Heavyweight Frazer Clarke’s swellings might have healed, however the former Olympian remains to be feeling the emotional ache after his attritional and thrilling encounter with Fabio Wardley on March 31.
Clarke (8-0-1, 6 KOs) and Wardley (17-0-1, 16 KOs) fought one another to a break up draw over 12 rounds as Clarke tried to assert the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles away from his home rival at London’s O2 Area.
Regardless of his efforts to outfight and outbox Wardley, who fought many of the contest with a nostril seeping of blood, Clarke suffered the primary knockdown of his profession and was harm on a number of events by the height, robust Wardley.
Regardless of being severely harm on a number of events, Wardley greater than performed his half in proving mistaken his preliminary doubters, who had tipped Clarke to alleviate Fabio of his baubles resulting from Clarke’s excellent newbie accolades and development by the skilled ranks,
Regardless of the thrilling battle lighting the contact paper on the O2 and capturing vital TV viewers numbers on Sky Sports activities, Clarke advised Boxing Scene that in a number of years’ time, he would possibly have the ability to look again on the spectacle he produced with Wardley from a unique viewpoint.
“I’m very dissatisfied that I didn’t take the titles residence,” Clarke stated. “Everyone has been saying it was such an amazing battle, however perhaps in a number of years, I can look again on that battle with happiness. I’m nonetheless very dissatisfied that I didn’t win that battle.”
The previous Olympian reiterated his want to rematch Wardley sooner relatively than later however conceded that it’s as much as Wardley if he needs handy him one other alternative to battle for the very best home honor in British boxing.
“I hope so,” Clarke stated of the potential of a second battle. “There may be quite a lot of enterprise to type out first, however perhaps there might be a rematch.”
Nonetheless, Clarke’s first precedence is to return to the ring. Whether or not he walks straight right into a extremely anticipated rematch with Fabio or not is solely within the arms of Wardley.
“I don’t thoughts going straight right into a rematch, however that’s as much as Fabio if he needs to make a rematch as a result of I might have that rematch tomorrow,” Clarke insisted.
“So long as I’m again within the ring, I’m joyful.”
