At noon on March 14, 2022, Beijing time, Ben Shalom, CEO of The well-known British boxing promotion company Boxer, said in an interview with the British Sky Sports TV reporter that he is seeking opportunities for his heavyweight boxer and former heavyweight world champion challenger Hughie Fury to participate in major competitions in order to be able to play against higher-strength opponents.
A few days ago, the WBA officially ordered Hughie Furi to play against Finnish heavyweight boxing veteran Robert Helenius.
For the WBA's decision, Ben Shalom gave a positive response in an interview, saying: "This game is entirely possible, and what Hughie Furi wants now is a big game. But to be honest, Hughie Fury prefers to play some title battles, such as Daniel Dubois or Trevor Brian, but considering that these two guys are going to fight the title united battle, it is also a good choice to compete with the winner between the two of them. ”
Bin Shalom also told reporters that he had tried to arrange a match between Hughie Fury and heavyweight veteran Derek Chisola, but it was clear that Derek Chisola was not interested in Hughie Furi, who had not won the title of World Boxing Champion. Derek Chissola, 38, has suffered three consecutive defeats, but all of them are world champion-level opponents such as Oleksandr Usik and Joseph Parker (twice). In desperation, Ben Shalom had to find other candidates for Hughie Fury.
Bin Shalom told reporters: "We really wanted Touji Furi and Derek Chisola to have a fight, but Derek Chisola wasn't interested at all. So we're thinking about various other options and communicating with other teams. We also don't know who will be interested in our invitation. What are the other options, you ask? For example, Michael Hunter, Chris Areola, and maybe Dominic Bretzel. However, all this makes sense if both parties are interested. At the moment, Derek Chissola still has a large market in the UK, but unfortunately he is reluctant to do so, but fortunately we have many other options. ”
Hughie Fury, 27, has won three straight since losing to former heavyweight world boxing champion Alexander Povitkin in 2019. However, after beating veteran Christian Hammer in October last year, Hughie Furi has never played again. And the quality of Hughie Fury's matches began to decline year by year, and now many boxing fans only remember that he is the cousin of the current WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury, a member of the boxing family Ofory, but few people remember that he was also a challenger of the heavyweight world boxing king, and he was only 23 years old at that time.
I believe that the current Hughie Furi is far from reaching his limits, and there is still a lot of potential to be tapped, although I dare not say that I can secure the title of heavyweight world boxing champion, but it is still enough to act as a gatekeeper of the heavyweight world boxing throne. What Hughie Fury lacks at the moment is the honing of high-quality competition, which is perhaps why Ben Shalom has carefully selected opponents for him.
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