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Joseph Parker v Fabio Wardley: All you need to know
Joseph Parker defends his WBO interim title and Fabio Wardley his WBC interim title after opponents withdrew, with Parker choosing action over waiting for Oleksandr Usyk's return.
- On Sunday at London's O2 Arena, Joseph Parker and Fabio Wardley defend the WBO and WBC interim heavyweight titles, with the bout due to start at 10am and the card streamed on DAZN for $49.99.
- After a WBO 90-day medical extension on September 7, Parker chose to defend his mandatory status against Wardley, who stepped in after opponents withdrew and knocked out Justis Huni.
- Parker and Wardley are both tall, with Wardley needing a 10th-round KO of Justis Huni, and Parker stopping Martin Bakole inside two rounds.
- Parker framed the fight as both a defence and an opportunity, saying he will face Oleksandr Usyk if available but otherwise wants to beat whoever is in front of him, Parker insisted.
- Wardley's ascent from non-traditional roots positions him as a contender after his unconventional rise from white-collar bouts to WBA/WBO interim titles, while the outcome could influence unification opportunities and keep Parker in the title mix.
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Britain has been blessed with a litany of heavyweight contenders over the past decade, and Saturday night at the O2 added another to that list. Ipswich based 30yr old Fabio Wardley defeated former world champion and division mainstay Joseph Parker via stoppage in London’s famous O2 arena to claim his WBO-interim championship. What made this matchup particularly intriguing is the fact that in 2016, the year Joseph Parker captured the heavyweight…
Fabio Wardley stuns Joseph Parker with 11th-round stoppage victory to win right to challenge Oleksandr Usyk
Fabio Wardley took out Joseph Parker inside 11 rounds after a furious battle at the O2 Arena in London; Wardley has now earned the right to fight undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk next as the mandatory challenger for the WBO belt
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