Fabio Wardley talks to Ring Magazine about his upcoming rematch with Daniel Dubois coming off the heels of a brutal fight they had back in May. Wardley claims to have studied and seen where his mistakes were made, and is confident he’ll be able to turn things around to be the one coming out on top in this scheduled sequel set for this weekend. Here’s some of what he had to say below.
Wardley on rematching Dubois so soon after their first war
“It was me that triggered the rematch clause and it was me that basically said to Frank and the team ‘I want this as soon
as possible’…I reviewed it, I know what went wrong, and I want to set it right.
“There was a small conversation with myself of ‘am I doing this out of aggravation, annoyance, emotion-based because I just lost and I’m angry and I want it back’ or do I genuinely feel like the mistakes I made are easily rectified and I can come back around and get the win. And the conclusion was actually, yeah, after reviewing the fight and looking at it I made some silly mistakes.
“I did some small things but consistently wrong and there mistakes I made, I feel like the fight was in my hands an I lost it, not necessarily that Daniel won it.”
On Dubois saying he punches like a baby
“I think he needs to pay attention to what he says because he did an interview the other day where he says I was the hardest puncher he’s ever been in the ring with. So I think he just needs to remember when he answers these questions there is a camera in his face and the research can be done.
“But, again, it’s fight week and with Daniel you get a different personality, a different persona comes out…We all know and saw what happened, and again, like I said, I didn’t even fully connect and he hit the ground twice so it’s a lot of waffle.”
