Fabio Wardley vs Justis Huni II

Honestly, Wardley deserves a crack at the higher levels because of how he pulled that KO out of his ass. Yea, Huni schooled him, but Wardley still managed to get the win, and he deserves something for it.

Besides, there are already too many rematches in the division.

 

I’d still narrowly favour Wardley for a few reasons, Huni doesn’t have a great chin and can be caught, Wardley has devastating power and also, getting knocked out with 1 punch often plants a seed of doubt into fighters in future, so they have it in the back of their mind, ‘No matter how good I’m boxing, I could lose at any moment’, so Huni may not be the same mentally, being gun shy etc allowing Wardley more success throughout.

 

Yeah this is my take.
I heard Huni only got in 18 rounds of sparring for this fight total. He won't say it, but I think he might have been slightly under conditioned for this fight tbh and that's what led to him getting sloppy. Does a few extra weeks training get Huni to a place where he doesn't get tagged? I don't know but I'd love to find out.
Wardley should want no piece of a rematch though. He grabbed him chance to win in the first fight and good on him. No need for him to run it back.

 

Huni also had a shoulder injury. Eddie Hearn and Spencer Brown said they were very close to pulling him out a week before the fight and that he did no sparring for the final 2 weeks of camp. On the other side Wardley was preparing for Miller and then had to completely switch preparation for Huni.

 

Oh wow didn't know that! Dudes a w

Yeah not the best prep for either guy eh?
Hadn't heard that about the shoulder.
Both of these guys are top notch, no complaints or issues from either fighter.
I'd love to see them run it back but again, can't see any reason Wardley would want that right now.

 

"full champion" = WBA (super)