Heavyweight contender Fabio Wardley (18-0-1, 17 KOs) regarded like a steamroller, crushing the beforehand unbeaten behemoth Frazer Clarke (8-1-1, 6 KOs) by a first-round knockout on Saturday night time of their rematch within the chief help 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 towards the ropes. It regarded like Clarke recovered that shot as a result of he landed an enormous uppercut to the top 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 large hooks on Clarke’s head that despatched him falling towards the ropes.
Fabio then related with two large 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 dangerous form. It regarded 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 large number within the struggle, and he regarded horrible. Tonight, he bought to the heavy-handed Clarke early to keep away from the punishment he took of their first struggle.
After the struggle tonight, Wardley stated he’d wish to struggle for a world title subsequent. That’ll be as much as His Excellency Turki Alalshikh if he desires Wardley to struggle for a belt, however that’s unlikely. Wardley goes to want to get in line and struggle another high heavyweights whereas he waits his flip to battle for a title. It could be attention-grabbing to see Wardley struggle Martin Bakole, Filip Hrgovic or Jared Anderson subsequent.
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