As followers know, British heavyweight rivals Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke, who fought an ideal and punishing struggle again in March, will do it once more on October 12, this on the large Riyadh card topped by Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol. And Wardley says he goals to attain a “clear” KO over Clarke this time, with him utilizing the win to interrupt into the “higher echelon” of the division.
Wardley, who misplaced a great deal of blood as he slugged his approach to a 12-round draw with Clarke, which noticed him preserve maintain of the British title, says the heavyweight division goes by means of a “huge altering of the guard” now on account of some top-ranked fighters dropping. Wardley says a press release win over Clarke will announce his arrival as “the following one in query.”
“The panorama, it’s positively in a large altering of the guard proper now, with Fury dropping, with AJ dropping, Wilder dropping, Joyce dropping, Chisora clearly successful however we all know that he’s solely received a pair left, so that you don’t actually throw him in that blend, Jared Anderson even dropping,” Wardley informed Sky Sports activities. “Lots of the those that have been on the high, otherwise you would have stated have been subsequent up, have picked up losses on the best way. One-thousand %, I’m within the combine. I’m one struggle away from being in that high echelon. Clear out Frazer after which I’m in that blend, I’m the following one in query.”
Wardley, who’s presently ranked within the high 10 by the governing our bodies, will certainly be in a very good place if he can KO Clarke. Wardley, 17-0-1(16) would rise even greater within the rankings little doubt, and possibly an enormous struggle with one of many high 10 guys, say a Martin Bakole, a Joseph Parker, an Agit Kabayel, or another person would come for him. However first, Wardley has to beat Clarke, 8-0-1(6), and never everybody thinks he’ll accomplish that.
It was a tricky struggle for each males on March thirty first, and “Huge Fraze” feels it will likely be he who improves on his exhibiting within the first struggle and that it will likely be he who will get the stoppage win this time. Actually, this can be a nice under-card struggle, a struggle that stood alone right here within the UK and would have performed so once more had the rematch taken place on these shores.
The large, for-all-the-belts light-heavyweight conflict will take some beating, motion, drama, and stress, however Wardley-Clarke II might show to be essentially the most enjoyable struggle of the night time per week on Saturday.
Who do YOU like within the rematch, Wardley or Clarke? Will there be a winner this time round?
