“A deal has been reached” for the rematch of Fabio Wardley-Frazer Clarke's British title

ONE of the most exciting fights of 2024 will be updated soon.

Today, in the latest British Boxing Board of Control Circular, it was revealed that an agreement has been reached for British champion Fabio Wardley to defend his title for the second time against Frazer Clarke.

The official wording reads: “After the agreement reached by both parties, the above competition will be promoted at a date and place to be announced.”

Back in March Wardley successfully retained his title by split. The three scorecards read 114-113 (Wardley), 113-113 and 112-115 (Clarke). A rematch between the two would represent Wardley's second official defense of the title he won in October 2023 when he surprisingly stopped David Adeleye in seven rounds.

Clarke, however, was more than a match for Wardley but found himself on the canvas in the fifth round. Two rounds later the 2020 super-heavyweight bronze medalist was stripped of a point by referee Steve Gray for landing repeated low blows.

Regardless of the outcome it was a classic British title joining a long line of historic Lord Lonsdale belt seats. The two heavyweights threw the kitchen sink at each other and landed a number of heavy shots that had everyone in the O2 Arena gripped from start to finish.

News of a rematch will be music to the ears of boxing fans.

In other British title news Harry Scarff will make the first defense of his welterweight title against Liam Taylor. The tournament will be promoted by Nisse Sauerland which shows it will be a Wasserman card and will be shown live on Channel 5. Scarff won the title in November 2023 defeating Ekow Essuman but fell short when moving up in class against Ukraine's Karen Chukhadzhian in a world title eliminator. three months ago.

The vacant British super-lightweight title will be contested by the undefeated duo of Henry Turner and Jack Rafferty. High Wycombe take on Manchester on October 5 at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena in the Nick Ball-Ronny Rios clash. Former champion Dalton Smith defended it three times before vacating it to advance to the European and World divisions.