Young Fury keep winning

Young Fury keep winning

Briitish heavyweight Hughie Fury had to go ten rounds to beat George Arias on points in Derby, England, on Saturday night.

Up against a 41-year-old opponent, Fury won 100-90 on the referee’s scorecard to improve to 16-0, including eight wins inside the distance.

The 20-year-old Fury, who is 1.98m tall, is related to Tyson Fury, one of the leading heavyweights in the UK. As an amateur, the youngster won a gold medal at the 2012 world youth championships.

Arias suffered the 13th defeat of his 69-fight career but is nowhere near the record of Kristian Laight, who fought on the undercard.

Laight was beaten for the 202nd time in a career that includes nine wins and seven draws. He lost to Nathan Kirk, a six-fight novice, and has not won once in his past 29 bouts.

Middleweight Nick Blackwell stopped Damon Jones in the sixth round of a middleweight bout, improving to 18-3, with one draw and eight wins inside the distance. Jones dropped to 13-1; 3.

HAWAIIAN PUNCH STILL HAS KICK

In Hollywood, California, Brian Viloria stopped Omar Soto in the first round of a flyweight bout. The “Hawaiian Punch”, who has held four “world” titles, improved to 36-4, including 21 wins inside the distance.

Soto, who had lost on a split decision to Viloria in 2010, dropped to 23-12-2, with seven knockouts.

In a lightweight bout, Brazilian William Silva knocked out Adam Mate, a Hungarian, in the fifth round to remain undefeated after 22 fights, including 13 knockouts. Mate fell to 15-5; 8.

In Las Vegas, Beibut Shumenov beat BJ Flores 116-112 on each of the cards in a cruiserweight bout, moving his record to 16-1; 10. Flores now stands at 30-2, with one draw and 20 shortcut wins.

Jean Pascal beat Yuniesky Gonzalez 96-94 on each of the scorecards in another light-heavyweight bout. Pascal, a former WBC champion, improved his record to 30-3, with one draw and 17 wins inside the distance. Gonzalez, a Cuban, dropped to 16-1; 12.

On the undercard, Isiah Thomas beat Jordan Shimmel on points, also in a cruiserweight bout, to remained unbeaten after 15 fights.

Andrew Tabiti had to go the distance for the first time in his career when he beat Roberto Santos on points in a cruiserweight contest. Tabiti now stands at 11-0, with ten wins inside the distance. Santos dropped to 12-2; 5.

Featherweight Claudio Marrero knocked out Rico Ramos, a former “world” champion, in the third round to improve to 19-1; 14. Ramos fell to 24-5; 12.

IN LOS MOCHIS, Mexico, Moises Fuentes stopped Oswaldo Novoa in the sixth round of a flyweight bout between two former champions. Fuentes improved to 22-1, with one draw and 12 shortcut wins. Novoa now stands at 14-6-2, with nine wins inside the distance.