This guy must be joking, he was offered the AJ fight on 3 occasions and turned it down, since Parker took his 0 all of sudden he is ready to fight AJ. Mind you this clown ducked Joyce who isn't on AJ's level. Its clear he is looking for a payday now. I give him credit for taking on Pulev, who is an even bigger clown and ducker than he is.
He’s absolutely spot on. You guys are going to be made to eat your words big time. Not only does Hughie make Joshua look stupid in the ring, the technical pure boxing style would have the casuals in fits and reduce Joshua’s mainstream appeal. Hearn and Joshu will do everything to avoid this fight. Hughie is a brutal puncher and he showed that when he annihilated Sexton with the most stylish KO of the year: https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/throwback-to-the-most-stylish-ko-of-the-year-so-far.615808/ Hughie will beat Pulev easily and become IBF mandatory. He knocks out Joshua. On what planet did Hughie Fury duck Joshua three times?
Let’s not forget that Dillian Whyte completely shat it from Pulev, yet Hughie Fury is going to Bulgaria to earn his shot at the IBF. He should be respected for that yet we have people slandering him on here. What has Hughie Fury ever done to warrant abuse? His defensive performance against Parker? Yeah, you can criticise him for not showing more aggression but in his immediate next fight he learned his lesson and produced and exquisite KO.
Hughie "Running man" Fury...The instant he gets touched by a decent puncher, he will start running Again....
Speaking of Whyte who the OP didn't mention...that's another guy Hughie turned down bc they were FRIENDS???? lol Hughie cant punch and will always be an arm puncher who didn't put the physical work in early to develop a better body capable of producing more compact punching... Spoiler Alert : No one named Hughie is going to rule a current SHW division.
Hughie turned down, AJ three times, he turned down Wilder twice, he turned Dillian, Joyce too. Fury couldn’t punch his way out of a paper bag.
Name these three occasions he turned down Joshua and provide sources. He said he didn’t want to fight Whyte and as far as I remember Whyte expressed similar sentiment at the time on Twitter before eventually changing his tune and accusing Hughie of ducking. Yes he turned down Wilder when he was 21 years old and suffering from an illness which hadn’t been properly diagnosed nor treated at the time. He has “turned down Joyce” to take an IBF final eliminator against Pulev in Bulgaria. Not only is the Pulev fight a bigger fight with a bigger prize involved, it’s arguably the tougher fight because he’s going to his opponent’s backyard. This Hughie hate thread is embarrassing. Like I said Hughie is a good man, a good boxer and doesn’t warrant any abuse. If he churns out another negative Parker type performance by all means criticise him. Until them, show him respect for taking a fight that no one else dared accepting.
I will quote the sources just wait, he said he didn’t wanna fight Dillian because they don’t fight friends but Dillian was happy to fight him. He turned down the Joyce fight before he got the Pulev shot, remember Dillian was first ordered to fight Pulev then Miller was after. Hughie isn’t a bad fighter, I picked him to beat Parker and I’m picking him to beat Pulev however he is boring as hell to most people he can’t punch and AJ would beat him. He is talkin **** now that he is no longer undefeated.
He's highly skilled and he has heart. Maybe he will come in to his power as Peter says. If so he will give anyone problems. He put sexton away beautifully anyway. If he beats pulev in his backyard after Whyte and Breazeale declined then he's well in the mix despite not having a rich backer. Give the man his due!
I just said above I give him credit for fighting Pulev, did you not see that part. However he needs to relax with this I’m a nightmare for AJ, when he turned the fight on three occasions in the past.