By Elliot Foster
Hughie Fury won the first belt of his professional career in what was something of an off night for him.
The Manchester heavyweight, cousin of the undisputed world heavyweight champion Tyson, advanced to 20-0 with 11 early endings at the Copper Box Arena as he picked up the vacant WBO Inter-Continental title.
Fury, 21, controlled the action from beginning to end against his more experienced counterpart, Fred Kassi of Cameroon, exclusively live on BoxNation, before a nasty cut to his left eye in round six meant that the fight was waved off by referee Terry O’Connor.
After the blood flow was stemmed, the three judges handed in margins of 69-66, 70-64 and 69-65, which meant that Fury was left to celebrate his first win of any significance against the New Orleans-based 36-year-old, who has been on the wrong end of decisions in his past few outings.
Hughie had been set for action twice in the coming three months, but it remains to be seen whether the extent of the cut will rule him out of his proposed clashes in Liverpool and Manchester, on June 4 and July 9, respectively.
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