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In a way, they're just unifying mandatory challengers..

Winner here will be mandatory for WBA and WBO.

If one of the belts get vacated, then it gets filled.

It's a unification in worst possible sense.

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑01 Sep 2025, 09:48 It's a unification in worst possible sense.

It's a great fight.

Says regular DAZN. If so, get in.

Frank has plenty of dates available after his new deal with DAZN and money to spend

Unless they bulk up the undercard and then say it’s PPV.

Wouldn’t put it past then.

The battle of the likeables. I fear this will be the fight where Fabio's nasal scar tissue leads to a referee stoppage. Parker is too wily a fighter these days. Wardley can come again though.

gregregegg wrote: ↑30 Aug 2025, 00:55 Parker should be elevated to world champ. Usyk is no intrest in fighting him (not cause he is ducking it just dosent seem to excite him)

Wardly vs Parker for the wbo world title would be decent.

I honestly don't see why anyone gives a shit any more. Parker vs Wardley is a good fight on its own terms. Who cares what the WBO or any of the other organisations think, do or say about it? They are just an entirely self-appointed bunch of profiteers in an office somewhere who have proved time and time again they have no intererst in running any of this properly.

deadpan wrote: ↑01 Sep 2025, 11:01 The battle of the likeables. I fear this will be the fight where Fabio's nasal scar tissue leads to a referee stoppage. Parker is too wily a fighter these days. Wardley can come again though.

Wardley at World level is a loss waiting to happen and it nearly happened vs Huni. Lets not forget Huni isn't top 8 in the World and didn't have that long a camp and still was landing shot after shot on Wardley. Parker can drift in fights but if he lands a big overhand right or a good combo I think Fabio will be on his back.

mickey1975 wrote: ↑01 Sep 2025, 10:02

keithmoonhangover wrote: ↑01 Sep 2025, 09:48 It's a unification in worst possible sense.

It's a great fight.

I agree, great matchup, might swing either way during the course of the fight.

It is a great fight, big risk for the loser

Very good matchup.

I wonder who will be on the undercard? Lots of heavyweights looking for a fight right now - I'd really like to see several heavyweight matchups on this Wembley card. Perhaps Itauma? I'd like to see him fight Bakole, Hrgovic, Chisora, Dacres, or Riakporhe.

gp. wrote: ↑01 Sep 2025, 11:22

gregregegg wrote: ↑30 Aug 2025, 00:55 Parker should be elevated to world champ. Usyk is no intrest in fighting him (not cause he is ducking it just dosent seem to excite him)

Wardly vs Parker for the wbo world title would be decent.

I honestly don't see why anyone gives a shit any more. Parker vs Wardley is a good fight on its own terms. Who cares what the WBO or any of the other organisations think, do or say about it? They are just an entirely self-appointed bunch of profiteers in an office somewhere who have proved time and time again they have no intererst in running any of this properly.

The fight is good in its own right for sure... so if it happens then I'm happy regardless of the belt, I'd just like to see Parker rewarded...
It would slightly increase his chance of getting a usyk fight (like it did for DDD), It would give him a good chance to fight AJ (I think Parker deserves that rematch), If agit got elevated soon they could go strait for a unification...

Usyk is the boss dawg. but he is going to drop the WBO belt, so why wait.

Parker vs Wardley is gonna be fun. I suspect Parker is too skilled for Wardley to be able to one shot him outta there so I favor Parker here, but I'll be rooting like hell for Wardley as I greatly enjoy his fights.

A gigantic step up in competition for Wardley. Whether or not it's a stay busy fight for Parker or something more I guess we won't know until the bell rings.

gilgamesh wrote: ↑01 Sep 2025, 19:22 Parker vs Wardley is gonna be fun. I suspect Parker is too skilled for Wardley to be able to one shot him outta there so I favor Parker here, but I'll be rooting like hell for Wardley as I greatly enjoy his fights.

A gigantic step up in competition for Wardley. Whether or not it's a stay busy fight for Parker or something more I guess we won't know until the bell rings.

A bit more than stay busy.
They both hold interim positions in the rankings. The winner would likely get the WBO gifted and be first in line for the WBA.
It's actually the biggest fight out there that doesn't involve Uysk, or unfortunately Kayabel.

I like this fight.

Wardley is a live underdog. Parker doesn’t have monster power, can see this going to the trenches.

Frostieballs wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 04:04 I like this fight.

Wardley is a live underdog. Parker doesn’t have monster power, can see this going to the trenches.

I don't think you have to be a monster puncher to get to Fabio. He let Huni hit him with absolutely everything, fortunately for him, Huni is a non puncher.

KiwiRider wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 02:32

gilgamesh wrote: ↑01 Sep 2025, 19:22 Parker vs Wardley is gonna be fun. I suspect Parker is too skilled for Wardley to be able to one shot him outta there so I favor Parker here, but I'll be rooting like hell for Wardley as I greatly enjoy his fights.

A gigantic step up in competition for Wardley. Whether or not it's a stay busy fight for Parker or something more I guess we won't know until the bell rings.

A bit more than stay busy.
They both hold interim positions in the rankings. The winner would likely get the WBO gifted and be first in line for the WBA.
It's actually the biggest fight out there that doesn't involve Uysk, or unfortunately Kayabel.

