Hughie Fury

Hughie Fury beaten on points by Kubrat Pulev

By Press Association

Boxing

Sun October 28, 2018 · 7y ago

Hughie Fury was beaten on a unanimous points decision by Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev in his IBF heavyweight eliminator in Sofia.

All three judges scored the fight in favour of 37-year-old Pulev, who now becomes the mandatory IBF challenger to Anthony Joshua.

Fury, the 24-year-old cousin of Tyson Fury, came into the fight with a 21-1 record - his only loss coming against Joseph Parker in Manchester last September.

Fury sustained a bad cut above his left eye in only the second round and, although he rocked Pulev with a big right hand in the eighth, the Bulgarian came out well on top, with one judge scoring the fight 118-110.