Morecambe's world heavyweight boxing champion and two of his brothers have been ordered to pay nearly £100,000 in unpaid business taxes.
Tyson Fury and his brothers Shane and John were taken to court by Cheshire East Council for not paying the taxes since April 2021 on land they owned in Styal, Cheshire.
None of the siblings were at Chester Magistrates' Court on Tuesday but their father John Fury Snr gave evidence saying the case was "ridiculous" and his WBC Heavyweight Champion son paid "millions" in tax every year.
Mr Fury Snr confirmed he had previously transferred his ownership of the Moss Lane site to them.
The court heard he rented a storage yard, said to be "a stone's throw away" from Manchester Airport, for £600 per month to businessman Babakir Elmosbah - who said he was the director of a valet parking service firm which used the site for airport customers.
However, District Judge John McGarva said the company, Holiday Car Parks Manchester Ltd, actually occupied the premises.
He ordered the siblings to pay the business rates bill of £82,166.85, plus the council's court costs of £17,206.
John Fury Snr said: "All I have done is rent a piece of land out to this gentleman (Mr Elmosbah). I don't have any understanding of what business they do.
"I'm an old-fashioned man and I'm semi-literate. That's how it is.
"It's not my field. I try to keep away from paperwork."
He said his sons "have nothing to do with it".
"Especially Tyson, when you are paying millions in tax every year. He has not lived here for 18 years."
Martin Budworth, representing the brothers, had argued the council had no positive case against his clients, other than that their names were recorded on the Land Register.
Judge McGarva said the local authority did not dispute that Holiday Car Parks Manchester Ltd existed, but said Mr Elmosbah could not explain why it was listed as dormant in its accounts for the year ending August 2022.
It also had no employees during the period.
The judge also said it was "wholly unsatisfactory" he had not heard from any of the brothers in person, or from Mr Fury Snr's adviser.
He said the lease agreement "left more questions than answers," including why Mr Fury Snr had agreed to lease a property he had "already disposed of".
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