Round-by-Round: Fabio Wardley vs. Justis Huni | DAZN - 7 June 2025

[Jimmy2025]

i honestly think people are being too emotional about this. Huni was counted out, was still a bit out of it once he was on his feet and if he'd not been counted out and was allowed to carry on, Wardley would have blasted him into another dimension. He'd have been Fraser Clarked. "Going out on his shield" AKA x3 XP CTE damage. wahey.

he was great for 9.5 rounds and seems like a top lad.

You can't have this logic. Plenty of fighters have looked borderline coming back from a knockdown and then come back and won.

Exactly.

[Controversial]

Yes but officially he was counted out so the fight is over.

[golden_labrador]

we can't compare Huni to Fury

[Ruthless-RKO]

we can't compare Huni to Fury

Maybe we could.

We most definitely can’t now.

[coneye]

You know i've watched i a few times , lot of hul a ba la , about the count , personaly i'm not so sure it was has bad has people are making out ,
Now it was'nt 1,2,3,4,5, quick ,, and it was'nt a
1 Aaaand 2 Aaaand 3
Aaaand 4 Aaaand 5 , slow either

Basicly it was borderline , 1 and 2 and 3 .... He picked the count up at 5 i think it was , All this is correct , he sent Fabio to the neutral corner , and then looked at the time keeper and picked up the count , now 9 , some say 9.5 seconds , close to 10 in any regards and he called it off

Well heres the thing he's not the first ref to call a fight off because he does'nt think the fighter is in condition to carry on , Huni was flattened he got up , but he made no attempt to carry on , no complains , no barging past with a let me at him let me at him attitude , no rubbing his own gloves , just a half hearted but best he can do attempt to get up .

I think though in a way Hunis stock has gone waaay up and Fabios has dropped BIG TIME . after all who are they gonna put him in with , Whyte well he's already been put on the shelf for Moses to knock over .

Parker .... Zangh .... who , at the high level i can;t see anyone who Fabio can outbox , he was tired against Huni , when your tired your one punch away from being layed out but Huni is notoriously NOT A PUNCHER ,

Mabee Chisora , but to be honest i think Chisora even now is still busy enough and hits hard enough to turn that fight upside down , , myself i just don't think its gonna be too long before we see Fabio get outboxed , tired and then stopped , his defence was /is dreadful , I just don't see him holding up against a better boxer who can punch .

Hard one ffor Fabio , what would you do with him , if he was younger i would say 12 months off and go learn with /from the best instead of that clown Davidson , , but at his age , you really have to cash in , but how do you do that when he's 10 years behind everyone else and showing it , lucky punches are only going to happen every now and then , .

But when all said and done you cannot discount the fact he does find a way to land his hail Mary shots and he is winning . i just fear for him when they run out of sub par opponents , and thats happenning has we speak

[KiwiRider]

lucky punches are only going to happen every now and then , .

His entire career has proven that lucky punches can happen 18 from 19 times.
Wilder made his career from one lucky punch and losing every round until it landed.
And Fabio has four lucky punches that have KOed guys.
Straight right, right hook, left hook, and right upper cut. That's three more than Wilder!
And his chin is really decent, I'm not sure it's better than Wilder yet, but let's say it's comparable?
So how far can you go with all that?
It depends on matchmaking, and what happens to the belts after Uysk chucks them to the wind.
He might not beat Dubois or Parker or Kayabel, but look below them and tell me he isn't in with an iron jawed puncher's chance?
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[margaret thatcher]

18 kos from 20 isnt it, one win by decision and a draw with clarke

but its not really a come from behind hail mary scenario in most of his fights, huni is the only one he was losing badly before landing. he may have dropped a couple early rounds vs other guys but never was way behind in a fight till this fight

[Jimmy2025]

Little things about Wardley show how confident he is in himself. Practically every other fighter desperately scrambles to put their thick soled trainers on after they have weighed in, so they can appear as tall as possible at the face off - Fury even stands on tiptoes at times. Wardley just strolls over in his socks and doesn't give a f*ck. Only a small thing but it's a big thing psychologically when you are that much more confident about yourself than everybody else is about themselves.

