Peter Fury

Peter Fury and David Higgins have made their peace with the British boxing trainer saying there was nothing personal in their ugly spat.

Higgins, the promoter of WBO world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker, was thrown out of the opening press conference of fight week when he angrily confronted Fury over the lack of a neutral referee for Sunday's fight in Manchester (NZT).

Fury, the father and trainer of Parker's opponent Hughie Fury, fired off an expletive-riddled volley of abuse at Higgins as the Kiwi was escorted out of the plush London hotel by security guards.

Peter Fury masterminded his nephew Tyson Fury's stunning win over Klitschko in December 2015, a result that blew the division open after 11 years of dominance by the giant Ukrainian.

Now Peter Fury is hoping his son Hughie will beat WBO champion Parker in Manchester on Sunday (NZT) and return the belt to the family.

Peter Fury might have been rudely dismissive of Parker's promoter David Higgins in an expletive riddled send-off as they argued over the British referee controlling this fight, but he had nothing but praise for the 25-year-old New Zealand boxer.

The two were set to fight in Auckland on May 6 for Parker's WBO world heavyweight title but Fury pulled out on the weekend with a back injury.

Parker's promoter, David Higgins, has since questioned the legitimacy of Fury's injury but in a column in the UK Mirror, Peter Fury says Hughie is indeed hurt and that Parker's team wanted to move the fight to the UK.

"We have written evidence of us saying 'let's stop messing around and get on with May 6," Fury said.

Fury's application for a visa has been rejected by Immigration New Zealand on character grounds.

He was jailed for ten years in 1995 for possession and intent to supply amphetamine.

In 2008, Peter Fury was sentenced to another two years for drug-related money laundering.

In a statement, Immigration New Zealand area manager Darren Calder said the case "was fully considered and all representations submitted on Mr Fury's behalf were taken into account before a decision was made to decline his request".