The Fabio Chinppreciation Thread

[SouthpawRight]

Scarily good chin, he was discombobulated and getting hit clean with shots he must've not seen at all as he was half way turned around at times and he still somehow stayed upright.
Great chin and the heart of a lion.

Sadly I think it was a career ending beating

Yes he was stopped on his feet by a hellacious heavyweight slugger

Cuban Dave was knocked out on his feet

[ELPacman]

I was getting worried for him

that he could become a vegetable

incredible if Furious Fabio is the same after this

his legs weren't all there even after multiple 1 minute breaks

If there was ever a fighter whose chin could be his greatest enemy, it's Wardley. That dude's chin is granite and would not allow him to go down. Effectively allowing him to take more damage than he should from heavyweights. He won't be the same in a few years.

[anonymous2.0]

I say he's got a great sense of when he's about to get hit. Dunno if it's just an instinct or he's got criminally underrated eyes. But I never saw his head get jacked backwards unnecessarily or his legs do the chicken dance from a punch he never saw coming. Any damage he showed came from a sustained beat down not from a punch he didn't see coming.

[Toffee]

If there was ever a fighter whose chin could be his greatest enemy, it's Wardley. That dude's chin is granite and would not allow him to go down. Effectively allowing him to take more damage than he should from heavyweights. He won't be the same in a few years.

Usually when a guy takes huge shots he gets to a point where you know he can't win and someone pulls them out. Or they get stopped because they're not returning fire.

Neither of those will ever apply to Wardley. He carries power late and he throws when he's hurt. For anyone to step in and save him, the punishment he's taken has to be so, so bad. And with his lack of pedigree, he's going to take a lot of punishment if he keeps on going.

Incredible fight, incredible bravery, but I thought it got very uncomfortable watching Wardley be so badly damaged for our entertainment. He went through the kind of punishment that no man should take.

[deathofaclown]

Usually when a guy takes huge shots he gets to a point where you know he can't win and someone pulls them out. Or they get stopped because they're not returning fire.

Neither of those will ever apply to Wardley. He carries power late and he throws when he's hurt. For anyone to step in and save him, the punishment he's taken has to be so, so bad. And with his lack of pedigree, he's going to take a lot of punishment if he keeps on going.

Incredible fight, incredible bravery, but I thought it got very uncomfortable watching Wardley be so badly damaged for our entertainment. He went through the kind of punishment that no man should take.

I know corners have a hard job but knowing they have a rematch in the bag, just pull him and save him for that. That may not satisfy people as a fight ender but it's the right thing.

He may have power to change a fight but he literally couldn't walk without wobbling all over, even after a minutes rest, so surely his corner must understand he's not going to generate any power anyway.

Really bad corner work, just a complete lack of common sense. And I think Ben Davison is usually pretty good at pulling fighters at the right time but they've had a shocker there.

But the reality is that the brutality of the last few rounds and Fabio's toughness made the fight more memorable and probably makes the rematch bigger, but the rematch clause is there anyway, so it didn't need to come to that point.

[JakeTheBoxer]

I doubt a rematch will happen. Wardley is probably done. I hope he is ok.

[RockyKO]

The crazy part is that fight will raise Wardley's profile more than Dubois. Wardley etched his name in British boxing lore with that type of bravery and resilience. Yeah, like what everyone else said. Wardley's chin is made out of some type granite and he kept throwing back when hurt. Wardley actually caught him a few times while his legs were wobbly. Man, what a great fight.

That being said. Wardley's corner was really irresponsible and they should have thrown in the towel around round 9. I know they really believed that God would reach down from the heavens and hand Wardley an axe to win 12th round KO. But he was clearly defeated by round 8 and didn't have enough to land that one big shot. Which is basically the only thing he had to offer in this fight.