Dubois vs Wardley results: Daniel Dubois emphatically retained his WBO heavyweight title at the O2 Arena in London, as he halted Fabio Wardley in two rounds in their rematch. Check out the Dubois vs Wardley report.
Their first contest was a thriller in Manchester in May, where Dubois got off the canvas twice to outlast Wardley in 11 rounds. Fans expected the rematch to be just as absorbing.
A massive right hand detonated for Dubois within the first 20 seconds, and a count was administered by the referee as Wardley’s knee touched the canvas.
Wardley looked shaken, and as a result, Dubois landed clubbing shots from either hand. Wardley was loading up too much and paying for it each time he did.
Another right hand buzzed the former champion towards the end of the opener, and Dubois went for broke. However, the bell came to the challenger’s rescue.
Dubois was simply too strong on this occasion, and Wardley was getting caught and hurt each time the champion connected.
The result came swiftly in round two, as a right uppercut followed by another Dubois barrage forcing the towel to come in as the referee was waving the contest off.
After the bout, Dubois went face-to-face with Filip Hrgovic in the ring. The Brit stopped the now-IBF champion in 2024.
Consequently, should a rematch materialise, it would be a unification.
O’Doherty-Gomez Jr draw, Olaniyan destroys Garber
Elsewhere on the Dubois vs Wardley results, Louie O’Doherty kept hold of his British and Commonwealth lightweight titles, but was held to a controversial majority draw with Michael Gomez Jr.
Gomez Jr appeared to have done enough to become the new champion. Despite winning on one judges’ scorecard, two scores of 114-114 ensured O’Doherty kept his crown.
One of the most dramatic Dubois vs Wardley results came from exciting heavyweight prospect Adam Olaniyan, who destroyed Dan Garber inside two rounds.
Olaniyan crumpled Garber to the canvas with a heavy right hand. The towel came in from Garber’s corner, but referee Amy Pu allowed it to continue.
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The Irishman landed another brutal shot which saw Garber’s corner once again throw in the towel. After ignoring his corner again, referee Pu finally waved off the bout.
Jalolov dominates Dacres
Double Olympic gold medalist, Bakhodir Jalolov dominated Solomon Dacres in their heavyweight contest.
Jalolov dropped Dacres in the fifth round and ran out a comfortable winner on the scorecards.
Two scores of 99-91 and 99-90 confirmed the Uzbek’s dominance.
Dubois vs Wardley Report – Remaining Undercard
Roy Jones Jr-trained super flyweight Tony Curtis Jr dropped Kerim Agius twice on route to a fourth round TKO victory.
Nelson Birchall put in an impressive display to stop Levi Giles in seven rounds. Birchall dropped Giles in each of rounds five, six and seven.
Elsewhere, Leighton Birchall secured a points victory over Mexico’s Alejandro Morales Chazaro. Meanwhile, Zayn Ahmed halted Kasey Bradnum in the opening round of their super featherweight clash.
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Fawas Aborode was a third round winner against Rashid Omar at lightweight. While, super bantamweight prospect, Manny Safari stopped Jake Pollard in the fifth round of his professional debut.
Rounding off the Dubois vs Wardley report, Aaron Noriega secured his third straight victory by stoppage over Leonardo Baez. Issiah Hamilton-Allen opened the card and was a points winner over Jensen Irving.