[KiwiRider]

18 kos from 20 isnt it, one win by decision and a draw with clarke

but its not really a come from behind hail mary scenario in most of his fights, huni is the only one he was losing badly before landing. he may have dropped a couple early rounds vs other guys but never was way behind in a fight till this fight

forgot the draw.

Huni was very good, hard night for anyone until, like Wardley, they caught him. And of course they had to have the power to do it.
Huni unfortunately has now shown the division what he has, and it's going to be expensive getting him opponents because there's no benefits in fighting him except money. He might be able to do a Jeff Horn and get backing from state or federal to do a show in Oz.

[golden_labrador]

18 kos from 20 isnt it, one win by decision and a draw with clarke

but its not really a come from behind hail mary scenario in most of his fights, huni is the only one he was losing badly before landing. he may have dropped a couple early rounds vs other guys but never was way behind in a fight till this fight

forgot the draw.

Huni was very good, hard night for anyone until, like Wardley, they caught him. And of course they had to have the power to do it.
Huni unfortunately has now shown the division what he has, and it's going to be expensive getting him opponents because there's no benefits in fighting him except money. He might be able to do a Jeff Horn and get backing from state or federal to do a show in Oz.

I'd pay to see him against Kabayel simply for a cagey, high-quality heavyweight contest

[coneye]

18 kos from 20 isnt it, one win by decision and a draw with clarke

but its not really a come from behind hail mary scenario in most of his fights, huni is the only one he was losing badly before landing. he may have dropped a couple early rounds vs other guys but never was way behind in a fight till this fight

forgot the draw.

Huni was very good, hard night for anyone until, like Wardley, they caught him. And of course they had to have the power to do it.
Huni unfortunately has now shown the division what he has, and it's going to be expensive getting him opponents because there's no benefits in fighting him except money. He might be able to do a Jeff Horn and get backing from state or federal to do a show in Oz.

I'd pay to see him against Kabayel simply for a cagey, high-quality heavyweight contest

Kayabel .stops Huni . But stops Wardley has well

[TBA]

18 kos from 20 isnt it, one win by decision and a draw with clarke

but its not really a come from behind hail mary scenario in most of his fights, huni is the only one he was losing badly before landing. he may have dropped a couple early rounds vs other guys but never was way behind in a fight till this fight

forgot the draw.

Huni was very good, hard night for anyone until, like Wardley, they caught him. And of course they had to have the power to do it.
Huni unfortunately has now shown the division what he has, and it's going to be expensive getting him opponents because there's no benefits in fighting him except money. He might be able to do a Jeff Horn and get backing from state or federal to do a show in Oz.

I share the opposite view.

I think that's exactly why he will get more fights now. He boxes well, without a pop and a suspect chin seemingly. Perfect test for up and comers.

A bit like Spilecka before he turned into Splatman.

[THEBUTCH]

The comparison of Huni and Kabayel is striking in terms of their boxing style.....and you'd now think Wardley will be kept well away from Agit.

[Controversial]

I love how FW shot down any talk of a rematch, he knows they got lucky

[coneye]

I love how FW shot down any talk of a rematch, he knows they got lucky

Think most will be very very suprised if theres a rematch , in fact i'll be suprised to see Fabio in with anyone who can box well , take a big hit and especielly anyone with ko power , I doubt if they would even go near a Hughie Fury , who i think would box Fabio's ears off .

[KiwiRider]

18 kos from 20 isnt it, one win by decision and a draw with clarke

but its not really a come from behind hail mary scenario in most of his fights, huni is the only one he was losing badly before landing. he may have dropped a couple early rounds vs other guys but never was way behind in a fight till this fight

forgot the draw.

