Is Fabio Wardley the best British Heavyweight right now

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  1. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What British heavyweight would beat him right now
     
  2. moydjayweather

    moydjayweather Member Full Member

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    Dubois, Itauma and maybe Fury + AJ
     
  3. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Itauma would

    Dubois is Dubious. It is probably slight in Dubois favour but he does seem to be on the slide recently so who knows.

    The likes of Fury and AJ would not dare face him. So we will never find out. That says a lot though.

    To be clear this is all assuming these fights happen in next 3 months, otherwise its all bets off. For example, Itauma could turn into a lazy pig in 2 years time barely training, and Wardley could smash him to pieces. These are the unknown factors we cannot predict.
     
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  4. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing

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    I,m not sure....
     
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  5. TNSNO1878

    TNSNO1878 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wardley is so dangerous at the moment. I think he beats AJ and Dubois within 6 rounds. His style is horrible for both of them. Dubois is not an elite HW, and AJ is completely spent, taking 6 rounds to knockout a C-grade cruiserweight YouTuber like Paul, and being in a horrific accident which killed his friends, I don't think he fights again. I think Fury is going to be a shell of himself when he comes back. He's nearing 38, and Wardley is fresh, powerful, and dangerous, with a good chin. I think Fury would pick up a few rounds before getting stopped. Itauma is too green, but he probably stands the best chance of all of them at the moment because of his freshness.
     
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  6. Power_tek

    Power_tek Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think Moses is the best right now, DDD isn’t going to get in with Wardley anytime soon, Warren isn’t daft enough to do that to either of them.
    But it all depends on how successful Tysons nandrolone cycle was, I’m assuming his blood work is clean now so let’s see how much benefit he gets from it, either that or he’s been scraning wild boar with their bollocks stil swinging.
    Get him under testing conditions asap don’t trust him as far as I could throw him which is not far at all.
     
  7. LoveThis

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    All in all britain still has by far the best heavyweight lineup.

    But we haven't seen fury in an eternity, joshua lost against dubois and then fought a joke of a fight, chisora is old as ortiz once was and itauma is almost completely untested it is hard to put any of them above wardley at his current form.

    Personally, I think Dubois' style should favor him against wardley (better boxer, lots of power, experienced and able to manage his stamina and can take a lot of hard shots). Dubois lost against a great and destructive jab of joyce and the seemingly unbeatable usyk.

    Wardley will have to find another way to do it and I don't think it will be easy. I see a ko for dubois later in the fight.
     
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  8. Heisenberg

    Heisenberg Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This. Dubois has the better jab and heavy hands to do to Wardley what he did to Hrgovic. Could see him busting up that nose and causing a stoppage after 5-6 rounds.
     
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  9. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Alternatively, Wardley re-fractures Dubois' eye socket.

    I doubt Frank will put it together as both guys could potentially shorten each other's career. But if I am Dubois, I maybe fancy another title shot
     
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  10. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing Aficionado Full Member

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    Wardley is probably the best British heavyweight right now.

    Itauma might or might not be as good or better, but we don't really know since he's fought only soft opposition so far.
     
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  11. JackSilver

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    Don’t forget all the dirty headbutts by Dubois against Hrgovic cos I doubt if a brit ref would ignore them like he did in that fight if Dubois was fighting another brit like Wardley
     
  12. PrimoGT

    PrimoGT Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    There's only him and Dubois, and Itauma coming up.
    So I would say yes, he deserves to be rated the best at the moment.
     
  13. TheShellofKell

    TheShellofKell Nakatani Future P4P #1 Full Member

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    I dont agree - respectfully, he is on current form but remember he was being bashed up by Huni, Parker was under the influence and in my opinion probably spiked. I deffo think Fury and AJ would beat him, Itauma too and Dubois probably. But thats just my opinion.
     
  14. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold The Hype Job Spotter. Full Member

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    Wardley is certainly the best ranked British HW. Although, I’d back Fury to beat him.
     
  15. AlwaysFirst

    AlwaysFirst Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think Moses, Fury, DD and AJ are better boxers than Wardley and would probably outbox him, but will they survive until the end? Idk, so far Wardley have been proving he’s somewhat limited but always dangerous, kinda like Wilder. I hope he beats them all but whoever can keep it technically probably win a decision.