“I became a victim of my own success,” Wardley said during a joint interview with Dubois. “I got too comfortable with the fact that I caught him in the first 10 seconds of the fight. He went down, caught him in the third, and he went down again.”
Wardley treats the loss as a collection of missed opportunities. That overlooks the adjustments Dubois made after surviving the early trouble.
Dubois raised his guard, worked behind a stiff jab, and shut down the gaps Wardley capitalized on early. Once the champion timed those looping power shots, the momentum shifted completely. Wardley carried no counter. He discard
