What's Going To Happen To Hughie?

[Boxerbeetle]

Anyone know how much he can deadlift? That's critical information.

[rd350lc]

He's just a thin roman greenberg

good call

[Neil Gee]

He'll need to do more than use his legs and a flicky jab to get passed British level. He certainly wins a title for most boring heavyweight as he is at the moment. Boring, boring Hughie. Nobody would be getting excited about him if he weren't Tyson's cousin.

[rd350lc]

He'll need to do more than use his legs and a flicky jab to get passed British level. He certainly wins a title for most boring heavyweight as he is at the moment..

not unlike how Tyson won the title

[Neil Gee]

He'll need to do more than use his legs and a flicky jab to get passed British level. He certainly wins a title for most boring heavyweight as he is at the moment..

not unlike how Tyson won the title

[PredatorHayds]

I'd pay £16 to see a Fury Sr- Eubank Sr fight.

[asdfjkl]

The option, he's the top of the world, better than his cousin, AJ, Klitschko as he has ever been and name them. Doesn't even exist, that should say enough.

[crusader]

I voted Euro level, but he's still a very young HW and a lot can change.

He does have some solid skills, but he's clearly lacking in power (Tyson has been criticized for a lack of pop, but was doing much more damage at the same age) and he doesn't have the extreme dimensions that give his cousin significant height and reach advantages over pretty much everyone. As he steps up I think he will find it tougher to get opponents' respect with his punch, and tougher to keep them at bay by jabbing and moving.

[Bodyshot3]

voted Euro level, but he's still a very young HW and a lot can change.

He does have some solid skills, but he's clearly lacking in power (Tyson has been criticized for a lack of pop, but was doing much more damage at the same age) and he doesn't have the extreme dimensions that give his cousin significant height and reach advantages over pretty much everyone. As he steps up I think he will find it tougher to get opponents' respect with his punch, and tougher to keep them at bay by jabbing and moving.

Think you might be right Crusader, I was a tad more optimistic as there's such a paucity of talent out there.
It is not as if Bowe, Mercer, Holyfield, Lewis or even Morrison were waiting in the wings for him!

A great deal will depend on whether Hughie fills-out enough and can add a bit more to his punches without losing his mobility and work-rate which seems to be his main calling card. Another stone and a bit would not do him any harm as long as it around his waist.

But I still worry that one of the bigger guys, with some hitting power and some mobility, will fancy his chances and just shrug-off Hughie's jabs.