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Joseph Parker vs. Fabio Wardley – results and post-fight report
Fabio Wardley sensationally won the WBO interim heavyweight title at the O2 Arena, defeating former world champion Joseph Parker in the 11th round.vol A stoppage-time victory that brought the Englishman closer to winning the world title.
Parker became the WBO interim champion in 2023 following his victory over Zhilei Zhang, a title he held until tonight’s dramatic loss to Wardley.
Wardley (20-0-1, KO19) became interim WBA boss in June at the stadium of his beloved Ipswich Town FC, defeating Justis Huni in the tenth round, while Up-to-date Zealand’s Parker (36-4, KO24) stopped Martin Bakole in two rounds to defend his interim WBO crown in his last fight in February.
The drama was observable after the first bell, when Wardley was injured by Parker’s right hand at the end. The visitors also hit a nice combination in the opening round. Parker’s right hand shook Wardley again in the second, but he roared back, landing powerful punches to the champion that momentarily shook him.
Parker shook Wardley in the third round and in the fourth the pair traded to the delight of the fans, with Wardley showing signs of damage in round five as Parker set up some solid punch combinations.
Parker troubled Wardley again in the sixth period and also handled his shot well, and another massive right hand found the target in the seventh period as Parker began to build a lead on the cards.
After two more dominant rounds, Parker once again staggered Wardley with a right in the ninth, looked on his way to victory in the tenth, but Wardley responded brilliantly, and a volley of shots stopped Parker and turned the fight upside down.
Wardley kept the momentum going in the penultimate frame and launched a two-fisted attack, bouncing Parker from one side of the ring to the other, leading to the referee Howard Foster waves his hand and declares Wardley the winner.
The winner quickly called out the undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk after the fight.
Ezra Taylor vs. Steed Woodall
Ezra Taylor (13-0, KO9) shrugged off the disappointment of losing to Lewis Edmondson during fight week to claim a ninth-round victory over Steed Woodall (20-4-1, KO12) in their lithe heavyweight clash.
Taylor showed off a dominant performance and ultimately, in the penultimate session, Woodall’s corner kick was forced to throw in the towel.
Undercard remaining
The vacant IBO cruiserweight title was in jeopardy as Juergen Uldedaj (21-1, KO8) scored a points victory over Rolly Lambert Fogoum (18-4-1, KO14).
Fogoum fought difficult, but Uldedaj was a worthy winner with scores of 120-108, 119-109 and 118-110.
Royston Barney-Smith (15-0, KO7) came of age in his first ten-round fight and won the IBF and WBO super featherweight titles from current champion Danny Quartermaine (13-1-1, KO4) with a dominant scorecard victory.
Quartermaine was deducted a point for using his head in the seventh round and was well on his way in the final round as Barney-Smith won by two scores of 100-88 and the third by a score of 98-90.
Mitchell Smith (19-1, KO9) won the vacant WBO European lightweight title by defeating Arnie Dawson (8-1, KO4).
Dawson was eliminated in the first round and eventually won by scores of 98-91 (twice) and 96-93.
The only fighter to go six rounds was in the super flyweight division, where Tony Curtis (12-1, KO3) won all available rounds against Lakshmy Zaragoza Contreras (3-13-2, KO1).
In four-round fights, Jimmydean Wood (4-0, KO0) won all four frames against Artjom Spatar (5-18-1, KO1) in the super welterweight division, and in the super middleweight division, George Crotty (4-0, KO1) did the same against Bahadur Karami (4-39-4, KO1).
Super lightweight newcomer Anton Esson (5-0, KO3) won 39-38 over Jordan Ellison (15-59-5, KO1), and featherweight debutant Zayn Ahmed (1-0, KO0) had to come off form in the final round before winning 38-38 over Engel Gomez (9-52-3, KO4).
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The official record holder
Jaron Ennis is the bookmakers’ main favorite to defeat Xander Zayas in their highly anticipated world title clash on Saturday in Brooklyn.
Ennis challenges Zayas for the WBO and WBA super welterweight belts at the Barclays Center live on DAZN pay-per-view.
