Hennessy Sports is delighted to announce a groundbreaking partnership with YouTube that will offer a new way of watching Boxing.
The blockbuster WBO World Heavyweight Championship title fight between Joseph Parker and Hughie Fury on Saturday 23rd September at the Manchester Arena will be shown exclusively live in the UK and Ireland on YouTube (www.youtube.com/parkerfury) on a pay-per-view basis with further countries to be announced shortly.
By Scott Gilfoid: #1 WBO Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) will finally be getting his world title shot against WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (23-0, 18 KOs) on September 23 at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, England. Hughie will be 23 and having been out of action for almost 2 years. The World Boxing Organization is still letting Hughie keep his No.1 spot in their rankings despite his long period of inactivity.
Hennessy Sports and Duco Promotions are delighted to announce that the highly anticipated showdown between British and Irish heavyweight star Hughie Fury and the WBO World Heavyweight Champion Joseph Parker will take place on Saturday 23rd September at the Manchester Arena.
Fury, the WBO #1 ranked and mandatory challenger, faces the hard-punching Parker in a thrilling match-up in boxing’s flagship glamour division between the undefeated young stars that has the potential to be one of the Fights of the Year.
By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew has been talking a lot lately about how WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker’s people have contacted him to discuss a fight between them, but it appears that he’ll have to defend against Hughie Fury instead. Fury, 22, is still Parker’s mandatory challenger despite having suffered a back injury that caused him to pull out of last Saturday’s fight with Parker.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (22-0, 18 KOs) will be looking to take the scalp of his young 22-year-old challenger Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) on May 6 next month, and then possibly Tyson Fury afterwards if he comes sniffing about on the revenge trail. Parker, 25, would like nothing better than to bag both of the Fury’s to add them to his resume of fine pelts. But first things first, Parker needs to whip the 6’6” Hughie in order to get Tyson worked enough to where he’ll want to get up off the couch, lose some weight, and finally get back into the ring to end his long 2-year layoff from boxing.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is pretty excited about his fight on July 2 against the 29-year-old Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KOs), who he’s giving a chance to pull off an upset against the “Pacman” at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. With Horn fighting in front of his own fans, which could number as many as 50,000, Arum says he won’t be as nervous as he would be if he were fighting in the U.S.
By Scott Gilfoid: Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) is targeting Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) as fighter that he wants to face in 2017 if he can get past IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) in their fight on April 29. Hughie, the cousin of former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is clearly convinced in his mind that the 41-year-old Wladimir will beat Joshua, who he sees a fighter that is too green to be taking on a guy as experienced as the Ukrainian.
By Jeff Aranow: Following a request by K2 Promotions, the World Boxing Council has given the green light to a rematch between newly crowned WBC super flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (43-4-1, 39 KOs) and former WBC champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs) by ordering a rematch between them. Gonzalez lost a disputed 12 round majority decision to Rungvisai on March 18 last month at Madison Square Garden in New York. The judges scored the fight 114-112, 114-112, and 113-113. the 29-year-old Gonzalez was knocked down by a right hand to the body in round 1. It was a flash knockdown. In round 6, Rungvisai lost a point for a head-butt.
By Jim Dower: Unbeaten #2 WBO contender Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) will be without his trainer/father Peter Fury for his May 6 fight against WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (22-0, 18 KOs), as his visa to enter New Zealand was declined. Parker vs. Fury will be taking place at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (22-0, 18 KOs) is welcoming former champion Tyson Fury to be at ringside when he faces his cousin Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) on May 6 at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. Parker, 25, thinks it would be nice to have Tyson Fury there to watch him as he battles it out with Hughie.