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

[stujones]

Huni looked as ready on 10 as Fury was vs Wilder - although hard to work out with the dodgy Camera work.

I think Fury would have been stopped in the UK. The rules are to be ready to fight on 10. No way was Fury and whilst closer, I don't think Huni was either.

[mickey1975]

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.

Wardley is the last person he would let near AJ.

[jamesmcdonnell]

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.

That's a very fast count. It's probably double speed. The timekeeper seems to have started too early.

Why on earth, in this day and age, do we not have an accurate automated 10 count played over a PA?

Huni has every right to feel aggrieved.

[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

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

More than likely. Just makes me laugh how they spin things when it suits them. No call for a rematch which is bizarre considering how one sided it was and Huni took the fight on a few weeks notice.

[keithmoonhangover]

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.

That's a very fast count. It's probably double speed. The timekeeper seems to have started too early.

Why on earth, in this day and age, do we not have an accurate automated 10 count played over a PA?

Huni has every right to feel aggrieved.

100% agree. But as usual, the BBBofC will do sod all about it. Imagine if Wardley had dominated the fight only for Huni to connect with a monster punch and the count be administered like that. Fwank would have gone completely insane and rightly so. The crazy thing is, in Oz, the away fighter usually get a fair shake. The British media are so numb to it all, that it will barely gets a mention, but these are people's livelihoods we are talking about.

3.33.2 If a Boxer regains his feet in the boxing ring within the specified
intervals but fails to satisfy the Referee that he is in a position and
condition to defend himself, the Referee shall stop the contest and
deduct ten points from this score. He shall award the opponent ten
points and declare him the winner.

John Latham didn't check Huni in any way to see if he was in a position to defend himself.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Wardley may have ended up winning in the next minute or so.. or he might not have. But that was taken away from us. It’s not like Huni was taking a pasting or was KO’d cold.

Ref couldn’t wait to call it off.

[mickey1975]

It must have been very close to ten. On all the replay clicks the seconds are about ten.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Wardley may have ended up winning in the next minute or so.. or he might not have. But that was taken away from us. It’s not like Huni was taking a pasting or was KO’d cold.

Ref couldn’t wait to call it off.

Precisely, it's a perfect example of home fighter refereeing. I am not suggesting that it's 'bent' but there is a tacit bias from officials to favour the home fighter because they know they have a better chance of being appointed to officiate at the fights of particular promoters.

The ref should have at the least, given Huni a chance to demonstrate in the next 5 seconds he was fine to continue.

Wardley may well have finished him, but as you say, that opportunity was removed, and if anything, it would have enhanced Wardley's rep, as he would have had a stoppage with zero controversy.

These types of things dent the reputation of the sport, there's a widespread (and inaccurate) belief amonst more casual fans, that boxing is completely corrupt and it's all about backhanders - and these types of things help to reinforce that belief.

[jamesmcdonnell]

It must have been very close to ten. On all the replay clicks the seconds are about ten.

The refs count was way too quick, and nevertheless, he was up before 10, and the ref should at least have given him a quick check before waving it off.

[keithmoonhangover]

It must have been very close to ten. On all the replay clicks the seconds are about ten.

The refs count was way too quick, and nevertheless, he was up before 10, and the ref should at least have given him a quick check before waving it off.

The rules say the ref has to check the condition. It's bullsh1t.

[Controversial]

It must have been very close to ten. On all the replay clicks the seconds are about ten.

I timed it on my stopwatch cos I’m sad lol, I made it pretty much bang on 10 seconds but he was arguably rising at 9.5 and the ref just stopped it. Personably I think Wardley would’ve likely stopped him as he’s a good finisher but I can see the argument for at least wiping his gloves down, seeing if he was ok to fight on and let him if he were.

[mickey1975]

It must have been very close to ten. On all the replay clicks the seconds are about ten.

The refs count was way too quick, and nevertheless, he was up before 10, and the ref should at least have given him a quick check before waving it off.

I'm going on the seconds on the timer at the bottom of the video.

[IRL25]

Any chance of amending the poll so say going to the fight as I was there chaps.

[jamesmcdonnell]

It must have been very close to ten. On all the replay clicks the seconds are about ten.

The refs count was way too quick, and nevertheless, he was up before 10, and the ref should at least have given him a quick check before waving it off.

I'm going on the seconds on the timer at the bottom of the video.

It's not great camerawork, so found it hard to tell, does the count start when Wardley is in a neutral corner (although that rule is in my opinion a bit silly, as it was only created to stop fighters standing over a fallen opponent and nailing them again as they got up).

Let me watch again, the count looked pretty speedy to me from the way the ref was counting.

