FRAZER CLARKE laboured to a dull points win over 43-year-old veteran Mariusz Wach.
The 31-year-old 2020 Olympic bronze winner turned down a shot at Fabio Wardley’s heavyweight British title to continue his learning curve against the experienced Pole.
But it’s hard to see what he would have learned after 10 one-sided rounds the referee called a shutout of 100-90.
The straight talking Burton boxer said: “I think I started off well but I faded because it is extremely hot.
“I did lots right but also lots wrong, I need to do better.
“People can call me an Olympian but those 10-round pro fights are a very different thing.
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“People will be saying that Wardley will flatten me now because I tire after six rounds so bring it on.”
Clarke scored with a triple jab in the opener and whipped a right hook into Wach’s tattooed torso.
Wach scored back with a right hand and, with almost 21st behind the punch, Clarke did well to shrug it off.
A meaty second-round right hand from the Brit sent Wach’s sweat spraying into the thin audience.
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Both behemoths landed right hands in the third and shook them off without a wobble.
The rutting stags enjoyed a bit of argy-bargy on the bell, bouncing bellies and refusing to give way on the routes back to their corner.
The mid rounds produced utterly nothing worth writing down, let alone reading about.
York Hall emptied rapidly as the bout entered the eighth round and the people started to claim that without an early exit they would be late for the 24hr tube service.
Clarke did land a string of right hands in the second half of the bout but it’s worrying they didn’t put a dent in the top-knotted journeyman who had lost eight of his previous 14.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
