Michael "Mickey" Hughes (born 13 June 1962 in London) is a former English boxer. He competed at welterweight and professional welter/light-middleweight boxer levels and was mostly active in the 1980s and 1990s.

Mickey Hughes
Born
Michael Hughes

(1962-06-13) 13 June 1962 (age 62)
London, England
NationalityEnglish
Statistics
Weight(s)welterweight, and welter/light middleweight
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights31
Wins24 (KO 21)
Losses7 (KO 4)

As an amateur, he won the 1984 Amateur Boxing Association of England Welterweight title against Robert Thomas at Gloucester Amateur Boxing Club (ABC),[1] boxing out of St. Pancras (ABC).[2] Representing Great Britain as a welterweight in Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States, he defeated Paul Rasamimanana of Madagascar and subsequently lost to Rudel Obreja of Romania.

After turning professional, Mickey won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBB of C) British light-middleweight and Commonwealth light-middleweight titles. He was also a challenger for the BBB of C Southern Area welterweight title against Trevor Smith,[3] Commonwealth welterweight title against Donovan Boucher, BBB of C British welterweight title against Del Bryan,[4] and World Boxing Association (WBA) Inter-Continental light-middleweight title against Shaun Cummins.[5] Mickey's professional fighting weight varied from 146 lb (66 kg; 10 st 6 lb), i.e., welterweight, to 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb), i.e., light-middleweight.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "1984 97th ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Home". ST. PANCRAS AMATEUR BOXING CLUB. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ [1] Archived 3 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine]
  4. ^ [2] Archived 27 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine]
  5. ^ "Shaun Cummins - Boxer". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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