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Dubois stops Wardley in 11th round to take WBO heavyweight boxing title

Al Jazeera·Al Jazeera·23 days ago
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Daniel Dubois recovered from two knockdowns to win a second World Heavyweight title with a stoppage of Fabio Wardley. Daniel Dubois ⁠came back from two ⁠knockdowns to deal Fabio Wardley a brutal and bloody first defeat as a professional and take the World Boxing Organization’s (WBO) World Heavyweight title in a thunderous all-British clash in Manchester, United Kingdom. Referee ⁠Howard Foster finally stepped in at the start of the 11th round to signal the end of the fight at the Co-Op Live Arena on Saturday. Wardley was bleeding heavily from the bridge of the nose, with his right ⁠eye almost closed. Dubois rose twice from the canvas, including being dropped by a right hook in the first 10 seconds of the fight, to pulverise Wardley and become a World Heavyweight champion for the second time in his career. “It was a war. We came through the sticky moments.…

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