Hughie Fury

By Scott Gilfoid: 18-year-old heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (4-0, 3 KO’s) will be facing an opponent over twice his age this Saturday night in 38-year-old journeyman Ladislav Kovarik (10-14, 5 KO’s) on the undercard of the James DeGale vs. Stjepan Bozic fight at the Glow, Bluewater, Greenhithe, Kent, United Kingdom.

The Fury- Kovarik fight is stacked up to be another mismatch for the young Fury to pad his record with. I mean, Kovarik, from the Czech Republic, has lost 11 of his last 13 fights and one of the losses was a 1st round knockout to Richard Towers. I don’t really see the gain for the 6’6” Hughie in fighting someone of this caliber.

You’d like to see a fighter being put in with someone with at least someone that can give young Hughie some rounds, wouldn’t you?

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By Scott Gilfoid: 18-year-old heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (4-0, 3 KO’s) will be back in the ring this Saturday, June 8th in a scheduled 4 round bout against an opponent still to be determined at the Glow, Bluewater, Greenhithe, Kent, United Kingdom.

The fact that the 6’6” Fury still doesn’t have an opponent with the fight less than a week away speaks volumes for the kind of fighter he’ll likely be in there with on Saturday. Whoever it is, I just hope they’re still sporting a pulse because I want to see Hughie fight a live body for a change instead of the victims they’ve been carting out thus far in Fury’s previous four fights.

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By Scott Gilfoid: 18-year-old heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (4-0, 3 KO’s) scored a 2nd round TKO win over winless Janos Finfera (0-5) on Friday night in Timisoara, Romania. The 6’6” Fury unloaded an avalanche of shots that ended with the 29-year-old Finfera getting stopped.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (3-0, 2 KO’s) labored past journeyman Moses Matovu (4-27-3) in beating him by a 4 round points decision on Tuesday night at the City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Referee John Lowery scored the fight 40-36 for Fury.

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By Scott Gilfoid: 18-year-old heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (2-0, 2 KO’s) will be looking for this third straight win tonight against 36-year-old journeyman Moses Matovu (4-26-3) in a scheduled 4 round bout at the City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Fury’s promoter is taking it really easy on the 6’6” Fury because of the risk involved in putting a green fighter like him against someone that can actually fight.

Matovu has lost his last 12 fights and he fights in the cruiserweight division, not the heavyweight division. He doesn’t have one knockout on his resume despite having fought 33 times in the past.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (2-0, 2 KO’s) will be returning to the ring this month on May 11th against 45-year-old journeyman Dean Storey (8-16-2, 4 KO’s) in a scheduled four round bout at the Festival Arena, Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada.

Fury, the 18-year-old cousin of heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, is following in his footsteps or at least trying to. A little bit shorter at a listed 6’6” rather than 6’7”, Hughie is pretty much the same kind of heavyweight as Tyson Fury, but with a much better jab, better ring movement, better defensive skills and a superior left hook and right hand.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight Hughie Fury will be making his pro debut tonight against journeyman David Whittom (11-19-1, 7 KO’s) in a fight scheduled for four rounds on the undercard of the Adonis Stevenson vs. Darnell Boone card at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada.

Fury, listed at 6’8”, is the nephew of unbeaten heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, and like Tyson, Hughie has little in the way of power, and tends to slap a lot with his punches. Hughie looks closer to 6’6” than 6’8”, so don’t buy the 6’8” business because he clearly looks to beat three inches shorter than Tyson when standing up.

Tyson and his promoter Mick Hennessey see Hughie as a future world champion. At 18, he’ll have to improve dramatically for that to happen because he’s too much of a slapper and too weak to compete with any of the current champions. He’s also old looking for 18, and it makes you wonder whether this guy is one of those types that matures quickly but then is washed up by the time he’s in his early 30s.

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