Huni was very good, hard night for anyone until, like Wardley, they caught him. And of course they had to have the power to do it.
Huni unfortunately has now shown the division what he has, and it's going to be expensive getting him opponents because there's no benefits in fighting him except money. He might be able to do a Jeff Horn and get backing from state or federal to do a show in Oz.

I share the opposite view.

I think that's exactly why he will get more fights now. He boxes well, without a pop and a suspect chin seemingly. Perfect test for up and comers.

A bit like Spilecka before he turned into Splatman.

I can see that eventuality too.
But like I said, you have to catch him with power or else he is probably going to out point all but the very best.
And a lot of matchmakers won't take that risk.

[TheLeprechaun]

Wardley is interim WBA champ so he will get upgraded to full champ if Usyk retires or vacates. I think it would be very hard for Usyk to get up for a Wardley fight and he might vacate that belt if he has other options.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Wardley is interim WBA champ so he will get upgraded to full champ if Usyk retires or vacates. I think it would be very hard for Usyk to get up for a Wardley fight and he might vacate that belt if he has other options.

Pulev is the regular champion, so he would become full and Wardley will probably take Regular.

unless the WBA order Fabio vs Pulev.. I reckon they'd fancy their chances.

[TheLeprechaun]

Wardley is interim WBA champ so he will get upgraded to full champ if Usyk retires or vacates. I think it would be very hard for Usyk to get up for a Wardley fight and he might vacate that belt if he has other options.

Pulev is the regular champion, so he would become full and Wardley will probably take Regular.

unless the WBA order Fabio vs Pulev.. I reckon they'd fancy their chances.

You're right. I forgot about Pulev. They'd fancy the Pulev fight. I thought they tried to make it before or something? I wouldn't be surprised if Pulev just kept him at the end of a jab for 12 rounds though. Pulev is a master of doing nothing in a fight. He would probably struggle if Wardley just went all out combination punching.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Wardley is interim WBA champ so he will get upgraded to full champ if Usyk retires or vacates. I think it would be very hard for Usyk to get up for a Wardley fight and he might vacate that belt if he has other options.

Pulev is the regular champion, so he would become full and Wardley will probably take Regular.

unless the WBA order Fabio vs Pulev.. I reckon they'd fancy their chances.

. I thought they tried to make it before or something?

Yeh i think it was ordered.

[Jimmy2025]

Something commentators and others should quieten up about is Fabio's lack of experience. He took up boxing about a decade ago. In that time, George Foreman had won the Olympics, got a world title, beaten Frazier, had the RITJ, beaten Ron Lyle and Frazier again, etc... Mike Tyson had had the best years of his career and lost to Buster Douglas.

Fabio is doing great with the ability he has got, is great to watch, and is my favourite British fighter but he's not short of experience and the white collar schtick needs to stop.

[BumLicker]

He’s a shit boxer. Haha

He will get found out soon enough

Everything other than Usyk will most likely get ''found out'' nerd.

Why do dorks on boxing forums talk like this.

[margaret thatcher]

He’s a shit boxer. Haha

He will get found out soon enough

Everything other than Usyk will most likely get ''found out'' nerd.

Why do dorks on boxing forums talk like this.

award winning name

[Ruthless-RKO]

He’s a shit boxer. Haha

He will get found out soon enough

Everything other than Usyk will most likely get ''found out'' nerd.

Why do dorks on boxing forums talk like this.

He was never lost. He was already found. I’m sure most people knew this information.

At the time I wrote this, I was a bit pissed at the crap ending.

You don’t know me. I don’t know you.

And no I don’t always ‘talk like this”

[Ruthless-RKO]

He’s a shit boxer. Haha

He will get found out soon enough

Everything other than Usyk will most likely get ''found out'' nerd.

Why do dorks on boxing forums talk like this.

Where you been for 6 years,

You just randomly decide to quote this out of all all the posts.