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

[Jimmy2025]

Sliding doors.

Fury gets knocked down in the 12th versus Wilder, has a slightly slower count gets up.at the same time, is given a good walk around and check by the referee and is allowed to fight on.

Lennox Lewis gets clipped by McCall and Rahman and it's put down as a blip, a moment of carelessness and he marches on with his career.

Shame for Huni but how can you not love Fabio Wardley.

[Nightmare Roy]

There’s another clip showing full count, counted out.

Good. Where is it?

Ref was counting as fast as he could, then just stops it as soon as he gets up, should be a rematch IMO after seeing that.

[Controversial]

I’m sure FW will say it was a good stoppage. I doubt they will want a rematch, I only listened on the radio and it sounded like Wardley was getting a beat down up to the ending. Had the roles been reversed and Wardley was outboxing Huni and was stopped without any chance of continuing his team would be up in arms. Always double standards in this sport.

[TheLeprechaun]

Huni was bossing the fight once he got into his groove. He had a nice flow and he was well in control. I predicted an easy Huni win and it was looking that way until he got caught. He was making the pre fight odds look ridiculous. Looking at the count, we all know what happened. As fast as can be and absolutely no leeway whatsoever in giving Huni, who had dominated proceedings up to that point, the benefit of doubt. Even though it's within the rulebook, I see it as corruption when these things happen because it's always the A side that benefits. The referee, judges and timekeepers all have a very clear agenda.

However, as I said already, it was poor from Huni to get caught and stopped like that. It also wasn't a good look that he hadn't gotten Fabio badly hurt. He did have him in trouble here and there but you need to be carrying more power than that at heavyweight. He was landing a high volume of shots and given what he was landing, Fabio shouldn't have lasted if Huni was a decent puncher. I also think Hunis chin let him down. He did absorb some shots but getting KO'd with one punch like that is a bad look. It was a clean right hand but you have to be able to take those shots if you are going to operate at the highest level (above Wardley). At the very least you have to be able to recover and be able to weather the storm if dropped. He was definitley hard done by with the fast count and no leeway. I would have liked to have seen him try to get through that crisis. He has experience being hurt and getting through it.

[lefthook82]

It's not a British stoppage but I believe with all my heart that Wardley would be given a bit more of a chance. That ref couldn't wait.

I'm shocked that foreign fighters with some decent backing behind them come to England and don't insist on a Non-English ref

[lefthook82]

I was listening to Curtis Woodhouse the other day, he was saying, imagine being that bloke who fancied giving White Collar a go for a laugh and the guy you fight was Wardley

I think the white collar thing is a myth tbh. All now, how have we not heard from Terry from Accounts who was the unfortunate sod to match up with Fabio. Probably white collar means unlicensed

[forcefraser]

Good. Where is it?

Ref was counting as fast as he could, then just stops it as soon as he gets up, should be a rematch IMO after seeing that.

I agree, that count was dogshite. Waved it off in-between 9 and 10 whilst he was clearly on his feet.

Huni didn't complain and neither did his team by the look of it though. Maybe he would have been mullered Maccaranelli v Frenkel style, but if he'd have been given the "walk to me", push the other guy back, "do you wanna continue" treatment, he could have cleared his head and seen out the round.

With the cards like they were, that ref knew Frank would have his nads if he didn't stop it then. It's rotten and it messes with people's careers.

By the way, who the hell decided to bring Smith back to lead the Dazn commentary?? Seems like a nice enough bloke and passionate about boxing, but the clichês and the dramatic screaming with irrelevant information is unbearable.

The American commentators are streets ahead. I may even prefer those Aussie boofheads that DAZN use for the fights down under over Smith.

After making us suffer hours of his bleating mash, he doesn't even have the common decency to make a slight amends by giving us a "There's the respect". Without this slight redeemer, I'm going mute from now on or maybe the Spanish/Polish commentary option.

[Jimmy2025]

I’m sure FW will say it was a good stoppage. I doubt they will want a rematch, I only listened on the radio and it sounded like Wardley was getting a beat down up to the ending. Had the roles been reversed and Wardley was outboxing Huni and was stopped without any chance of continuing his team would be up in arms. Always double standards in this sport.

Huni is too humble and well-mannered to cause a stink. Someone like Tyson Fury would easily have convinced everyone he was shafted. He'd have been onto the ref immediately at the point of stoppage and not shut up since.

[mickey1975]

It's funny people mentioning Wilders name. He would get pages of abuse for being badly outboxed by a novice.

[Cyclops]

There’s another clip showing full count, counted out.

Good. Where is it?

I guess some might say he got up at 9.5 and shouldn’t have been counted out

Thanks

It is a fast count. I watched the one where it cuts to Fwank during the '10 count' a few times and it is a literal ten seconds from the moment Huni touches the deck to when he gets waved off. I'm used to the opposing fighter having to be in the neutral corner before the ref picks up the count, which didn't happen.

He didn't complain, so he must've been hurt. But I'd like to see Huni get more opportunities. He's better than I thought and has pulled out a win before, surviving after being seriously wobbled, hasn't he?

[gregregegg]

It's funny people mentioning Wilders name. He would get pages of abuse for being badly outboxed by a novice.

