Henry ‘Sugar K‘ Hughes will be inducted into the Ohio  State Former Boxers And Associates. lnc. Hall Of Fame for his outstanding boxing career.

Hughes was born in Cleveland to James and Laura Hughes on July 11. 1963. He was the youngest of three sons. Hughes graduated from Bedford High School. He has been employed by the City of Cleveland Department of Water for more than 25 years as an emergency investigator.

He is the proud father of three sons: Jameel. Omari. and Sirr.  He has one granddaughter, Janidya. Hughes boxing career started under the training of the legendary Clint Martin. Martin also trained Hughes‘ older brother, Zetwat. Hughes would follow Zetwat to the gym and he took an interest in boxing. Hughes received the name ‘Sugar’ from his trainer because of wearing tassels on his trunks and shuffling  throwing bolo punches. an taunting his opponents. Hughes added the ‘K‘ for his smiling and happy go-lucky attitude in the ring and it became ‘Sugar K. During Hughes extensive amateur boxing career he won the National Golden Gloves Championship in the 139 pound weight division in 1981. 1982 and 1983. He won the Eastern Olympic trials in 1984. In 1985. Hughes turned professional signing a promotional contract with Lenny Shaw of Patterson, New Jersey. The late Todd Hickman. of Akron. also signed a promotion contract with Shaw at the same time.

After winning 14 straight fights. Hughes returned to Cleveland to fight at the Nautica stage in the Flats  which was the beginning of the end of his career.  During the fight, he torn his right rotator cuff. After this incident, according to Hughes. ‘l was never the same.‘ After several surgeries. Hughes returned to boxing in 1992 and won the Ohio State welterweight title against Lamar Davis. His professional boxing record was 37 bouts with 20 wins and 15 losses and 2 draws.

During his professional boxing career. he fought the following world champions: Felix Trinadad. Meldrick Taylor. and in a l0 round bout. he defeated Greg Haugan in Canastota. New York during the induction ceremony of the international Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996. That was the year that the late great Clevelander Jimmy Bivins was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Hughes is being inducted into the Hall of Fame along with Anthony
Greene and Pete Rademacher.