Fabio Wardley vs Justis Huni scorecards revealed with Brit on course for crushing defeat before one-punch KO
FABIO WARDLEY was facing defeat in the face against Justis Huni - before one punch turned the tide.
The Brit looked in real trouble during Saturday's WBA interim heavyweight clash in Ipswich.
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Fabio Wardley scored a brilliant win over Justis Huni on Saturday night
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Wardley was outworked and outpunched for much of the bout
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But he delivered a remarkable power punch KO in the 10th to keep his unbeaten tag
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The scorecards revealed two judges had given Wardley just ONE round before the stoppage
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Fighting on home turf,
But Huni dominated from the off, taking control infront of a 20,000-strong crowd at a
The Aussie was miles ahead on the cards as the fight entered the championship rounds.
From nowhere, Wardley
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The judge's scorecards made grim reading for the 6ft5 heavyweight prior to his stunning KO.
Wardley was down on all three cards, with two of the judges giving him just
ONE
round.
One fan gasped on X: "He was down bad too wow."
Another said: "I didn't give Wardley a round. The 1st round was close but I thought Huni nicked it with cleaner punches."
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While a third added: "These were very accurate scorecards in a hometown fight for once."
Wardley's promoter
Fabio Wardley faces off with Justis Huni ahead of his homecoming fight
The win propels Wardley into world title consideration.
It was his 18th knockout in 19 professional wins.
He said: "I don't profess to being any [Oleksandr] Usyk or Justis Huni who has all the skills.
"But I know how to win fights and that's one thing I knew I had to do tonight.
"Justis Huni is a great operator. We'd drilled everything over and over again.
"I should've performed better in some of those rounds."
Huni
The Australian suffered his first professional defeat after 12 consecutive wins.
Referencing the big KO punch, he said: "That's my curse.
"I even said before this fight it only takes one second to switch off, it happened tonight."
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