59 Facts About Hughie Fury

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Hughie Lewis Fury was born on 18 September 1994 and is a British professional boxer.

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Hughie Fury challenged once for the WBO heavyweight title in 2017 and at regional level held the British heavyweight title in 2018.

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Hughie Lewis Fury was born on 18 September 1994 in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, to a family of Irish Traveller heritage.

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Hughie Fury is the first cousin of Tyson Fury, both of whom have stated that they are aiming to become "the new Klitschkos" and dominate the heavyweight division.

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Hughie Fury is the cousin of heavyweight boxer Nathan Gorman, as well as light heavyweight boxer and former Love Island contestant Tommy Fury.

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In 2012, Hughie Fury represented England at the Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships in Yerevan.

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Hughie Fury won a gold medal at super-heavyweight and became the first British fighter to win one at that weight class in that event.

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Hughie Fury turned professional at the age of 18, the year following his gold medal win at the Youth World Amateur Championships.

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Hughie Fury fought at the Bell Centre in Montreal on the undercard of Stevenson-Boon II on 22 March 2013, against 34 year old David Whittom in a scheduled four round fight.

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Hughie Fury defeated American Alex Rozman via first round stoppage.

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Ten days following the points win, Hughie Fury travelled to Romania to fight at the Sala Olympia in Timisoara on an unsanctioned show against defeating Janos Finfera.

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Hughie Fury kept his unbeaten record intact with a 6-round unanimous decision win over Dorian Darch at the York Hall in London.

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Hughie Fury was next scheduled to fight little known Croatian fighter Hrvoje Kisicek in a scheduled 6 round bout at the Hermitage Leisure Centre in Whitwick.

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Hughie Fury picked up his 7th stoppage of his career with a hard-fought 4th-round TKO win over Gegeshidze.

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Hughie Fury next fought 36-year-old Matthew Greer and defeated him in the 2nd round of a scheduled 6 round fight at the Copper Box Arena in London.

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Hughie Fury knocked Greer down three times in the 2nd round to get the stoppage.

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Hughie Fury went the 8 round distance for the first time in his career, winning seven rounds, against Danny Hughes.

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In February 2015, Hughie Fury faced off against his toughest opponent to date on paper, Andriy Rudenko.

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Hughie Fury defeated Rudenko in his first ever 10 round fight via unanimous decision on the Golovkin-Murray fight card at the Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

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Hughie Fury took five months off before returning in July at the Derby Arena in Derby against 41 year old veteran and former Brazilian heavyweight champion George Arias, who had won 56 of 68 pro fights since 1996.

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Hughie Fury remained unbeaten with a points decision win over former world cruiserweight title challenger Arias.

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Hughie Fury picked up his 9th knockout of his career in stopping journeyman Zarate in the 2nd round of the scheduled eight round bout.

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Hughie Fury hit Zarate with a right hand to the left side of his head, causing him to fall down face first on the canvas.

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Hughie Fury fought 37 year old Larry Olubamiwo in an 8-round fight, defeating him via first round stoppage under 2 minutes in round one.

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However, Peter Fury stated that Hughie would be in a big fight next year before a shot at the WBC title.

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Hughie Fury fought in March 2016 outpointing 40 year old American boxer Dominick Guinn in a 10-round decision at the Wembley Arena in London.

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Hughie Fury extended his unbeaten run to 20 wins and no losses since turning pro in 2013.

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In May 2016, Peter Fury claimed that Hughie was operating only at 30 or 40 percent because of an ongoing skin condition causing fatigue and affecting the immune system.

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Hughie Fury had been fighting these health issues since January 2015.

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In January 2017, Hughie Fury spoke about the acne and health issues he had over the years and how he battled to overcome them:.

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Hughie Fury told me the bad infected blood basically poisons the insides, affects your immune system and you are always fatigued.

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In December 2016, following Joseph Parker's WBO heavyweight title victory, Hughie Fury, ranked number 2 by the WBO, was in contention to fight him next.

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Hughie Fury wanted the fight to take place in the UK whilst Parker preferred it to be in New Zealand.

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Frank Warren, representing Hughie Fury, who made a bid of $2,800,000, wanted the fight to take place in the UK.

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On 22 March 2017, Peter Hughie Fury was denied a VISA entry into New Zealand.

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Hughie Fury has been declared medically unfit to box following a medical assessment.

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Peter Hughie Fury later stated that he wanted to reschedule the fight as soon as possible.

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Hughie Fury later released a statement revealing Parker's promoters had been trying to switch the location of the fight to England because of money issues.

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On 9 June 2017, Peter Hughie Fury confirmed that the fight would now take place at the Manchester Arena in Manchester on 23 September.

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The WBO blocked Hughie Fury from taking part in a warm-up fight at the Copper Box because as per WBO rules, once a mandatory challenger agrees to fight the world champion, he cannot participate in a professional fight before then.

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Hughie Fury failed to capture his first world title after he was outworked by Parker.

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The opening six rounds saw Hughie Fury flicking his jab in to thin air, which caused Parker to think twice before going on the attack.

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Parker finished strongly in the last two rounds as Hughie Fury started showing signs of fatigue.

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Hughie Fury was really awkward and his movement was good, but I caught him with the harder punches I felt.

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Hughie Fury made it clear that the result would not be investigated or overturned.

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Hughie Fury started the fight moving around the ring throwing jabs and right hands.

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Hughie Fury had suffered the cut over his left eye during training camp and Pulev took advantage by opening it up again.

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Hughie Fury was stitched up two weeks ago but they [the doctors] said it would heal in time for the fight and obviously it didn't.

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Hughie Fury spent the majority of the second half of the fight trying to counter Pulev, however was unable to land any meaningful shot.

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Hughie Fury believed the cut was what ultimately lost him the fight.

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On 22 March 2019, Hughie Fury vacated the British heavyweight title citing injury.

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On 9 April 2019, Hennessy Sports announced Hughie Fury would make his ring return on 25 May 2019 at the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester, live on free-to-air Channel 5.

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Hughie Fury dominated Chris Norrad and dropped him in the second round.

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On 12 July 2019, Hughie Fury faced former WBC champion Samuel Peter.

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Hughie Fury dominated almost every segment of the fight, which culminated in Peter withdrawing from the fight, midway through the seventh round, due to a shoulder injury.

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Hughie Fury had some success early in the fight, but once Povetkin started landing his right hand Hughie Fury's advantages faded away.

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Hughie Fury faced former world title challenger Mariusz Wach on the Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev undercard on 12 December 2020.

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On 16 October 2021, Hughie Fury defeated Christian Hammer when the latter retired in his corner after five rounds.

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Hughie Fury has been unable to fight for over a year due to having Long COVID.