By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (5-0, 4 KO’s) has his 6th mismatch of his career tonight against journeyman Tomas Mrazek (7-40-6, 5 KO’s) in a 6-round scheduled fight that will be lucky if it goes one round at the Epic Centre, Magdalen Street, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
Hughie, 6’6”, is on a mission to break former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson’s record of being the youngest heavyweight champion in the world when he picked up a world title at the age of 20.
Hughie is doing a good job of padding his own record against opposition that I wouldn’t even call C level, but I don’t see Hughie facing the kind of opposition that is putting him on course for even coming close to breaking Mike Tyson’s record.
At this point I’m thinking Hughie is on the same course as his cousin Tyson Fury, who has been a pro since 2008 and he’s still not close to getting a world title shot.
Fury isn’t helping himself either by his recent decision to turn down an IBF heavyweight eliminator bout against Kubrat Pulev that would have put Fury in the position to get a fight against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Hughie will destroy Mrazek tonight, but so what? It’s not as if Mrazek isn’t already getting beaten left and right 24/7. I mean, the guy has lost 8 out of his last 9 fights. If Hughie can’t knock this guy out at least dominate him then he needs to retire and retire quickly because his career is going nowhere fast.
Hughie is 18, but he looks like he’s 28, and I don’t think he’s going to get that much better, I really don’t. If Hughie can’t obliterate a fighter like Mrazek then it’s a bad omen for the rest of Fury’s career because this guy is type that you have to destroy if you’re going to have any chance of being anything.
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