This potential heavyweight match-up could prove very interesting. As per a Sky Sports piece, there is a chance Hughie Fury and Marco Huck could fight some time down the road, with the vacant European heavyweight title on the line.
Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Sport Managing Director:
“This is the curtain closer for a difficult 2020, but it doesn’t get any bigger.
Dublin’s Jono Carroll produced a career-best performance to stop former World Champion Scott Quigg at Manchester Arena, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US.
In a masterclass performance, super featherweight contender Jono Carroll (18-1-1, 4 KOs) embarrassed former 122-lb champion Scott Quigg (35-3-2, 26 KOs) in totally schooling him in scoring an 11th round retirement stoppage on Saturday night in front of an excited crowd at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
Cecilia Braekhus 146.6 vs Victoria Bustos 144.6
Radzhab Butaev 146.3 vs Alexander Besputin 146.6
Hughie Fury 234 vs Pavel Sour 240.
Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) won the vacant WBC lightweight title on Saturday night with a 12 round unanimous decision over Luke Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) on ESPN+ at the O2 Arena in London, England.
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Hughie Fury believes Alexander Povetkin’s style is “perfect” for him as he prepares to take on the Russian danger man for the vacant WBA International Heavyweight title at The O2 in London this Saturday, shown live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK.
Vasiliy Lomachenko 134.5 lbs vs. Luke Campbell 134.25 lbs
(Lomachenko’s WBA/WBO/Ring Magazine and vacant WBC Lightweight world titles – 12 Rounds)
ESPN+ (1 p.m.
The last thing the sport needs is for yet another big name fighter to test positive for an illegal substance (or two).
Hughie Fury will take on Alexander Povetkin at The O2 in London on Saturday August 31 on the undercard of the huge Lightweight World title showdown between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Luke Campbell, shown live on Sky Sports Box Office.