Q&A with Hughie Fury!

World Junior Amateur Heavyweight Champion Hughie Fury made his professional debut just a few weeks ago and is looking to make a big impact on the current heavyweight division in Britain and worldwide. We caught up with the 18-year old and asked the following questions: 

What are your thoughts on the current heavyweight division? And what do you think you can add to it?

I think it's poor and I'm gonna give it what it's lacking. 

To become the youngest ever heavyweight champ you'll have to keep busy and gain a lot of experience.. How many times do you plan to fight this year?

At least 12 but I'm hoping 15 fights. 

Your debut was an impressive 2nd round stoppage victory over David Whittom.. How did you feel in the ring? Was it what you was expecting?

Yes best feeling ever it's always what I've wished for to get in the pro ring. 

Tyson Fury set to face Vinny Maddalone on July 7th...

Tyson Fury after defeating 40-year old cab driver Martin Rogan.

British heavyweight Tyson Fury will return to the ring on July 7th. After all of the 'promises' from his team saying that his next fight will be against a world class opponent, they have matched him with Vinny Maddalone.

Maddalone is a relatively unknown fighter that is not even a slight step up from the likes of fighters that Fury has already been facing. No disrespect to Maddalone, but he even is worse than some of the men that Fury has beat. So, the fact that we were promised that Fury would take on a world level fighter has made this all a big anti-climax.

38-year old Maddalone (35-7, 26 KO's) has shared the ring with Tomasz Adamek, Jean-Marc Mormeck, Denis Boytsov and Evander Holyfield (the very old version) and lost to all of them. He was actually knocked out by Adamek and Holyfield.

Really, this is just a sideways step from Martin Rogan, who Fury stopped in five rounds in April of this year, as Maddalone is 38, and although he's still a full time fighter, he is long past his prime.

Fury and his team claimed that they gave up the British belt because he had bigger fish to fry than David Price (Fury's domestic rival) but there has been no sign of him fighting anyone better at all. It would be a lot better for the 6"9 and his team if they just told the truth and basically tell us that they want to take their time, instead of feeding us with promises that they will not fulfil.