THE cousin of former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, Hughie Fury believes the troubled fighter will be back in boxing in 2017.
โHopefully you should see Tyson back this year. His headโs getting better now so he should reclaim his titles, hopefully soon,โ Hughie told his television broadcaster, BoxNation. โHe seems in a better place.โ
In the mean time Hughie expects to win back one of the titles Tyson used to hold. The younger Fury is gunning for the new WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker. โHopefully itโll happen in my hometown Manchester. I donโt care where itโs at, if itโs in New Zealand, if itโs in the desert, it doesnโt bother me. Iโm going to let my fists do the talking and Iโm going to take his belt home with me,โ he said. โI just want to fight good fights now and fight the best out there.โ
Promoter Frank Warren told BoxNation, โWhen Parker fought [Andy] Ruiz it was on the understanding that the winner of the fight, which was Parker, makes a mandatory defence against the next available, which was Hughie. It could have been David Haye but it was Hughie, and I did that based upon a 60-40 split on the purse bids. So weโve got a real good chance, if we wind up going right to the wire with the purse bids of winning the fight. Itโs a fight I feel like Hughie can win.โ