, the forthright 60-year-old confessed he was taken aback by news of her engagement, as he aired his worries to Tyson and his younger son, Tommy, during an appearance on the recently broadcast Netflix series At Home With The Furys.

While Tyson had championed amateur boxer Noah as a "decent fella", an incensed John challenged whether his granddaughter should have a wedding at such a young age.

"They're children!," he said. "I don't think she's mature enough for anything like - she's still a baby. On my watch a 15-year-old should never have a boyfriend, never."

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While the decision to allow their daughter to wed at 16 has ignited public debate, it is one that the Furys have staunchly stood by, with her mother, Paris, recently telling This Morning that the teenager is "so mature for her years".

"She's done so much in such a short time just because of who she is and the fact that she's got six younger brothers and sisters that she's helped bring up, I can't deny it," Paris said.

"I can't deny her because I was 17 when I got engaged. She's obviously following in my footsteps, so how can I judge her in any way.

"I know she's young. But I think she's found the person she loves and if she's happy, I will completely support her."

Whether John will attend Saturday's wedding remains to be seen, having declined to attend Tyson's comeback bout against Arslanbek Makhmudov last month after disclosing that the pair were no longer on speaking terms.

John confessed that his once-close bond with his son had been "completely destroyed" by boxing, going as far as refusing to watch 'The Gypsy King' return to the ring.

A central factor behind the rift was Tyson's choice to come out of retirement for a fifth time to face Makhmudov, with the boxer acknowledging that his father had urged him to hang up his gloves six years ago, following his first win over Deontay Wilder.

"I think he's concerned," Tyson told Good Morning Britain. "When it's your kids, when it's your close relatives or whatever, I think you feel very concerned for the individual.

"He's got his opinions and he doesn't want me to do it – he never has wanted me to do it for the past six years."

When asked whether his father would attend his bout against Makhmudov, Tyson replied: "He might do. But he didn't come to the Usyk II fight so I'm not holding my breath.

"My dad will do what my dad will do, he's his own man and there's nothing I can do about it. If he turns up, great and if he doesn't, also great."