The undefeated resident of Philadelphia enters the game as the favorite on February 11 Bet365 give the 23-year-old his first professional defeat and become world champion in two weight categories.
“Boots” has stopped 31 of his 35 opponents, including Uisma Lima in his 154-pound debut in October, and is expected to stop the Puerto Rican on 20/21.
The 28-year-old last covered this distance in 2024, and a decision victory is valued at 13/2.
Even though Zayas has taken over as unified champion, he is an underdog Bet365 at 15/04.
Man from San Juan defeated Abass Baraou by split decision will add the WBA belt to his WBO crown in January and his best chance of victory is rated at 13/2 by decision, while success in the shock break is rated at 14/1.
Full Bet365 odds
The result of the fight
- Xander Zayas will win the fight: 15/4
- Xander Zayas by KO/TKO/DQ: 14/1
- Xander Zayas by decision or technical decision: 13/2
- Jaron Ennis will win the fight: 11/02
- Jaron Ennis by KO/TKO/DQ: 20/21
- Jaron Ennis by decision or technical: 8/5
- Draw or technical draw: 14/1
Round bets
Xander Zayas
- Win in round 1: 100/1
- Win in round 2: 100/1
- Win in round 3: 100/1
- Win in round 4: 100/1
- Win in round 5: 100/1
- To win in round 6: 100/1
- To win in round 7: 80/1
- To win in round 8: 80/1
- To win round 9: 66/1
- To win in round 10: 66/1
- To win round 11: 66/1
- To win in round 12: 80/1
- To win by decision or technical decision: 6/1
Jaron Ennis
- To win round 1: 80/1
- Win in round 2: 50/1
- Win in round 3: 40/1
- To win in round 4: 28/1
- To win in round 5: 20/1
- To win in round 6: 16/1
- Win in round 7: 12/12
- To win in round 8: 1/11
- To win in round 9: 10/1
- To win in round 10: 10/1
- To win in round 11: 10/1
- To win in round 12: 1/11
- Win by Decision or Technical Decision: 7/4
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On Wednesday, Lewis Crocker heads to Australia to defend his IBF welterweight world title against Liam Paro for the first time.
Crocker will face Paro at the Pat Rafter Arena in Queensland, live on DAZN in the UK and Kayo Sports in Australia.
Crocker (22-0, 11 KO) became world champion in September, defeating Paddy Donovan twice before winning the rematch by split decision.
Man from Belfast recorded his second victory over Donovan after the first victory in March last year, and his rival was disqualified for hitting him after the bell.
Paro (27-1, 16 KO) is trying to become a world champion in two weight categories, having previously reigned in the super-lightweight division.
The 30-year-old won the title with a unanimous decision victory over Subriel Matias in Puerto Rico before winning the belt in his first defense against Richardson Hitchins.
The Australian has since won twice, overtaking David Papot in his last appearance in September.
McKean meets Taliva
Heavyweight Demsey McKean will look to continue his rebuild when he faces Liam Talivaa for the vacant IBF Pan Pacific title.
McKean (24-2, 16 KO) had his career cut miniature after a last-round loss to Filip Hrgovic, followed by a brutal first-round loss to Moses Itauma.
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The 35-year-old southpaw returned to winning ways with back-to-back stoppage victories.
Talivaa (8-2, 4 KO) last won the IBF Oceania-Orient title, defeating Faiga Opelu by first-round stoppage.
Undercard remaining
At cruiserweight, Luke Modini (13-0, 11 KO) will likely need distance to beat Peng Qu (17-2-1, 12 KO), while Riley Candy (8-1, 5 KO) could stop Nathan Watson (11-3, 3 KO) at super middleweight.
Vegas Larfield (13-1, 9 KO) can hand Shamal Ram Anuj (11-8, 8 KO) his fourth defeat in a row in a featherweight clash.
Heavyweight Nelson Asofa-Solomon (2-0, 2 KO) can secure a third straight knockout over debutant George Burgess, and Stevan Ivic (8-0-1, 2 KO) can do the same against Caleb Tialu (3-7, 3 KO), also a heavyweight.
Prospective super welterweight fighter Jack Javed (1-0) should overtake Lance McDonald (1-5-1, 1 KO).
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