The completely devastating knockout British heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley scored final evening, this in his huge return combat with Frazer Clarke, was simply nasty, whereas the stunning sight of Clarke’s head, “dented” because it was from Wardley’s succession of proper palms, was merely disturbing. A violent reminder of how harmful the game of boxing is, Wardley’s gorgeous first-round KO resulted in nobody choosing beforehand.
The primary combat between Wardley and Clarke was, as we all know, an actual conflict, a 12-round conflict draw. Going into the return combat, loads of us had been buckled in, able to see one other robust and grueling battle. That mentioned, some alarm bells had been sounded when Clarke hit the size as closely as he did, with the Olympic bronze medal winner tipping in at a hefty 271 kilos. However any ideas of “Huge Fraze” working out of gasoline because the combat progressed had been made redundant as Wardley iced his man in double-quick trend in Riyadh.
Wardley, now 18-0-1(17), harm Clarke with an enormous overhand proper to the top, and he then cracked his rival with a left hook, adopted by one other proper hand that buckled Clarke’s legs and despatched him crumbling to the mat. It was over; Clarke’s glassy-eyed expression was sufficient to persuade the ref to name it off. The “dent” in Clarke’s head was immediately noticeable, and the crushed fighter is ready to underdog surgical procedure within the hospital for a damaged jaw (or could nicely have already performed so on the time of writing).
All of us in fact hope Clarke, 8-1-1(6) makes a full restoration and is okay. However can Clarke bounce again from such a devastating, nasty KO loss?
As for Wardley, he goals to combat for a world title earlier than too lengthy, but it has already been steered that he may characteristic on the upcoming February card that’s set to be headlined by a second ‘5 Vs. 5’ card, between Queensbury and Matchroom fighters. This may increasingly imply Wardley will combat his good mate Johnny Fisher, who can be unbeaten.
Wardley mentioned, “If the cellphone rings,” he’ll take the combat, as enterprise is enterprise.
“He’s pal of mine; he wished me all the very best for this combat. It might be a sticky one; it’s enterprise on the finish of the day,” Wardley advised IFL TV a couple of potential combat with the 12-0(11) Fisher. “If the cellphone rings, it rings.”
Wardley has proven a lot enchancment as a fighter as he has gone on his path to what he hopes would be the high. Final evening, Wardley confirmed how harmful he’s and the way exhausting he can bang. A combat between Wardley and Fisher could be one thing to see.