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joseph parker Is angry at the referee’s stoppage after his 11th round loss to fabio wardley At the O2 in London.
New Zealander Lost his WBO interim heavyweight title Howard Foster was forced to step in after a volley of shots from Wardley in the final round.
Wardley is now in line to fight the Ukrainian for all four belts in 2026, with the undisputed heavyweight champion recovering from injury.
“I didn’t feel like that [got away from me]The referee stopped the fight, I felt like I could move on, he saw enough, but I have to accept the result. The two shots hurt me, but I was still conscious and wanted to carry on,” Parker said. seconds out,
“Sure, I was hurting him, he was good, landed a few shots here and there, he’s a warrior. He won the fight, he’s in another big event and fight.
“I want to move on, if I can get a rematch, great, it would be great to get it back going.”
Despite accepting the fight with Wardley instead of waiting for Usyk to recover, Parker stood by his decision and has no regrets.
Parker said, “He caught me with some shots, he did well, but when you get caught, that’s boxing.”
“I felt good when they stopped the fight, but I’m not a referee, so of course I wanted to keep going.
“Losing fights sucks, I’m not pretending to be happy, but life goes on. I box, but I have kids and a family, regroup, then see what happens next.
“I don’t regret anything I do, boxing is just a part of what I do, I’ve been blessed with a family and an amazing team. It’s just been a bump in the road. I felt good there.”
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But Dereck Chisora defended the stoppage, warning that Wardley could have caused serious damage within seconds.
“Wardley is my guy, I’ve had more rounds with Wardley than anyone else in boxing,” Chisora told Seconds Out.
“I called it, I said Wardley wins it. Parker had to lose weight, he was overweight, he was fat, not fit enough. He needed to do more. The reason he won this fight is Parker let him go, Usyk didn’t do that, he’ll make you work when you don’t want to work. There’s a lot of breaks in there.
“Usyk doesn’t let you regroup, absolutely different. The referee is the only person in the ring watching with his eyes, we can’t say anything, I’m glad he stopped it at the right time so he could go back to hide the wife and kids. The referee did what he was supposed to do.”