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Daniel Dubois gets dropped twice but still stops Fabio Wardley in a slugfest to claim WBO title
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'Don't Blink' was the theme of the WBO heavyweight title showdown between Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois on Saturday from Manchester's Co-op Arena, live on DAZN PPV .
On paper, it was expected to be fireworks as Wardley and Dubois had a combined 40 knockouts.
It was that and then some as you can now make it 41 knockouts as Dubois was dropped in the first and third rounds.
He looked dead to rights. But Dubois roared back to batter and ultimately close Wardley's right eye to finally put him away in the 11th round at the 0:28 mark to capture the WBO belt.
DAZN News had the fight scored 95-93 at the time of the stoppage.
Here is what happened at Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Dubois
Fight night headlines & results
- Daniel Dubois def. Fabio Wardley by TKO at 0:28 of the 11th round to capture the WBO heavyweight title
- Jack Rafferty def. Ekow Essuman by TKO at 3:00 of the sixth round
- Brad Rea def. Liam Cameron by TKO at 1:35 of the fourth round
- Zak Chelli def. David Morrell by TKO at 2:24 of the tenth round
- Gavin Gwynne def. Khaleel Majid by majority decision (95-95, 96-94x2
- Bakhodir Jalolov def. Agron Smakici by TKO at 3:00 of the seventh round
