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Peter Fury has made a offer larger than what was made to Thompson to fight Price on both occasions to box Hughie on the Fury Haye card,bad move IMO so early on,claiming that when Furys ready to vacate his world titles Hugh will be waiting to pick them up



http://www.worldboxingnews.net/news/201 ... er-28.html

He wont win 1 world title won't Fury!

Hope its true. And hope Tony takes it. Very intriguing.

According to Fury's website Thompson has a better offer but theirs still stands should the other one fall through.
I rate Hughie but I don't think he's ready for this yet.

rm1 wrote:According to Fury's website Thompson has a better offer but theirs still stands should the other one fall through.
I rate Hughie but I don't think he's ready for this yet.

The 'better offer' could well be Pulev. There have been talks of Thompson v Pulev.

Exactly the fight they need to be taking if they are going after the youngest ever heavyweight champion

jackukmma wrote:Exactly the fight they need to be taking if they are going after the youngest ever heavyweight champion

I take it mike tyson is still the youngest heavyweight world title holder, how old is hugie and how far off is he from tysons record?

Bennyblanco wrote:

jackukmma wrote:Exactly the fight they need to be taking if they are going after the youngest ever heavyweight champion

I take it mike tyson is still the youngest heavyweight world title holder, how old is hugie and how far off is he from tysons record?

Mike Tyson was 20 years, 4 months, and 22 days old. Hughie is currently 18 years and approximately 10 months.

Mike Tyson was born 30-06-1966 and won the title on 22-11-86

Hughie was born 18-09-1994 he's 18 at the moment

I've only seen Hughie box once and he had to much raw power but Thompson is a very good boxer; I admire the Fury camp and the confidence they have; British boxing has lots of excellent boxers who spent ages fighting below their level and treading water; in the Orient they get straight in at the level their ability warrants.

The Law wrote:

Bennyblanco wrote:

jackukmma wrote:Exactly the fight they need to be taking if they are going after the youngest ever heavyweight champion

I take it mike tyson is still the youngest heavyweight world title holder, how old is hugie and how far off is he from tysons record?

Mike Tyson was 20 years, 4 months, and 22 days old. Hughie is currently 18 years and approximately 10 months.

So Fury has about 18 months left?

He won't make it; the heavy titles were all over the place when Tyson came through; they are on virtual lockdown now.

I think Price made Thompson look better than he really is. Fury's camp know this too!

I dont think he will fight him though unless he fights Sept 2nd as I think he will fight Audley Harrison on the 28th

Unless they know something we don't this is a ridiculous jump in levels.

TJ77 wrote:Unless they know something we don't this is a ridiculous jump in levels.

If you're good enough, you're old enough.

palooka wrote:

TJ77 wrote:Unless they know something we don't this is a ridiculous jump in levels.

If you're good enough, you're old enough.

That's as maybe but is he do you think?

TJ77 wrote:Unless they know something we don't this is a ridiculous jump in levels.

agreed , i wouldn't put an 18 year old Clay in with a fighter like thompson ...but if it works he will be the biggest young name in heavyweight boxing.

TJ77 wrote:

palooka wrote:

TJ77 wrote:Unless they know something we don't this is a ridiculous jump in levels.

If you're good enough, you're old enough.

That's as maybe but is he do you think?

No, he looked a bit straightforward to me; Thompson has a bag of tricks and is tough and game. Price is fairly straightforward but sets his heavy shots well and he didn't get anywhere with Tony. Hughie ought to develop at his own pace and forget the 'youngest champ ever' thing.

Tony Thompson said on his personal facebook account he is not fighting a 7 and 0 kid
his got bigger plans

The 1bangkid wrote:Tony Thompson said on his personal facebook account he is not fighting a 7 and 0 kid
his got bigger plans

Why not if the money's right? Price definitely flattered The Tiger. It's shocking how bad Price was.

The 1bangkid wrote:Tony Thompson said on his personal facebook account he is not fighting a 7 and 0 kid
his got bigger plans

Wise move for Thompson, he's beat Price and thinks hes on top of the world. Even though Fury is 7-0 I wouldnt bet on him losing

'We are told by a reliable source....' Blah blah blah.

Regardless of whether it happens, lets praise Peter and Hughie for showing balls and making/wanting fighters to fight hard opponents! I wish he could promote all British fighters like this then the sport would be back at it's best.

Personally I think Hughie would lose the fight but good man for trying.

Would like to see it actually but I can't really see Thompson going for it. He is looking up after the Price rematch and is no doubt eyeing one last title shot.

In 18 months the WBC could well be held by someone not named Klitschko. Wlad could Hoover it up but no way will he manage to keep all four belts. He would get stripped at some point.

Two words: Pele Reid