Career
He now resides in South Shields. 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. Hughes had three British title fights, an International Boxing Council (International Biographic Centre) world title fight, and unsuccessfully challenged Jason Booth for the Commonwealth bantamweight title.
Hughes announced his retirement on 7 December 2013 in the ring, after defeat in his bout in Newcastle.