{"id":586242,"date":"2026-05-15T22:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/586242\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T22:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:23:09","slug":"fabio-wardley-channels-rocky-ii-after-dubois-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/586242\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabio Wardley Channels Rocky II After Dubois Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add EBoxing News 24as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLAgKIiZDQklTRmdnTWFoSUtFR0p2ZUdsdVoyNWxkM015TkM1amIyMG9BQVAB?ceid=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow Boxing News 24 on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The video mixed footage from the Dubois fight with scenes from Rocky II, including the famous exchange where Apollo Creed\u2019s team urges him to walk away from Rocky Balboa after their brutal first fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s all wrong for us, baby,\u201d Apollo\u2019s trainer Tony \u201cDuke\u201d Evers says in the scene. \u201cWe don\u2019t need that kind of man in our life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The edit then cuts to Apollo responding: \u201cThank you,\u201d before additional fight footage and training clips begin rolling.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Coming for what\u2019s mine \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/isbJJ7konS\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/isbJJ7konS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabio Wardley (@FabioWardley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabioWardley\/status\/2055337953182769565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wardley activated the rematch clause earlier this week after losing his WBO heavyweight title to Dubois by 11th-round stoppage last Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The British heavyweight dropped Dubois twice during the early rounds before eventually being worn down in one of the year\u2019s most punishing heavyweight fights.<\/p>\n<p>Wardley\u2019s face showed heavy damage by the later rounds, leading to concerns from some fans about whether an immediate rematch is the right move.<\/p>\n<p>Others viewed the Rocky II clips as a sign that Wardley has no interest in stepping away from Dubois despite the punishment he absorbed in the first fight.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old previously said he plans to correct the mistakes he made in the first meeting and return for the rematch later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Promoter Frank Warren described the first fight as \u201cthe best heavyweight fight\u201d he has ever promoted.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Segal is a boxing journalist at Boxing News 24 with more than a decade of experience covering fight news, previews, and analysis. Known for his straightforward reporting and ringside perspective, he delivers authoritative coverage of champions, contenders, and emerging talent worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The video mixed footage from the Dubois fight with scenes from Rocky II, including the famous exchange where&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-586242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586242","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=586242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}