Daniel Dubois Batters Fabio Wardley For WBO Heavyweight Crown + Fight News! | Fight Freaks Unite Recap

About this episode

The episode recaps the dramatic WBO heavyweight title fight won by Daniel Dubois and discusses various fight news and controversies.

It was dramatic and it was brutal and we're ready to recap the WBO heavyweight world title fight won by Daniel Dubois. Plus, we had a featherweight world title fight nixed at the weigh in and controversy continues through the weekend. And, we have fight news too on the "Fight Freaks Unite Recap Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newsletter with their takes. They give a full recap of Saturday’s Queensberry DAZN PPV in Manchester, England They start with the Dubois TKO11 Fabio Wardley, as he wins the WBO title. T.J. is adamant that no one cared about the safety of Wardley late in the fight. Dan gives his rebuttal and they also talk the future now for Dubois. They also go over the undercard where: Welterweight Jack Rafferty scored a TKO6 over Ekow Essuman Zak Chelli 's stunning TKO10 of David Morrell in a light heavyweight battle And gigantic Bakhodir Jalolov TKO7 vs. Agron Smakici but he isn't showing promise and progress enough for Dan at this point. Then it's fight news Featherweight contender Ra’eese Aleem badly missed weight on Friday and his mandatory fight with IBF titlist Angelo Leo was canceled though the rest of…

People in this episode

Host: T.J. Rives

Guest: Dan Rafael

Topics covered

• boxing
• WBO heavyweight title
• fight recap
• fight news
• controversy
• undercard fights

Keywords

• Daniel Dubois
• Fabio Wardley
• fight recap
• boxing news
• WBO title
• undercard fights
• Shakur Stevenson
• Ra’eese Aleem

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Queensberry, DAZN, Salita Promotions, Zuffa Boxing

Places: Manchester, England

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