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BBC News
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Former boxing world champion Nina Hughes retires from the ring
Former world champion Nina Hughes has announced her retirement from 42-year-old bantamweight from Billericay, Essex, said she realised her desire to fight had gone during her winning bout with Nicholine Achieng on was crowned world champion in 2022 in only her fifth professional bout, having first taken up the sport aged 25."I had a good career, it happened really quickly and I've enjoyed every part of it," Hughes told BBC Essex. Despite winning against Achieng, Hughes said her "bad performance" confirmed she was ready to hang up her gloves."Halfway through the fight the desire had gone," she said. "I started thinking, 'This is going to be my last one.'"It was a shock to me because the plan was to get this one out the way and get another big fight, but obviously things didn't go as planned." Hughes was touted to represent Team GB at London 2012 - the first Olympics in which women's boxing was included - but missed out to Nicola quit the sport and had two children, only plotting her return during the 2020 Covid-19 first professional fight was in December 2021, before taking three bouts in six months through 2022. 'Short and sweet' Hughes said retirement had not "sunk in yet" but "deep down I know it's the right decision".She added: "I always said I wouldn't be one of these boxers that carried on for too long, so the time's right."I've gone out on my terms and when I thought the time was right, so I think it's the right decision."Hughes said it was supported by her coach after it became harder for her to secure fights."The pro career was short, it was sweet, it was quick and it was good," she added. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Daily Record
05-05-2025
- Daily Record
Fight erupts in Glasgow KFC as "unbothered" TikTok teen films birthday post
"Then it just turned into a royal rumble with all of them pretty much." The shocking moment Glasgow's Four Corners KFC descends into chaos on a Saturday night has been caught on camera. Nina Hughes, from Glasgow, was out celebrating her 19th birthday on May 3 with pals and stopped for some scran in Argyle Street KFC on the way home when her friend Lyndsay Curran filmed the footage. What was initially supposed to be a picture ended up as a video that captured a group of people in a mass rammy, while Nina stands amongst it, seemingly unbothered by the brawl taking place behind her. Police confirmed they were called to the restaurant and one 21-year-old woman was arrested and charged in connection with the incident. Nina told the Record: "A man started throwing food at the lady and shouting, then it just turned into a rumble with all of them, pretty much. "There's always fights on a Saturday at the Four Corners." In the clip, Nina is standing in the middle of the KFC restaurant in a bright orange dress, clutching a Taco Bell bag while eating and posing for the camera. A caption across the screen reads: "Average four corners experience". As the video goes on, a couple of people behind Nina appear to be arguing with each other before a fight appears to break out. Moments later, a security guard appears to try to intervene, but a man in grey appears to lunge over towards other individuals before three or four folk end up tangled up in the rammy. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Nina uploaded the clip to TikTok captioned: "Just wanted my mini fillet wrap". It has since been viewed over 145,000 times with 13,000 likes and hundreds of comments. One person said: " Glasgow girls are the most unbothered queens on the planet. World War 3 could be going on around us and we're like "but is the nail bar still open?" Another said: "I'd never go near the four corners, especially at night ! It's needs Police presence 24/7." While one added: "Naw, no the security just walking away." Dozens of social media users were in stitches at how "unbothered" Nina is throughout the debacle. One said: "Acting like she's in front of a green screen, the level of serenity is stupendous." Kerrie said: "She's so unbothered, it's a vibe." Jackie agreed: "She didn't turn a hair and there was war going on." While Jess said: "Just a beautiful girl with good vibes only. But why was that man fighting like I used to fight with my siblings." A Police Scotland spokesperson said: 'Around 1.05am on Sunday, 4 May, 2025, officers received a report of a disturbance at a premises on Argyle Street, Glasgow. 'A 21-year-old woman was arrested and charged in connection and is due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday, 6 May, 2025.'
BBC News
03-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Hughes wants another 'big fight' after world title loss
Former world champion Nina Hughes has confirmed she wants to carry on fighting despite failing in her bid to regain the WBA bantamweight 42-year-old's corner threw in the towel in the seventh round of her fight against Cherneka Johnson in Sydney last had suffered a broken nose earlier in the fight and promoter Eddie Hearn afterwards said it "could be the end of the road for her"."I still believe I've got one or two fights left in me. I'm going to keep training and if the opportunity comes for a big fight this year, I'll take it," she told BBC Essex."The question goes round in your head all the time, should I (retire), shouldn't I, and I'm in that position where if a big fight comes, I'll take it, if it doesn't, that's the end, it obviously wasn't meant to be - but I'm still open this year to a big fight." Hughes, from Billericay in Essex, won the title in 2022 in only her fifth professional bout, having first taken up the sport at the age of she lost it in controversial fashion in Perth in May last year when she was initially announced as the winner on points, only for the ring announcer to correct himself and name Johnson as champion by a majority points again had to travel to Australia for the re-match, having been named as mandatory challenger by the governing body, but her hopes of victory were undermined by the nose injury, suffered in the second round."I took a big headbutt in the second round and a massive one in the third. It definitely didn't help in the fight because I couldn't breathe properly for a couple of rounds," said Hughes."It's just one of those things. It's a fight - you're not allowed to headbutt but the referee wasn't jumping in and doing anything, he didn't seem to want to intervene, so you just have to get on with it."It was the first time Hughes had suffered such a serious injury, which meant surgery was needed. "It's always been my worst fear, breaking my nose, and I've always got away it (before). At the time, I knew I'd taken a big headbutt and it hurt a lot, but you're so focused on someone throwing punches and doing what you've got to do that your mind goes elsewhere."I had it realigned and re-set on Tuesday - if you get it done in the first two weeks before the bone sets, it's a much more minor operation." Despite the injury, and being deducted a point in the fifth round for holding, Hughes said failing to "stick to the game plan" had been the chief reason for her Kevin Tilley, though, said: "The first couple of rounds were very close, I think one of the two judges had her winning both the first two anyway, but as soon as the head clash came, it completely changed the fight."Then everything we'd worked on to do in the fight just went out the window and they were just swinging."The referee was completely against Nina. We're not taking anything away from Cherneka, the better woman won, but this is Queensberry Rules, it's not street fighting."Asked about his decision to call the fight off in the seventh, Tilley added: "I've had to do it many times with fighters, some with worse injuries, some with less."You just have to weigh up the fight and look at the health of the fighter because boxing is dangerous and one punch can change your life. "You always think 'did I throw in the towel too early? Could she have pulled a punch out of the gods and knocked her out?' "It's very hard but you have to look at the facts, she's getting hit with illegal shots constantly, the ref's not doing anything, her nose is busted, she's never going to win on points, are you just going to let her keep taking punishment for the next four rounds?" Nina Hughes and Kevin Tilley were speaking to BBC Essex's Sonia Watson
