Fabio Wardley is the rich man's Deontay Wilder

Lots of similarities between these two:

- limited amateur experience (none to speak of really for Wardley)
- late start to the sport (20 for Wilder, 21 for Wardley)
- crude unorthodox style made up for with unwavering self-belief and KO power
- crazy near 100% knockout ratio

Main difference is how quickly they've been brought along. Wilder had one of the slowest and most anaemic starts to a pro career I've ever seen, fighting nobodies for years until he finally stepped it up around the forty fight mark, while Wardley has already beaten the likes of Clarke and Huni before his twentieth pro fight. Wardley also seems like a decent if no-nonsense bloke and not a scumbag like Wilder, which has appealed him to the British crowd. He'll likely be found out at some point but it'll be a wild(er) ride until that point.

 

That's fine, I don't expect him to remain undefeated. But so long as he doesn't lose that killer instinct I don't really mind. Wilder wasn't interesting because of how long he held his plastic belt for; he was interesting because you were always waiting for that moment he would land the boom. There's a similar edge-of-your-seatness with Wardley.

Wardley also has freakish power. Maybe not the clean one punch knockout power of Wilder but his concussive power in combination is dangerous. When did anyone cause the damage in seconds that Fabio did to Clarke? It's the type of damage you only tend to see in HW kickboxing where fighters are taking unpadded knees and kicks to the face.

Yeah, he'll get beaten eventually; I won't say found out because I think the blueprint is already very clear. Thing is, with fighters like him, you can be outboxing him for rounds and even on the verge of stopping him and he could still potentially pull out the winning shot. He's also likely gaining a lot of experience with every fight, which is something Wilder never did, and that's quite scary to think about.