Former WBO world title challenger Hughie Fury 26-3 (15 KOs) overwhelmed tough Christian Hammer 26-8 (16 KOs) for five rounds on Saturday night at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle, England, before the well travelled German based Romanian was pulled out of the bout by his corner with an apparent bicep injury. Hughie the cousin of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and trained by his father Peter has faced some of the divisions most notable names (Wach, Povetkin, Peter, Pulev, Parker) despite his 27 years. Hammer now 34 previously lost to Tyson Fury back in 2015, with most notable wins over David Price and Erkan Teper, despite losing more recently to Povetkin, Ortiz and Yoka.
In a Co-feature, WBA Number 1 middleweight Chris Eubank Jr 31-2 (22 KOs) outgunned German based Armenian Wanik Awdijan 28-2 (11 KOs) for five rounds before the imports corner pulled Awdijan out with a suspected rib injury.
WBO female middleweight champion Savannah Marshall 11-0 (9 KOs) stopped previously unbeaten Lolita Muzeya 16-1 (8 KOs) in the second round of a scheduled 10 X 2’s. A barrage of shots forced referee Michael Alexander to stop the fight at 1:58 of the round. Following the bout Marshall announced that both she and former amateur opponent and undefeated multi weight champion Claressa Shields will box separate opponents on the same card on December 11, with a prospective unification between the two looking likely for 2022.
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