Yeah it's a battle of Top 10 guys. I think we'll all be on the edge of our seats to see what kinda fight Wardley can put up against Parker though. We know damn well it can't be easy for Wardley. Parker's been beat before, but he ain't never went away easy.

I can't wait for this one. It's gonna be fun. I hope they have a good card around it.

How has Fabio Fraudley managed to blag a title shot? He hasn't beat anyone. It was only three fights ago when he scraped a draw with Frazer the Eraser. He was well behind on the cards before beating Huni.

Shows how bad the division is if Fraudley can get a title shot.

tigermoth87 wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 12:38 How has Fabio Fraudley managed to blag a title shot? He hasn't beat anyone. It was only three fights ago when he scraped a draw with Frazer the Eraser. He was well behind on the cards before beating Huni.

Shows how bad the division is if Fraudley can get a title shot.

Well he backed up that draw with a round 1 KO, and He stopped huni. Sure he lost rounds but the end result is what counts….

That’s arguably 2 of the best results in a row of anyone not named Usyk, kabayal or Parker….

So it’s a massive outside shot in skill, but there’s been plenty less deserving shots…

gregregegg wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 16:53

tigermoth87 wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 12:38 How has Fabio Fraudley managed to blag a title shot? He hasn't beat anyone. It was only three fights ago when he scraped a draw with Frazer the Eraser. He was well behind on the cards before beating Huni.

Shows how bad the division is if Fraudley can get a title shot.

Well he backed up that draw with a round 1 KO, and He stopped huni. Sure he lost rounds but the end result is what counts….

That’s arguably 2 of the best results in a row of anyone not named Usyk, kabayal or Parker….

So it’s a massive outside shot in skill, but there’s been plenty less deserving shots…

And Wardley is a banger, a banger who hangs tough and punches hard late on.

Parker was stopped by Joyce, got off the floor twice against Zhang

Coco wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 17:20

gregregegg wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 16:53

tigermoth87 wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 12:38 How has Fabio Fraudley managed to blag a title shot? He hasn't beat anyone. It was only three fights ago when he scraped a draw with Frazer the Eraser. He was well behind on the cards before beating Huni.

Shows how bad the division is if Fraudley can get a title shot.

Well he backed up that draw with a round 1 KO, and He stopped huni. Sure he lost rounds but the end result is what counts….

That’s arguably 2 of the best results in a row of anyone not named Usyk, kabayal or Parker….

So it’s a massive outside shot in skill, but there’s been plenty less deserving shots…

And Wardley is a banger, a banger who hangs tough and punches hard late on.

Parker was stopped by Joyce, got off the floor twice against Zhang

I think Wardley will be right in this fight up to the final bell, wins and it's life changing .I must be one of the few who isn't sold on Parker

paultom wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 17:26

Coco wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 17:20

gregregegg wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 16:53

Well he backed up that draw with a round 1 KO, and He stopped huni. Sure he lost rounds but the end result is what counts….

That’s arguably 2 of the best results in a row of anyone not named Usyk, kabayal or Parker….

So it’s a massive outside shot in skill, but there’s been plenty less deserving shots…

And Wardley is a banger, a banger who hangs tough and punches hard late on.

Parker was stopped by Joyce, got off the floor twice against Zhang

I think Wardley will be right in this fight up to the final bell, wins and it's life changing .I must be one of the few who isn't sold on Parker

I’m with you as one of the minority.

paultom wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 17:26

Coco wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 17:20

gregregegg wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 16:53

Well he backed up that draw with a round 1 KO, and He stopped huni. Sure he lost rounds but the end result is what counts….

That’s arguably 2 of the best results in a row of anyone not named Usyk, kabayal or Parker….

So it’s a massive outside shot in skill, but there’s been plenty less deserving shots…

And Wardley is a banger, a banger who hangs tough and punches hard late on.

Parker was stopped by Joyce, got off the floor twice against Zhang

I think Wardley will be right in this fight up to the final bell, wins and it's life changing .I must be one of the few who isn't sold on Parker

I think Parker will knock him out, not because Parker is much of a banger, but because he can't miss for 12 rounds and has a good work ethic
I love Fabio, he has never failed to entertain me, and I definitely give him a puncher's chance, but I'm fairly sure the word "levels" will be discussed after the fight.

Been a long time since Parker fought in NZ (nearly 5 years), if he is just having a bit of a waiting fight I’m shocked he isn’t trying to do a stadium in Auckland. Nice time of year for it, just after all the rugby wraps up.

Guess he is commited to UK and Saudi while he is at world levle. Once he falls from that he can make some cash returning home at sub British levle I guess.

tigermoth87 wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 12:38 How has Fabio Fraudley managed to blag a title shot? He hasn't beat anyone. It was only three fights ago when he scraped a draw with Frazer the Eraser. He was well behind on the cards before beating Huni.

Shows how bad the division is if Fraudley can get a title shot.

Surely there are worse fighters than Wardley who have been given title shots

And besides it's not really a title shot it's just alphabet nonsense. Regardless, it's a cracking fight to look forward to.

tigermoth87 wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 12:38 How has Fabio Fraudley managed to blag a title shot? He hasn't beat anyone. It was only three fights ago when he scraped a draw with Frazer the Eraser. He was well behind on the cards before beating Huni.

Shows how bad the division is if Fraudley can get a title shot.

What title shot? He's fighting Parker