Nice piece of analysis.
I'd agree that Guinn fits into the picture as someone who is a lot stronger than his W/L ratio, & 1:1 it's not fair to compare individual fighters on that basis. But you can look at fight history and see that Hughie has fought a number of truly dreadful fighters too.
It's really easy to buy into the "Peter Fury is a boxing genius" argument so of course everything he's done for Hughie is about crafting a huge skillset to ensure he'd become a dominant champion one day.
But he's also set up a HW son with no power and very little fan support into the position to earn almost £1million for a fight while still being a largely unproven prospect. And if he loses, it was against a HW champ, and he's still young, so there are plenty of other money fights that would still follow. That is a damn impressive place to have gotten him to. Perhaps the boxing genius is being directed towards a different end?
Like I say, I haven't studied Hughie yet, so I don't really have a strong opinion on the extent of his skills yet. Just tend to start from a cynical perspective then try to be convinced.
I'd agree that Guinn fits into the picture as someone who is a lot stronger than his W/L ratio, & 1:1 it's not fair to compare individual fighters on that basis. But you can look at fight history and see that Hughie has fought a number of truly dreadful fighters too.
It's really easy to buy into the "Peter Fury is a boxing genius" argument so of course everything he's done for Hughie is about crafting a huge skillset to ensure he'd become a dominant champion one day.
But he's also set up a HW son with no power and very little fan support into the position to earn almost £1million for a fight while still being a largely unproven prospect. And if he loses, it was against a HW champ, and he's still young, so there are plenty of other money fights that would still follow. That is a damn impressive place to have gotten him to. Perhaps the boxing genius is being directed towards a different end?
Like I say, I haven't studied Hughie yet, so I don't really have a strong opinion on the extent of his skills yet. Just tend to start from a cynical perspective then try to be convinced.