“If I had an 11-0 kid, relatively inexperienced in the professional ranks, to be honest, I’d not be risking him against Maxi Hughes,” O’Hagan told BoxingScene. “I mean, Maxi now, I think he’s somewhere in the region of 40 fights as a pro, he’s boxed everybody at every level. The likes of Kambosos, the likes of [Jovanni] Straffon, the likes of Kid Galahad, you know. That list goes on and on. Liam Walsh, Ryan Walsh… it’s a wealth of experience there. And if I’ve invested in somebody that I’m bringing through, I’d want to avoid Maxi Hughes like the plague. And I think what people do is they look at his record and they see that stoppage ratio to fight ratio, you know, it don’t look massive.”