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Declan Taylor
@DeclanTaylor87
RINGSIDE
THERE are times at ringside, when you can hear the whistling air move with every swing of a fist, or the numbing thud of a glove against human flesh, that the stark insanity of boxing is inescapable.
At The O2, on Easter Sunday no less, Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke, the best part of 40 stone of human, combined for one of the greatest British heavyweight title fights of all time. It was both brilliant and brutal in equal measure.
It was the sort of fight where whatever they were paid was simply not enough for what both men gave over the course of 12 rounds which will likely change them both forever in one way or another. The ring canvas afterwards was covered in blood. This was beyond violent and, once all was said and done, there was not even a winner, as the judges delivered a split draw verdict.
“I don’t want to be in too many more of them,” said Wardley, who provided the canvas with
