Fabio Wardley’s bid to regain the WBO heavyweight title lasted lower than six minutes as Daniel Dubois (24-3, 23 KOs) dropped him early and battered him right into a second-round stoppage.
Wardley’s nook threw within the towel, with referee Steve Grey ending the rematch at 2:21 of spherical two on Saturday at London’s O2 Area.
Wardley (20-2-1) by no means recovered from the opening knockdown. A jab adopted by a proper hand despatched him down inside 15 seconds, instantly wrecking his hopes of settling into the struggle.
He obtained up, however his legs betrayed how badly he had been damage. Dubois stored touchdown heavy punches, forcing Wardley to spend a lot of the spherical making an attempt to outlive slightly than constructing any offense.
Ben Davison’s nook had the towel prepared throughout that opening spherical. They held off, giving Wardley the prospect to achieve the bell and get better on his stool. Sadly for the challenger, the interval didn’t restore his means to deal with Dubois’ assaults.
Wardley tried to struggle again within the second, swinging seeking one thing which may change the competition. Dubois remained composed and continued discovering openings towards an opponent whose steadiness and protection had already been compromised.
One other jab-right hand mixture landed, with the appropriate catching Wardley cleanly on the chin. When Wardley missed a giant punch, Dubois answered with a barrage that introduced the towel.
The warning indicators had been there from the primary knockdown. Wardley’s willingness to maintain preventing was clear, however he couldn’t cease Dubois from hitting him, and his nook in the end spared him additional punishment.
Their first assembly in Might had been a grueling struggle wherein Wardley dropped Dubois twice earlier than dropping within the eleventh. The rematch supplied none of that uncertainty.
Dubois took management together with his first main assault and stored it. Wardley wanted time to get better and room to rebuild; the champion gave him neither.
