Wardley Wins!
Saturday, 7th Jun 2025 23:20
Fabio Wardley won his Portman Road fight in sensational style, knocking out Justis Huni with a huge right hand in the 10th round to claim the WBA interim Heavyweight title with the Australian looking on course for victory.
Huni, a replacement for initial opponent Jarrell Miller, who pulled out with a shoulder injury six weeks ahead of the contest, proved a classy opponent and was well ahead on points according to most observers with Wardley bleeding from the mouth, looking tired and with the Portman Road crowd quietened.
But, out of the blue, Wardley unleashed a 10th-round right hand which felled the 26-year-old from Brisbane and the fight was over.
Wardley, 30, was watched by Town boss Kieran McKenna and chairman and CEO Mark Ashton, who he sits alongside at home games, on a wet night at Portman Road with a big crowd still turning out to see the Chantry-born fighter stretch his unbeaten record to 20, 19 wins and a draw with Frazer Clarke.
“Before we say anything, I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone in this building tonight,” Wardley told DAZN afterwards.
“I've been on this weird and wonderful journey in boxing and I wouldn't be here without you. This isn't just for me, it's for all of you.
“I don't profess to being any [Oleksandr] Usyk or Justis Huni who has all the skills, but I know how to win fights and that's one thing I knew I had to do tonight.
“Justis Huni is a great operator. We’d drilled everything over and over again. I should’ve performed better in some of those rounds.
“He's a great boxer, some great skills and he showed me everything he had tonight. I didn’t expect to bank rounds like that with Justis. I hurt him a bit in the first round and maybe I had too much confidence early on.”
Meanwhile, on the undercard, Ipswich’s Jack Williams won a unanimous points decision victory in his Super-Bantamweight fight with Argentine Fernando Joaquin Valdez.
Gideon Onyenani, who is with the 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment at Rock Barracks near Woodbridge, drew his Lightweight contest with Sam Gilley.
Photo: Reuters/Andrew Couldridge
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backwaywhen added 23:27 - Jun 7
That was the lucky punch as he was well beaten at that point , but fair play and he dug deep for that one moment , other guy looked very handy .||
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