On August 31, 2019, a 24-year-old Hughie Fury (23-2, 13 KOs) and a 39-year-old Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin (34-2, 24 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Fury came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 19 days. Povetkin was on a -1-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 9 days.
Alexander Povetkin defeated Hughie Fury via unanimous decision in the 12-round heavyweight fight. Povetkin improves his record to 35-2, while Fury adds a loss to his record at 23-3.
On October 27, 2018, a 24-year-old Hughie Fury (21-1, 11 KOs) and a 37-year-old Bulgarian boxer Kubrat Pulev (25-1, 13 KOs) met in the ring.
Fury came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 15 days. Pulev was on a 5-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 5 months, and 29 days.
Kubrat Pulev defeated Hughie Fury via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight. Pulev improves his record to 26-1, while Fury adds a loss to his record at 21-2.
On September 23, 2017, a 23-year-old Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight WBO title held by 25-year-old New Zealander boxer Joseph Parker (23-0, 18 KOs).
Fury came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 4 months, and 24 days. Parker was on a 23-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 17 days.
Joseph Parker defeated Hughie Fury via majority decision and successfully defended his WBO heavyweight title. Parker improves his record to 24-0, while Fury adds a loss to his record at 20-1.