Fabio Wardley - Could he? is it possible?

[golden_labrador]

Hey by the way. What was Usyk's recent injury that he was recovering from?

back injury

[gilgamesh]

Hopefully he's able to fully recover, and still operate at the same level for another little while. He's so far ahead of the rest of the division in terms of technique and skill that he may be able to stay ahead of them for a while even when he starts to slip.

[Finkel]

I'm sure he will be fine. He looks to be undergoing intensive physio involving charity football matches and dancing on stage at night clubs

[golden_labrador]

I'm sure he will be fine. He looks to be undergoing intensive physio involving charity football matches and dancing on stage at night clubs

i fractured a vertebrae a few years ago and was able to do a 5k a week later (before finally getting the painful niggle x-rayed/MRI'ed and realising what I'd done). wouldn't have been able to box for at least 6 months.

[TheLeprechaun]

Makes a mockery out of boxing if he beats Usyk

[gilgamesh]

Not necessarily, but it would make him a rare talent who was able to defy the conventions of Boxing. More so than he already is.

[paultom]

Makes a mockery out of boxing if he beats Usyk

How will it ? the only way Wardley would beat Usyk is if he does something better on the night.

[Ezzard]

Fabio cab beat anyone in history with the right ref in his corner.

[gilgamesh]

Fabio cab beat anyone in history with the right ref in his corner.

I mean it ain't his fault that the British Boxing Board of Control hires sh*t referees. The bad thing is people complain about Howard Foster, but is there a referee in the U.K. with a reputation for being a particularly excellent ref?

Seems to me stopping fights early is a common trait in the U.K. and has been for many years.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Fabio cab beat anyone in history with the right ref in his corner.

I mean it ain't his fault that the British Boxing Board of Control hires sh*t referees. The bad thing is people complain about Howard Foster, but is there a referee in the U.K. with a reputation for being a particularly excellent ref?

Seems to me stopping fights early is a common trait in the U.K. and has been for many years.

Only when it comes to stopping the away fighter.

[gilgamesh]

Yeah that's true, but it isn't new to Wardley. It's been that way.

[Coco]

Fabio cab beat anyone in history with the right ref in his corner.

I mean it ain't his fault that the British Boxing Board of Control hires sh*t referees. The bad thing is people complain about Howard Foster, but is there a referee in the U.K. with a reputation for being a particularly excellent ref?

Seems to me stopping fights early is a common trait in the U.K. and has been for many years.

Not really, and the lot before, O'Connor, John Keane, IJL, Dave Parris, Larry McConnell weren't any better.
Mark Green and Jim McDonnell are still around but the same ass
Paul Thomas wasn't bad.
Seamus Dunne was good, but never promoted

[jameswilson]

Fabio cab beat anyone in history with the right ref in his corner.

I mean it ain't his fault that the British Boxing Board of Control hires sh*t referees. The bad thing is people complain about Howard Foster, but is there a referee in the U.K. with a reputation for being a particularly excellent ref?

Seems to me stopping fights early is a common trait in the U.K. and has been for many years.

Only when it comes to stopping the away fighter.

Yeah Nathan Cleverly and Josh Warrington are two that spring immediately to mind where you wonder what the ref would have done had it been the other fighter on Queer Street.

[Boxerbeetle]

I mean it ain't his fault that the British Boxing Board of Control hires sh*t referees. The bad thing is people complain about Howard Foster, but is there a referee in the U.K. with a reputation for being a particularly excellent ref?

Seems to me stopping fights early is a common trait in the U.K. and has been for many years.

Only when it comes to stopping the away fighter.

Yeah Nathan Cleverly and Josh Warrington are two that spring immediately to mind where you wonder what the ref would have done had it been the other fighter on Queer Street.

Couldn’t really imagine Terry O’Connor carrying Kovalev back to his corner against Cleverly somehow

[TheLeprechaun]

Just rewatched Calzaghe Manfredo. Can't imagine Big Terry stopped Calzaghe if Manfredo was throwing punches that were blocked while Calzaghe was on the ropes. What a shocking stoppage that was.

[gilgamesh]

Early stoppages in the U.K. are like bad decisions in Vegas at this point.

They're not only common occurrences, they're outright likely.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Just rewatched Calzaghe Manfredo. Can't imagine Big Terry stopped Calzaghe if Manfredo was throwing punches that were blocked while Calzaghe was on the ropes. What a shocking stoppage that was.

Comms were like. “Ref says protect urself at all times” - from what? Barely anything landing?

“Manfredo wasn’t throwing back” - he was barely getting hit. Them last few shots were hitting the flies in the air.

Joke of a stoppage too.

[Ezzard]

Fabio cab beat anyone in history with the right ref in his corner.

I mean it ain't his fault that the British Boxing Board of Control hires sh*t referees. The bad thing is people complain about Howard Foster, but is there a referee in the U.K. with a reputation for being a particularly excellent ref?

Seems to me stopping fights early is a common trait in the U.K. and has been for many years.

Joe was stopped legit by Joe Joyce. He was nowhere near in that state against Fabio.

Not Fabio's fault, I agree.

[Finkel]

I'm sure he will be fine. He looks to be undergoing intensive physio involving charity football matches and dancing on stage at night clubs

i fractured a vertebrae a few years ago and was able to do a 5k a week later (before finally getting the painful niggle x-rayed/MRI'ed and realising what I'd done). wouldn't have been able to box for at least 6 months.

Yes, but had you known you had the injury, would you still have done the 5k?

Btw, I too have done sports with injuries, ran 15k with a messed up ankle, played hockey with a broken hand, etc., and that was my decision to make.

BUT I am assuming we are similar in the sense that tens of millions of pounds and hundreds of jobs aren't connected to us recovering from injury...

The guy clearly just wanted a break and didn't fancy having a timeline dictated to him - trouble is we are now onto the 4th WBO interim since Usyk became champion

[golden_labrador]

I'm sure he will be fine. He looks to be undergoing intensive physio involving charity football matches and dancing on stage at night clubs

i fractured a vertebrae a few years ago and was able to do a 5k a week later (before finally getting the painful niggle x-rayed/MRI'ed and realising what I'd done). wouldn't have been able to box for at least 6 months.

Yes, but had you known you had the injury, would you still have done the 5k?

Btw, I too have done sports with injuries, ran 15k with a messed up ankle, played hockey with a broken hand, etc., and that was my decision to make.

BUT I am assuming we are similar in the sense that tens of millions of pounds and hundreds of jobs aren't connected to us recovering from injury...

The guy clearly just wanted a break and didn't fancy having a timeline dictated to him - trouble is we are now onto the 4th WBO interim since Usyk became champion

he'll fight when he's feel

[TheLeprechaun]

Just rewatched Calzaghe Manfredo. Can't imagine Big Terry stopped Calzaghe if Manfredo was throwing punches that were blocked while Calzaghe was on the ropes. What a shocking stoppage that was.

Comms were like. “Ref says protect urself at all times” - from what? Barely anything landing?

“Manfredo wasn’t throwing back” - he was barely getting hit. Them last few shots were hitting the flies in the air.

Joke of a stoppage too.

Big Terry was also a judge for Roy vs Calzaghe. The look on his face when Calzaghe gets dropped... well look at it for yourself on the footage. His block head is hard to miss.