“Weirdly, not as hard as I thought. I think that again also played into how things played out because I took a few shots coming in and I thought, ‘Okay, they’re not the most fun, but they’re also not the most concerning either.’ I thought, ‘I’m all right here, actually. I’m okay.’ That combined with the knockdown, I just got overzealous,” Wardley told Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions.
Wardley’s explanation reveals the trap in judging heavyweight power by the first few punches. Dubois did not need to hurt him with every connection. His steady accumulation gradually reduced Wardley’s resistance after the de
