Heavyweight Hughie Fury joins GBM Sports activities
Heavyweight contender Hughie Fury was immediately introduced as the newest addition to the GBM steady, having signed an unique long-term, multi-fight settlement with the UK’s fastest-growing skilled boxing promotion.
Using a three-fight win streak since returning to competitors final 12 months following a close to three-year damage layoff, former British heavyweight champion Fury – son of famous coach Peter Fury and cousin of just lately retired former world champion Tyson Fury – intends to make 2025 the 12 months he enters world championship competition once more.
Fury, 30, beforehand got here inside touching distance of securing the WBO World Heavyweight Championship when he misplaced a controversial majority choice to Joseph Parker in 2017, a outcome he has lengthy categorised as “a theft”.
With a wealth of expertise disproportionate to his age, together with tenure of the WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship and WBA Worldwide Heavyweight Championship, Fury is aiming for 3 fights in 2025 as he seems to construct in direction of necessary contender standing.
“I’ve loved working with GBM and I’m excited to be signing this multi-fight deal. I’ve been consistently within the gymnasium and I’m coming for all these so-called high heavyweights quickly. They will’t keep away from me for much longer and I’m going to spoil their day within the solar. I’m going to be busy this 12 months and whoever desires it may possibly have it. Name my workforce – I shall be there!” Hughie Fury mentioned immediately.
Peter Fury, father and coach of Hughie, echoed his son’s sentiments: “Hughie is again in motion and we’re working with Izzy Asif to cement an enormous battle for Hughie this 12 months. GBM have pencilled in Hughie’s subsequent two fights for April and Could. He’s prepared for all of them and we are able to’t watch for so-called consultants to eat humble pie. Motion is required and Hughie is able to ship it.”
Izzy Asif, GBM CEO, saluted the signing of a world-level heavyweight: “Hughie Fury is a world-class fighter with immense potential. The heavyweight division is broad open proper now and the timing is ideal for Hughie to step up and emerge as one of many dominant forces within the division over the approaching years. With our unique broadcast accomplice DAZN, we’re trying ahead to becoming a member of Hughie on the highway to changing into heavyweight champion of the world,”
The primary battle of Fury’s new contract will happen on the primary card of GBM’s upcoming occasion at York Corridor, London on Friday, April 4th as he kicks off his 2025 marketing campaign within the nation’s capital.
Additional bulletins for the cardboard shall be made shortly.
