Boxing

[Daniel 7]

Some battle last night but it was massively uncomfortable to watch for those last two rounds, it became less of a contest - more of a macabre gore fest. Like said previously, I really fear for Wardley's health following that beating - how in god's earth was he still standing? It was a brutal end.

I can only assume they were giving Wardley the benefit of the doubt and the "opportunity" to use his one punch power, but everyone involved from the ref to the corner should be looking at their decisions and their duty of care.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Some battle last night but it was massively uncomfortable to watch for those last two rounds, it became less of a contest - more of a macabre gore fest. Like said previously, I really fear for Wardley's health following that beating - how in god's earth was he still standing? It was a brutal end.

I can only assume they were giving Wardley the benefit of the doubt and the "opportunity" to use his one punch power, but everyone involved from the ref to the corner should be looking at their decisions and their duty of care.

If they are that bad at their jobs and could not see what I am sure was obvious to all the non boxing folk watching, then none of them should ever be involved with the welfare of a fighter at any level again imo.

There is nothing that excuses leaving that fight go on for it's final eight or so minutes. Wardley was cooked. The man was done and getting by on sheer toughness (mental and physical) and nothing else.

Wardley could come undone in the coming days or weeks after such a beating or he might take a fight or two against so called easy fights and the damage from last night then gets exploded like a hidden land mine by the fists of a journeyman.

Genuinely angry at that final eight minutes. It also takes the shine off of a very good win for Dubois for me. A lot of the talk now is about the brutality caused by the fight not being stopped sooner rather than all the talk being about the heart shown by Dubois and about how he turned the fight on it's head. Was a proper big win for Dubois and would have been even better had those looking after Wardley stopped it two rounds earlier.

Do think Dubois is goiung to get a few receipts though if he ends up in the ring gainst Usyk again if he does some of the franky savage stuff he did with a few of his jabs when Wardley was initially starting to falter. That jabbing and hooking to the neck and throat is something that will see a better fighter **** him up for doing to them. Might just have been a heat of the night type thing that he started doing last night when in the midst of battle but was not good to see such a dirty and dangerous thing being done.


To be honest I wish Wardley had gone down and taken the knee a few times. Would have bought him a bit more time and also might have forced the hand of those "looking after" him. Yeah he would have lost a few points in doing so, but it is a good tactic. Dubois did it in the third and for me that is what gave Dubois the platform to come back as well as he did.

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Ref spares Usyk/Turki/judges' blushes.