Has wilder ever beaten a better boxer than huni? I guess Ortiz if you just assume because he is Cuban and a southpaw he is "slick" even though he was 40 and about as flat footed as Miller on ketamine... and still outboxed wilder.

Huni would 1000% outbox wilder. although like wardly found his shot, huni probably would have too.

[Coco]

The ref could have easily taken time to put Wardley in a neutral corner, wiped Hunis gloves down, asked him if he is ok, walked to me etc, even replaced the gum shield

It's not hard to get 20 seconds out of a count

It is the benefit of being the home fighter

[lefthook82]

A foreign fighter not insisting on a non Brit ref for a world title is crazy to me. The bias is clear from the outset. Imagine the ref in the CL Final was from Paris. It wouldn't make sense

[Ruthless-RKO]

A foreign fighter not insisting on a non Brit ref for a world title is crazy to me. The bias is clear from the outset. Imagine the ref in the CL Final was from Paris. It wouldn't make sense

It’s crazy cus he’s promoted by Eddie and he didn’t cause a fuss either.

[Ruthless-RKO]

There’s another clip showing full count, counted out.

Good. Where is it?

I guess some might say he got up at 9.5 and shouldn’t have been counted out

That was an horrendous count.

Shocking!

He couldn’t wait to count him out!

I’m disgusted.

No wonder they cut the bloody camera.

[Old bones Ian]

It's an amazing comeback from Wardley but if he reads social media today 90% of the comments will be about the count

[keithmoonhangover]

There’s another clip showing full count, counted out.

Good. Where is it?

I guess some might say he got up at 9.5 and shouldn’t have been counted out

The count shouldn't have started until Wardley was in a neutral corner. And the refs count from 5 to out was miles off.

[Ruthless-RKO]

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[handsofstone]

I wish they'd stop banging on about the white collar, Wardley's already won British and Commonwealth titles and coming off 2 fights with Clarke, one of the most accomplished amateurs Britains ever produced, Huni was winning because he was a better boxer, same as a fight between any other 2 men, they were making premature excuses for him

[Controversial]

Considering Huni is his fighter Hearn very quiet in his response to the loss, said “I think he was up before 10” but that’s about it. Odd underwhelming reaction, especially as it was so one side beforehand

[NazNaci1]

I did pick Wardley by KO but did not think Huni would have given him that much trouble.

Having said that, the count was pretty quick but Justis was well and truly clocked. A shame, as Wardley looked down, dispirited and knew he was losing, badly.

As others have said Huni doesn't really have the power or chin to compete at the very top level. After he was rocked to his boots in the 1st round, I did always feel that if Wardley could connect, pretty solidly, he'd take him out. It just took another 9 rounds of getting beaten up, before he landed clean and that was that.

Justis is a good fighter, but this level and above, you got to have some power and if you don't, then you need the chin to take the shots from the big punchers, generally speaking.

He doesn't have either. Wardley looked pretty blunt and someone like Parker would box his ears off and maybe stop him. I would definitely avoid putting him in with someone like Kayabel.

[gilgamesh]

I did pick Wardley by KO but did not think Huni would have given him that much trouble.

Having said that, the count was pretty quick but Justis was well and truly clocked. A shame, as Wardley looked down, dispirited and knew he was losing, badly.

As others have said Huni doesn't really have the power or chin to compete at the very top level. After he was rocked to his boots in the 1st round, I did always feel that if Wardley could connect, pretty solidly, he'd take him out. It just took another 9 rounds of getting beaten up, before he landed clean and that was that.

Justis is a good fighter, but this level and above, you got to have some power, if you don't and then more importantly, you need the chin.

He doesn't have either. Wardley looked pretty blunt and someone like Parker would box his ears off and maybe stop him.

And yeah good point about Huni not having enough power really at the top along with chin. He landed several shots flush on Wardley's chin. A bigger hitter would've surely dropped or KO'd Wardley with similar shots.

[NazNaci1]

I did pick Wardley by KO but did not think Huni would have given him that much trouble.

Having said that, the count was pretty quick but Justis was well and truly clocked. A shame, as Wardley looked down, dispirited and knew he was losing, badly.

As others have said Huni doesn't really have the power or chin to compete at the very top level. After he was rocked to his boots in the 1st round, I did always feel that if Wardley could connect, pretty solidly, he'd take him out. It just took another 9 rounds of getting beaten up, before he landed clean and that was that.

Justis is a good fighter, but this level and above, you got to have some power, if you don't and then more importantly, you need the chin.

He doesn't have either. Wardley looked pretty blunt and someone like Parker would box his ears off and maybe stop him.

And yeah good point about Huni not having enough power really at the top along with chin. He landed several shots flush on Wardley's chin. A bigger hitter would've surely dropped or KO'd Wardley with similar shots.

He is like Kayabel-lite.

Kayabel would have wrecked this version of Wardley.

[stujones]

Considering Huni is his fighter Hearn very quiet in his response to the loss, said “I think he was up before 10” but that’s about it. Odd underwhelming reaction, especially as it was so one side beforehand

Huni might be his fighter, but he knows Wardley is the potential money for the likes for Joshua in the future.