Hughie Fury not worrying about the judges

Joseph Parker - Hughie Fury

THE shock scorecard that had Canelo Alvarez winning the Gennady Golovkin fight and thus holding the middleweight champion to a controversial draw has thrown officiating in judging into the spotlight. There was an ugly confrontation at todayโ€™s press conference when Joseph Parkerโ€™s promoter ranted about the referee in his WBO heavyweight title fight against Hughie Fury.

Fury reflected, โ€œJudges are judges but people like that [Adalaide Byrd] shouldn’t even be in boxing. They should be taken straight off and banned. Obviously they need a serious pair of glasses.โ€

โ€œThey must be blind as bats. It’s wrong because they are ruining people’s lives arent they? It’s devastating,โ€ he continued. โ€œThe boxer puts in all this hard training and gets a bad result like that, get stitched up.โ€

He however isnโ€™t overly concerned about the officiating when it comes to challenging Joseph Parker at the Manchester Arena on Saturday. โ€œI don’t believe it’s going to go to the scorecards, I don’t feel like there will be any need for the judges because I believe I’m going to knock him out early,โ€ Fury warned.

โ€œThe best thing to do is just knock them out and then you haven’t got to worry about judges at all.โ€

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Today is actually Hughieโ€™s 23rd birthday but heโ€™s wonโ€™t celebrate until the fight is done. โ€œI haven’t got a single present yet, the only present I want is that WBO belt,โ€ he said. โ€œI can’t wait now, I’m super confident and looking forward to it.โ€

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