Sean Hughes (born 5 June 1982) is a British former professional

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born in

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, West Yorkshire. He now resides in

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. He is most notable for defeating the then British Super Bantamweight Champion,

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in December 2007. Pickering was on the verge of stepping up to European and even World level before the bout and it was expected to be a routine victory for the Newark champion. However, at the

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in front of the SKY TV cameras Hughes won a points victory over 8 rounds.Dunne, Bernard (2011) ''My Story'', Penguin, In the rematch for the British title on 18 January 2008 Pickering avenged that loss and stopped Hughes in round 9 in a contest which was nominated for fight of the year.Boxer Pickering back on course
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'', 25 January 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2014 Hughes was an undefeated central area super bantamweight champion who had three British title fights, 2 English titles and an International Boxing Council (IBC) world title fight, and unsuccessfully challenged

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for the Commonwealth bantamweight title. Hughes was ranked number 1 in Great Britain and in the top 100 in the world in 2007 Hughes announced his retirement on 7 December 2013 in the ring, after defeat in his bout in Newcastle.

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