Heavyweight contender Fabio Wardley (18-0-1, 17 KOs) appeared like a steamroller, crushing the beforehand unbeaten behemoth Frazer Clarke (8-1-1, 6 KOs) by a first-round knockout on Saturday evening of their rematch within the chief assist on the Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Clarke was caught with an enormous proper hand from Wardley with a proper hand early within the first spherical that shocked him, sending him falling in opposition to the ropes. It appeared like Clarke recovered that shot as a result of he landed an enormous uppercut to the pinnacle of Wardley.
Seconds later, Wardley landed a brief proper hand Clarke, which took his ft away, sending him retreating to the ropes. Wardley landed two extensive hooks on Clarke’s head that despatched him falling in opposition to the ropes.
Fabio then related with two huge proper fingers to Clarke’s head, which despatched him down on the canvas. The referee then waived it off as a result of Clarke was in unhealthy form. It appeared like he had a lump on the left aspect of his jaw. It’s unclear if Clarke’s jaw was damaged or what, nevertheless it didn’t look good. The time of the stoppage was at 2:28 of the primary spherical.
Earlier this 12 months, Wardley and Clarke had fought to a 12-round draw on the O2 Enviornment in London on March thirty first. Wardley’s face was a multitude within the combat, and he appeared horrible. Tonight, he obtained to the heavy-handed Clarke early to keep away from the punishment he took of their first combat.
After the combat tonight, Wardley stated he’d prefer to combat for a world title subsequent. That’ll be as much as His Excellency Turki Alalshikh if he needs Wardley to combat for a belt, however that’s unlikely. Wardley goes to wish to get in line and combat another high heavyweights whereas he waits his flip to battle for a title. It might be attention-grabbing to see Wardley combat Martin Bakole, Filip Hrgovic or Jared Anderson subsequent.
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