Hughie Fury stops Sam Sexton

Hughie Fury with his father and coach Peter Fury
Hughie Fury with his father and coach Peter Fury

Former heavyweight title challenger 23-year-old Hughie Fury (21-1, 11 KOs) scored a TKO victory in the fifth round over Sam Sexton (24-4, 9 KOs) and took away his title of British champion. In the course of the battle, Fury Jr. tried to deliver his right hand and he did it in the fourth round, and Sexton was on the floor.

In the fifth round, in one of the exchanges, Sexton again "entered" into the right and could not recover after the fall. The time was 2:03

After the fight, Hughie Fury said, that his dream was always to become a world champion, and he will do everything to achieve it.

Hughie Fury is the cousin of the more famous former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.