Fury and Hughes return on a bill topped by Thompson vs. Wilson-Bent

Heavyweight Hughie Fury and light-weight Maxi Hughes will each seem on a GMB Sports activities present at Canon Medical Enviornment in Sheffield on September 27, it was introduced right this moment (August 22). 

Fury, 28-3, will face Christian Thun, 9-1, over eight rounds, whereas Hughes, 26-7-2, will field in a six-rounder in opposition to Efstathios Antonas, 7-2-2. Each fights characterize the following stage within the rebuilding course of for Fury and Hughes and each are must-win fights at that. 

Fury, now 29, has gained 5 in a row since shedding in opposition to Alexander Povetkin in 2019 however has been blighted by accidents, sickness, and inactivity. His final win, a second-round stoppage of Patrick Korte, could have not solely finished his confidence the world of excellent however it additionally prompt he’s now sitting down on his punches extra and searching for the end. 

Thun, his subsequent opponent, needs to be a step up from Korte, however solely a marginal one. The German’s solely defeat thus far got here in a 2022 eight-rounder in opposition to Curtis Harper, but there are not any wins of any actual be aware on the 32-year-old’s document. Definitely, ought to he shock Fury subsequent month, that may mark the excessive level in Thun’s profession. 

As for Maxi Hughes, he packing containers for the primary time since being stopped by Williams Zepeda in 4 rounds in March. That loss adopted a contentious one in opposition to George Kambosos, which means Hughes is now determined to get again within the win column and maneuver himself into place for an additional title shot. He should not have any downside doing so in opposition to Antonas. 

Topping the present in Sheffield is a handsome middleweight battle between Shakiel Thompson, 12-0, and River Wilson-Bent, 17-4-2, whereas additionally on the present is a British and Commonwealth girls’s bantamweight title battle between Tysie Gallagher, 8-2, and Tori-Ellis Willetts, 5-0. In addition to all that, GBM’s new signing Reece Mould, 18-2, goes up in opposition to former British featherweight champion Ryan Walsh, 28-4-2, in a bout the promoters, with good purpose, consider might steal the present.