[keithmoonhangover]

It must have been very close to ten. On all the replay clicks the seconds are about ten.

I timed it on my stopwatch cos I’m sad lol, I made it pretty much bang on 10 seconds but he was arguably rising at 9.5 and the ref just stopped it. Personably I think Wardley would’ve likely stopped him as he’s a good finisher but I can see the argument for at least wiping his gloves down, seeing if he was ok to fight on and let him if he were.

I mean, it's in the rules for the ref to do that.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Any chance of amending the poll so say going to the fight as I was there chaps.

Used to have that as an option. But not a lot of people here go to fights. Or the ones that do don’t spend time on Boxrec.

[Controversial]

It must have been very close to ten. On all the replay clicks the seconds are about ten.

I timed it on my stopwatch cos I’m sad lol, I made it pretty much bang on 10 seconds but he was arguably rising at 9.5 and the ref just stopped it. Personably I think Wardley would’ve likely stopped him as he’s a good finisher but I can see the argument for at least wiping his gloves down, seeing if he was ok to fight on and let him if he were.

I mean, it's in the rules for the ref to do that.

Yeah but he counted him out, I meant to stop at 9 as he was rising, he could’ve still waved it off if he thought he was out if it

[keithmoonhangover]

I timed it on my stopwatch cos I’m sad lol, I made it pretty much bang on 10 seconds but he was arguably rising at 9.5 and the ref just stopped it. Personably I think Wardley would’ve likely stopped him as he’s a good finisher but I can see the argument for at least wiping his gloves down, seeing if he was ok to fight on and let him if he were.

I mean, it's in the rules for the ref to do that.

Yeah but he counted him out, I meant to stop at 9 as he was rising, he could’ve still waved it off if he thought he was out if it

As the ref counted ten/waved it off, Huni was up and the ref made zero effort to check his condition, zero, none.

[Controversial]

I mean, it's in the rules for the ref to do that.

Yeah but he counted him out, I meant to stop at 9 as he was rising, he could’ve still waved it off if he thought he was out if it

As the ref counted ten/waved it off, Huni was up and the ref made zero effort to check his condition, zero, none.

Yeah that’s what I mean, the ref will probably argue that didn’t beat the count so the fight was over but you can argue Huni was up before he said 10 so he should’ve checked on him

[keithmoonhangover]

Yeah but he counted him out, I meant to stop at 9 as he was rising, he could’ve still waved it off if he thought he was out if it

As the ref counted ten/waved it off, Huni was up and the ref made zero effort to check his condition, zero, none.

Yeah that’s what I mean, the ref will probably argue that didn’t beat the count so the fight was over but you can argue Huni was up before he said 10 so he should’ve checked on him

I guess we know the sport well enough by now to know that if we want correct refereeing, we need to watch something else.

[Finkel]

Just another Warren special wasn't it. I refuse to pay for any fights he's involved in now. Something dodgy always seems to go down, and we just carry on to the next one.

Though, this reminded me very much of Wilder v Ortiz 2. Ortiz thoroughly out boxed Wilder round after round. Got caught and dropped, and the ref was waving it off as he rose at 9.

This isn't a sport anymore

[TheLeprechaun]

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.

It's crazy that "When you beat a legend, you become a legend!!" aussie commentary is far better than Adam Smith but it clearly is. Another thing I find infuriating with Smith is that he comes across so patronising. In terms of length, I could write the second coming of War and Peace when it comes to my dislike of Smiths commentary so I'll refrain before I start blowing up and writing an essay here.

[Controversial]

Just another Warren special wasn't it. I refuse to pay for any fights he's involved in now. Something dodgy always seems to go down, and we just carry on to the next one.

Though, this reminded me very much of Wilder v Ortiz 2. Ortiz thoroughly out boxed Wilder round after round. Got caught and dropped, and the ref was waving it off as he rose at 9.

This isn't a sport anymore

To be fair it’s never been any different, the sport is littered with bad decisions, robberies, cheats etc

[forcefraser]

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.

It's crazy that "When you beat a legend, you become a legend!!" aussie commentary is far better than Adam Smith but it clearly is. Another thing I find infuriating with Smith is that he comes across so patronising. In terms of length, I could write the second coming of War and Peace when it comes to my dislike of Smiths commentary so I'll refrain before I start blowing up and writing an essay here.

We need the Yank combo that called Froch v Taylor.

The 12th round commentary was epic.

Why Smith? Surely if they did any research amongst boxing fans they'd know that the majority can't abide his commentary.

They should have just thrown Big Ron in, at least I can appreciate his special brand of artistry.

[TheLeprechaun]

Lol that was epic "I'm coming home to England mom!"