Fabio Wardley engineered a stunning turnaround to stop former world champion Joseph Parker inside 11 rounds at The O2 in London.

Both men hurt each other as momentum swung from Parker to Wardley and back.

But just as it looked like the contest was getting away from Wardley, he badly hurt Parker in the 10th round. He set about him in the 11th and eventually forced a stoppage.

Parker had put his position as the mandatory challenger for the WBO heavyweight world title, one of the four major belts all held by undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk, on the line by taking this fight against Wardley.

It was a gamble that backfired. Usyk must now fight Wardley next, or relinquish that WBO belt.

Parker is a former world champion, who lost his belt to Anthony Joshua in 2018, but he came into this f

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