“Incredibly aggressive knockout from the British”, — write: sport.ua
In the second confrontation, it was not possible to fully enjoy their boxing. Clark quickly went for the knockout without having time to do anything at all.
Wordley just beat everything out of Clarke. No competition Fraser Clarke is generally a good boxer. He is the medalist of the Olympic Games, he fought quite well there against Bakhodir Dzhalolov. An experienced man in his thirties. Turned pro with the clear goal of becoming a champion or at least an important British boxer.
Everything was going well. One rival surrendered after another. The only one who lasted a long time was Mariusz Wach. It somehow did not stick with him at all, but in general Fraser won confidently by the judges’ decision.
Then came the first match against Fabio Wordley. He is younger than Clarke, has an extremely heavy punch, but is a little less trained. However, he did not go to such a school, which fell on Fraser’s career.
The first match was actually supposed to be a pass into the adult game. The winner received the status of the next British contender for the title. Well, or at least a boxer who will claim to get a title shot in the near future.
However, the fight did not work out for both of them. Fabio Wordley hit, but not enough. Clark fell, got up, fell, got up. And in the intervals he punched the opponent quite well. Frazier generally looked good. He was more accurate, jabbed better and should have won if not for the missed heavy punches, knockdowns and episodes that could be given to the opponent due to the weight of the hits.
Therefore, it was simply necessary to close this issue. Equal match, equal chances. The case when the rematch is definitely relevant because you liked the first fight. And in general, I would like to know which of them is stronger.
Clark went so far as to consult with Lennox Lewis and train with the legend in preparation for the rematch. Lennox even said that this situation reminded him of the fight against Rahman. Then, in the first match, Lewis lost early, and then recovered and knocked out his opponent in return.
But there are still many differences. The first – Rahman was a clear outsider of the confrontation. That is why Lennox did not prepare well, entered the ring out of shape and then lost. Wordley and Clarke had roughly equal odds, according to the bookies. Second, Hasim was smaller than Lennox. He was shorter and had shorter arms. Fabio is almost the same height as Fraser, and his arms are generally longer.
That is, the analogy is still pulled by the ears. But it sounded good.
The rematch started very cautiously. Boxers shot jabs from a distance, moved around each other. Nothing unusual.
Clark caught his opponent as he bent his head. Wordley answered with a precise shot. All in all, a normal first round of a fight where both boxers understand that any hit can end the fight.
This time it took and ended. Fabio Wardley hits on Fraser Clarke. And he swam, and quite seriously. He did not take the knee, he did not want to rest. Tried to fight back. Then it spun in place. And then he missed the terrible right side.
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Fabio Wordley catches Fraser Clarke with a side kick So terrible that the face was crooked after the blows. Either a dislocation of the jaw or a fracture. But it looked, frankly, scary. Of course it’s a knockout. Clark spent a long time recovering in the corner.
That’s all. Neither the statistics of the first meeting, nor the skills, nothing helped Fraser. Lost concentration again, overslept. But that time he got up. And this one was knocked out, and also with an injury.
What now? Fraser Clarke – recovery and health. The injury is such that you can enter the ring and not return. This will be decided by the boxer, family, team and doctors. It really flew by, not everyone can come to their senses after such a thing.
Fabio Wordley has room for everything. He is now one of the main British heavyweights. Big knockout with heavy fists.
Of course, he will not receive the title now – there is a whole queue. Even Dubois will soon be claimed by either Agit Kabael or Martin Bakole. However, it is time to fight with any of the close contenders. Joseph Joyce, Joseph Parker, Zhang Zhilei, Philip Hrgovych, Efe Ajagba. All these people are at Wardley’s service just now.
And at the same time, the Briton is only 29 years old. A few more years and he will be in the best shape of his life and fully ready for title confrontations. And there will be no Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk on the horizon.