FABIO WARDLEY wasn’t inquisitive about having one other thrilling 12-round slugfest with Frazer Clarke in Riyadh.
The British and Commonwealth champion was clearly in seek-and-destroy mode, as proven by his first-round win final evening. After the battle of the yr contender in London seven months in the past, many predicted the same battle. Nevertheless, in lower than 30 seconds, Wardley had his man damage and confirmed no mercy when Clarke turned his again and completed him off in brutal trend.
Talking to Boxing Information afterwards, the champion mentioned: “We knew how a lot of an enormous thrilling battle the final one was and it’s at all times nice to have these however instantly after I mentioned I don’t need too a lot of these. They’ll take a toll on you, they’ll take outing of you.
“I mentioned in interviews that I left a chunk of my soul within the O2 that evening and as a lot as I really like Saudi and the individuals I wasn’t making an attempt to do this.”
Consideration now turns to who the Queensberry heavyweight will face subsequent. However Wardley made it clear there aren’t any particular names he’s calling out, he simply desires to be part of a thriving division on the world stage.
“Boxing is a humorous sport. You by no means know who’s going to finish up the place,” he mentioned.
“I’m going to have the remainder of the yr off and we’ll see how different boxers get on and what else occurs. Then we’ll enter the New Yr, I’ll have a chat with Frank [Warren] and George [Warren[ and His Excellency as well and see if we can get back out here.”
