DEREK CHISORA reckons Fabio Wardley’s boxing career is OVER following his brutal rematch loss to Daniel Dubois.
Wardley dropped Dubois in rounds one and three in May before being stopped in the 11th of their heavyweight classic in Manchester.
But this time it was Wardley, 31, on the deck within seconds of the opener in their rematch just five months later.
And Dubois, 29, made no mistake in closing the show in round two when Wardley’s corner and the referee called a halt to the contest.
Chisora, 42, was left gobsmacked from ringside and believes Wardley should put health over wealth and call time on his already amazing career.
He told SunSport: “I didn’t see that coming. I didn’t, I never thought that Ben Davison will be throwing a towel in.
“Listen, he didn’t train. Let’s be honest, he didn’t train enough. He was not on point. He called it out too early.
“You have to give Fabio his credit, because he’s a kid from white-collar boxing, come in and become a world champion from nothing.
“He beat Joseph Parker, traveling to Riyadh, becoming a big star in London. Now he works on DAZN. Listen, boxing is done for him.”
Promoter Frank Warren came into the fight in the awkward position of having both men in his stable.
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Dubois has been with Warren since he was 17 but Wardley became boxing’s most unlikely heavyweight champion under the Hall of Famer.
And Warren said: “Fabio’s a great ambassador for the sport.
“He’s a tough sod, he took some stick and he’s got that fighting heart, he was really p****d off that they stopped the fight.
“His manager and them were all screaming about it. I said, ‘Listen, the corner threw the towel in. That is what it is.’
“But anyway, cut a long story short, he can come again and we’re there for him, he’s with us and if he wants to fight on, we’ll make sure we give him some opportunity.
“In the meantime, Daniel, he’ll be looking for unification fights and as he keeps reminding me, big money fights.”