{"id":140571,"date":"2025-09-16T06:34:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T06:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/140571\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T06:34:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T06:34:27","slug":"eddie-hearn-makes-ko-prediction-for-joseph-parker-vs-fabio-wardley-it-will-be-explosive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/140571\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn Makes KO Prediction For Joseph Parker vs Fabio Wardley: “It Will Be Explosive”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eddie Hearn<\/a> believes someone is getting knocked out when Joseph Parker<\/a> and Fabio Wardley<\/a> come to blows in October.<\/p>\n

Parker and Wardley will go head-to-head at the O2 Arena in London on October 25<\/a>, in a bout that is set to have big implications for the heavyweight division.<\/p>\n

Parker is a man in form right now, having beaten Deontay Wilder<\/a>, Zhilei Zhang and Martin Bakole in his last three outings. He is the WBO mandatory, but currently Usyk has claimed he is injured, so has not yet entered negotiations for a fight with the former WBO ruler.<\/p>\n

Wardley is much less experienced, but in his last two fights, he has knocked out Frazer Clarke in one round and rescued what looked to be a points loss with a big stoppage of Australian Justis Huni.<\/p>\n

Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has worked with both Parker and Wardley in the past, and speaking to Sky Sports Boxing,<\/a> Hearn broke down Wardley\u2019s chances.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah I think it\u2019s a huge jump up for Wardley, who by the way deserves a massive amount of credit. We all know the story is a bit boring now about the white collar background and no amateur experience, but he has gone through the ranks.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople say he was lucky against Justis Huni but I don\u2019t think you can ever be lucky when you knock someone out, but he was getting well beaten and was four, five minutes away from losing a lopsided decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he carries great power. He knocked out Frazer Clarke in a round. This is a different kind of step up against a guy with massive experience and massive form, but Fabio has big cojones, and he will be live in all fights because he\u2019s not afraid to let his hands go.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do think, and I like Fabio a lot, but I always try to be honest in a lot of these analyses, I think it\u2019s a step too far for him in the form that Joseph\u2019s in. But he\u2019s definitely live in the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hearn then explained how Parker may see it as a frustrating bout.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good fight. Sometimes, I don\u2019t think this will happen with Joe, but when you\u2019ve beaten Wilder, beaten Bakole, beaten Zhang, and you\u2019re sitting there waiting for a shot at Usyk and you have to fight Fabio Wardley, sometimes that can take the mojo away a bit and it can affect the preparation. It will be an explosive fight, I don\u2019t think it will go the distance; that\u2019s for sure. \u201c<\/p>\n

Whoever comes out on top will likely be first in line for a fight with two-time undisputed ruler Usyk when he returns<\/a>, so there is plenty on the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn believes someone is getting knocked out when Joseph Parker and Fabio Wardley come to blows in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-140571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}