Fabio Wardley

[paultom]

Very personable guy on the mic. Still acts like he can't believe any of this is actually happening. Which to be fair neither can I.

Unless he's got the heart and stomach of a concrete elephant, however (which I definitely don't rule out), I think Dubois is going to stop him. It's one thing taking stick off Parker or Huni or Clarke, quite another standing up to the sort of fire DDD brings.

DDD can be chinny at times though, Wardley stops him for me, DDD has had his time

That's true. Wardley definitely has the power to stop Dubois.

For me the difference is that against good opponents, Wardley has generally had to soak up punishment, come back and stop them late (apart from Clarke II). I don't think that's really an option against Dubois. But you may well be right, he could catch and hurt him.

either way there will be fireworks, can't wait

[dookus]

Very personable guy on the mic. Still acts like he can't believe any of this is actually happening. Which to be fair neither can I.

Unless he's got the heart and stomach of a concrete elephant, however (which I definitely don't rule out), I think Dubois is going to stop him. It's one thing taking stick off Parker or Huni or Clarke, quite another standing up to the sort of fire DDD brings.

Parker has 10x the chin and heart that Dubois has though. That's why this fight is interesting.

agree he's got a better chin, absolutely. Heart, yeah probably too, Parker is as brave as they come, but Dubois showed plenty against Miller and Hrgovic himself (and I doubt Wardley is going to frustrate the will out of him like Usyk did).

But Dubois is definitely a much bigger puncher than Parker and Wardley's not hard to find. For me that makes the difference, but could easily be wrong. So yeah, it is interesting and I'd be amazed if it's not an entertaining fight

[mickey1975]

Very personable guy on the mic. Still acts like he can't believe any of this is actually happening. Which to be fair neither can I.

Unless he's got the heart and stomach of a concrete elephant, however (which I definitely don't rule out), I think Dubois is going to stop him. It's one thing taking stick off Parker or Huni or Clarke, quite another standing up to the sort of fire DDD brings.

Parker has 10x the chin and heart that Dubois has though. That's why this fight is interesting.

Nothing wrong with DDD chin.

[Taansend]

Very personable guy on the mic. Still acts like he can't believe any of this is actually happening. Which to be fair neither can I.

Unless he's got the heart and stomach of a concrete elephant, however (which I definitely don't rule out), I think Dubois is going to stop him. It's one thing taking stick off Parker or Huni or Clarke, quite another standing up to the sort of fire DDD brings.

Parker has 10x the chin and heart that Dubois has though. That's why this fight is interesting.

Nothing wrong with DDD chin.

Yep. He took some flush punches from hrgovic

[TheLeprechaun]

Hrgovic is an arm puncher. He's got very little power in his shots by heavyweight standards.

[KiwiRider]

Very personable guy on the mic. Still acts like he can't believe any of this is actually happening. Which to be fair neither can I.

Unless he's got the heart and stomach of a concrete elephant, however (which I definitely don't rule out), I think Dubois is going to stop him. It's one thing taking stick off Parker or Huni or Clarke, quite another standing up to the sort of fire DDD brings.

Parker has 10x the chin and heart that Dubois has though. That's why this fight is interesting.

Nothing wrong with DDD chin.

Isn't he the only heavyweight Uysk has stopped, twice?

[joshj909]

Hrgovic is an arm puncher. He's got very little power in his shots by heavyweight standards.

Yeah, he doesn't get many knockouts at all really, especially against decent names and when he does they're usually in the late rounds. He's an accumulation puncher rather than a knockout puncher

[joshj909]

Parker has 10x the chin and heart that Dubois has though. That's why this fight is interesting.

Nothing wrong with DDD chin.

Isn't he the only heavyweight Uysk has stopped, twice?

I'm pretty sure he's the only opponent that he's dropped in 10 years except semi-retired Bellew. Dropped three times against Lerena too.

[mickey1975]

Parker has 10x the chin and heart that Dubois has though. That's why this fight is interesting.

Nothing wrong with DDD chin.

Isn't he the only heavyweight Uysk has stopped, twice?

