Joe Hughes: record, next fight and profile →
Sam Maxwell scored the biggest win of his professional career, as he claimed a unanimous points decision over former European champion Joe Hughes in their super lightweight ten-rounder at the BT Sport Studios in London.
Tasked with headlining the first-ever DAZN show from his home country, Sandor Martin rose to the occasion in a big way. The streaking junior welterweight thoroughly outboxed England’s Joe Hughes over 12 rounds Thursday evening at Pabellón de la Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona, Spain.
Joe Hughes (17-4-1, 7 KOs) could become a two-time European Super Lightweight on Thursday night. It would be a fantastic achievement. The 29-year-old Brit faces current Euro topper Sandor Martin (35-2, 13 KOs) on his turf in Barcelona as Matchroom Boxing take their promotional empire to Spain for the first time.
Matchroom Boxing Spain and DAZN promote a big show at the Palau Olympic de la Vall D´Hebron in Barcelona, Spain on December 12. On top of the bill EBU super lightweight champ Sandor Martin (35-2) defends the title against Brit Joe Hughes (17-4-1). In the co-feature EBU welterweight king David Avanesyan (25-3-1) make a voluntary defence of the title against Spaniard Jose Del Rio (29-8-1) before taking on mandatory challenger Josh Kelly in early 2020.
Joe Hughes has been ruled out of his next fight with an injury. The Malmesbury man was meant to return from defeat later this week. Hughes, who was outpointed by Robbie Davies Jr. in a battle for his European and vacant British super-lightweight titles back in March, had been due to come up against Lewis Ritson for the vacant WBA Continental title.
Anthony Fowler will headline his first ever show in his hometown at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool on Friday August 2 when he steps-up to take on former World title challenger Brian Rose on the latest instalment if the JD NXTGEN series, shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US.
Liverpool’s Robbie Davies Jr won the EBU super-lightweight title while also defending the British title with a controversial decision over Joe Hughes, the latter of whom most ringsiders - including Boxingscene - scored in favour of.
Robbie Davies Jr has described his Super-Lightweight showdown with Joe Hughes at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool as a "must-win" fight as he looks to explode onto the World scene at 140lbs. The pair clash on March 30, shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US, with the British and European titles on the line, and Davies Jr believes a win on home soil will propel his name towards potential fights with the likes of WBO ruler and Matchroom stablemate Maurice Hooker.
Teatro Obi Hall, Florence, Toscana, Italy - It was the first partnership card between Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing and Italian based promoter OPI Since 82. In the main event, for the World Boxing Council International silver cruiserweight title, Fabio Turchi (16-0, 12KOs) stopped Tony Conquest (18-3) in seven rounds.
Andrea Scarpa is confident of outboxing Joe Hughes when the pair clash for the Vacant EBU European Super-Lightweight title at the Teatro Obi Hall in Florence on November 30, live on DAZN and Sky Sports.