Daniel Dubois delivers devastating second-round stoppage of Fabio Wardley to retain WBO title

• Dubois underlines status as Britain’s leading heavyweight

• Wardley’s corner throw in the towel in second round

Daniel Dubois overwhelmed Fabio Wardley in the second round of their WBO world title fight on Saturday night as he continued his quest to become the most authoritative heavyweight fighter on the planet with this crushing victory. This was the second time in five months that Dubois has defeated Wardley but, after their fight of the year contender in May, this was a shockingly one-sided shellacking.

After two minutes and 21 seconds of round two, Wardley was rescued from the bludgeoning fists of Dubois by the referee, just as the fluttering white towel of his trainer, Ben Davison, sailed over the ropes in surrender. Davison had been on the brink of throwing in the towel at the very end of the opening round but the bell sounded to end a disastrous first three minutes for Wardley. He was dropped heavily after just 17 seconds as Dubois landed a left cross followed by a pulverising right hand.

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