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Carl Froch reveals whether Joseph Parker was stopped too early in his match against Fabio Wardley
In the most arduous test of his career, Fabio Wardley stopped Joseph Parker in the 11th round, and former super middleweight world champion Carl Froch spoke.
The referee who stopped Froch’s last fight of his career was the same referee who stopped Parker after Wardley’s attack on Saturday night.
Last night, facing his first former world champion, Wardley was quite the underdog, with many in the industry expecting Parker to outclass him, including Tyson Fury, Dave Allen and Tony Bellew.
After a real back-and-forth fight, both men suffered multiple injuries and had their chins tested multiple times.
It was the 11th round in which the 30-year-old did his job, firing numerous unanswered shots at Parker until referee Howard Foster had seen enough.
“Cobra” spoke through his voice YouTube channel giving his opinion on the course of the fight up to the stoppage.
“In round 10 he is on the stool and on my card he has a 6-4 lead, but he is sitting quite badly injured.
“But let’s focus on round 11. Fabio Wardley comes out and bets on Parker, but he doesn’t give up.
“As soon as he hit him and hurt him, he just didn’t let go.
“He’s just in great shape. A lot of stuff was wasted, he was stifling his work a little bit, but he got through it and caught Parker and pushed them back.”
“Referee Howard Foster, one of the best judges in the business, looked intently into Parker’s eyes even though he was starting to lose strength.
“Wardley’s attack was vicious. In my opinion, Parker should have caught him in survival mode and maybe even taken a knee, but he didn’t get caught in anything that bad because he was a mess.”
Parker spoke at the post-fight press conference, praising Wardley’s strength, but also stated that at no point did he feel defeated or ready for the fight to end.
Froch once again commented on the break, admitting that he would have preferred the fight to last longer, but also understood the thinking behind ending it early.
“The general consensus is that it was stopped too early. One of my friends called me right away and said, ‘What nonsense, it’s not working.’
“I said, ‘Listen, Howard Foster is the best in the business, he knows the game. It’s close. He looks Parker in the eyes. If he hasn’t seen anything, he will stop the fight. “
“For me, I would have preferred the fight to have continued. Parker had the advantage on my card. It was a close fight. He didn’t get caught with anything pristine, he didn’t fall, he didn’t get hurt.
“He’s a large, forceful boy and we want the final finish of the race and that was in the 11th round with only one round left.
“Let’s see the ending. I think it should continue.”
With the huge win, Wardley is now in pole position to make a shot at Oleksandr Usyk and all of his belts, with promoter Frank Warren insisting it will be another post-fight fight for both fighters.
Eddie Hearn did not contact Deontay Wilder about fighting Anthony Joshua after signing a contract to fight Tyson Fury, his manager Shelly Finkel claims.
There has been speculation that Joshua could return against Wilder before he faces Fury.
Instead, the 36-year-old will return to the ring on July 25 against Kristian Prengi, before facing Fury in November.
Wilder called out longtime rival “AJ” after his victory over Derek Chisora earlier this month.
The pair have been linked to a clash since both men held world heavyweight titles in 2018, and Finkel believes Joshua had no interest in fighting the “Bronze Bomber.”
“You can’t be disappointed with something that never happened,” Finkel said Heavenly sports.
“Eddie never contacted us and Joshua obviously had no intention of fighting Deontay Wilder.
“Same antique story, just modern date.”
Joshua and Wilder were scheduled to fight in March 2024, but the American was defeated by Joseph Parker in December 2023.
“AJ” will fight for the first time since he knocked out Jake Paul in the sixth round in December.
Ten days later, the two-time world heavyweight champion was involved in a tragic car accident that killed two of his close friends and left him with minor injuries.
Saudi Arabian boxing boss Turki Alalshikh announced that Joshua and Fury have signed a contract for their mega fight in a post on the website X on Monday, which read: “To my friends in the UK – it’s happening. This is signed.
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Moments later, Joshua’s return was announced against unknown Albanian Prengi.
“It’s no secret that I’ve taken some time to consolidate and rebuild to be ready to get back into the ring, and today is the next step in that journey,” Joshua said.
“I am delighted to have agreed to a multi-fight contract starting on July 25 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
“I’m looking forward to competing and continuing where I left off.
“Like I said. The landlord will collect rent. That’s for sure.”
Fury defeated Arslanbek Makhmudov on points in his return to the ring following his retirement earlier this year.
“The Gypsy King” called “AJ”, who was watching the gala from the side of the ring, and declared that he would retire again if the fight with his rival did not take place.
However, his manager Spencer Brown revealed that he may fight again ahead of his fight with Joshua.
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Naoya Inoue is the hefty favorite to defeat Junto Nakatani in an undisputed title clash on Saturday.
Inoue defends all four of his super bantamweight world titles in a huge all-Japan fight against Nakatani at the Tokyo Dome, live on DAZN.
Inoue, a top-three top-ranked pound-for-pound leader, is a 1/4 favorite Bet365 emerge victorious and inflict his first professional defeat on his rival.
“The Monster” has stopped 27 of his 32 opponents and is expected to stop Nakatani 11/10.
The undefeated 33-year-old has gone the distance in his last two outings and is valued at 7/4 for a third straight decision win.
Nakatani is also a star fighting for world champion titles in the fourth weight category.
The 28-year-old southpap is a 3/1 underdog to cause a seismic shock.
“Substantial Bang” has won five of his last six fights at the distance, and he sees his best chance of winning after a stoppage at 6/1.
Nakatani defeated Sebastian Hernandez Reyes on points from Inoue’s undercard defeated Alan David Picasso in Saudi Arabia in December, and a decision victory is valued at 10/1.
Full Bet365 odds
The result of the fight
- Naoya Inoue will win the fight: 1/4
- Naoya Inoue by KO/TKO/DQ: 11/10
- Naoya Inoue by decision or technical decision: 7/4
- Junto Nakatani will win the fight: 3/1
- Junto Nakatani by KO/TKO/DQ: 6/1
- Total cut by decision or technical decision: 10/10
- Draw or technical draw: 14/1
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Round bets
Naoya Inoue
- To win round 1: 80/1
- Win in round 2: 50/1
- To win in round 3: 33/1
- To win in round 4: 25/1
- To win in round 5: 20/1
- To win in round 6: 16/1
- To win in round 7: 14/1
- Win in round 8: 12/12
- To win in round 9: 1/12
- To win in round 10: 12/12
- To win in round 11: 14/1
- To win in round 12: 16/1
- Win by Decision or Technical Decision: 7/4
Junto Nakatani
- Win in round 1: 100/1
- Win in round 2: 100/1
- Win in round 3: 100/1
- To win in round 4: 80/1
- Win in round 5: 66/1
- Win in round 6: 50/1
- Win in round 7: 50/1
- To win in round 8: 40/1
- To win in round 9: 40/1
- To win in round 10: 40/1
- To win in round 11: 50/1
- To win in round 12: 50/1
- Win by Decision or Technical Decision: 10/10
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