Michael "Mickey" Hughes (born 13 June 1962 in London) is a former English

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. He competed at

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and professional welter/

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levels and was mostly active in the 1980s and 1990s. As an amateur, he won the 1984

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Welterweight title against Robert Thomas at Gloucester Amateur Boxing Club (ABC), boxing out of St. Pancras (ABC). Representing Great Britain as a welterweight in Boxing at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

in Los Angeles, United States, he defeated

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and subsequently lost to Rudel Obreja of

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. After turning professional, Mickey won the

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(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, Commonwealth welterweight title against

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, BBB of C British welterweight title against

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, and

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(WBA) Inter-Continental light-middleweight title against Shaun Cummins. Mickey's professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.,

, to , i.e.,

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1962 births Living people Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics English male boxers Light-middleweight boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers from London Welterweight boxers England Boxing champions {{England-boxing-bio-stub