If you say so, I haven’t checked. Daniel could have continued in both of those fights in my opinion.

[mickey1975]

Nothing wrong with DDD chin.

Isn't he the only heavyweight Uysk has stopped, twice?

I'm pretty sure he's the only opponent that he's dropped in 10 years except semi-retired Bellew. Dropped three times against Lerena too.

Fury?

[joshj909]

Isn't he the only heavyweight Uysk has stopped, twice?

I'm pretty sure he's the only opponent that he's dropped in 10 years except semi-retired Bellew. Dropped three times against Lerena too.

Fury?

*According to the referee

[mickey1975]

I'm pretty sure he's the only opponent that he's dropped in 10 years except semi-retired Bellew. Dropped three times against Lerena too.

Fury?

*According to the referee

It's a draw without that count.

[joshj909]

Fury?

*According to the referee

It's a draw without that count.

Did he touch the canvas? And anyway, if he didn't get the standing count he would've been stopped.

Regardless, Fury isn't know to have an exceptional chin, he just has incredible recovery. He didn't go down but even if he did, that doesn't make Dubois' chin any better.

[mickey1975]

*According to the referee

It's a draw without that count.

Did he touch the canvas? And anyway, if he didn't get the standing count he would've been stopped.

Regardless, Fury isn't know to have an exceptional chin, he just has incredible recovery. He didn't go down but even if he did, that doesn't make Dubois' chin any better.

Would he?

[CaptainSpacerod]

Getting introduced as world champion (technically true but he isn’t really) by the likes of a fawning Adam Smith, doing lots of media work, dressed to the nines at press conferences

Is he taking his eye off the ball ?

[SeanBrennan]

Getting introduced as world champion (technically true but he isn’t really) by the likes of a fawning Adam Smith, doing lots of media work, dressed to the nines at press conferences

Is he taking his eye off the ball ?

He is a world champion. He’s beaten everyone put in front of him, often as underdog. He’s deserved of the status and beat a drug cheat in his last fight. Fair play.

[CaptainSpacerod]

Getting introduced as world champion (technically true but he isn’t really) by the likes of a fawning Adam Smith, doing lots of media work, dressed to the nines at press conferences

Is he taking his eye off the ball ?

He is a world champion. He’s beaten everyone put in front of him, often as underdog. He’s deserved of the status and beat a drug cheat in his last fight. Fair play.

Don’t get me wrong,, I fully respect all he’s achieved and he’s a top bloke but getting handed an alphabet title due to the vagaries of a sanctioning body’s arbitrary rules doesn’t make him a world champion in any true sense of the words.

[joshj909]

Getting introduced as world champion (technically true but he isn’t really) by the likes of a fawning Adam Smith, doing lots of media work, dressed to the nines at press conferences

Is he taking his eye off the ball ?

He is a world champion. He’s beaten everyone put in front of him, often as underdog. He’s deserved of the status and beat a drug cheat in his last fight. Fair play.

Don’t get me wrong,, I fully respect all he’s achieved and he’s a top bloke but getting handed an alphabet title due to the vagaries of a sanctioning body’s arbitrary rules doesn’t make him a world champion in any true sense of the words.

Who else wasn't a world champ because the only held one belt while the number 1 held the others? He beat a top t guy to get the belt. He might not be the number 1 but until things change. He's a world champ.

[CaptainSpacerod]

That’s kind of my point Josh, not many of them deserve to be called world champs. Perhaps it’s different if a case could be made that the new “champ” is on the same level as the holder of the other belts.

Beating Parker didn’t gain him any real kudos either at an elite level.

[SeanBrennan]

I think it’s more an indictment of the wider sport than the method of Fabio’s acquisition of a version of it. I fully appreciate your points though.

Plus we all know the only real world title is the Commonwealth Silver Title.

[CaptainSpacerod]

I think it’s more an indictment of the wider sport than the method of Fabio’s acquisition of a version of it. I fully appreciate your points though.

Plus we all know the only real world title is the Commonwealth Silver Title.