Wardley outguns Gorman to secure vacant British Heavyweight title.

Unbeaten Ipswich heavyweight Fabio Wardley 15-0 (14 KOs) started off slowly on Saturday night against tough Nathan Gorman 19-1 (13 Ko’s) before digging deep to drop the Manchester man three times and securing the vacant British title. Gorman was dropped twice in the second and once again the the third before his corner had seen enough and pulled him out at 2:33 of the session. Gorman’s vast amateur pedigree showed in the early showing as he appeared to dictate with a well timed jab and good movement. Crisp accurate punches seemed to be problematic for the Wardley who was bleeding from the nose as early as the opening round. Round 2 saw Gorman attempt to pressure Fabio and capitalise on the nose injury, until a defiant Wardley sprung to life to hurt Gorman with a flurry of wild punches, dropping him momentarily. Gorman survived the knockdown but was stunned again moments later and knocked down for a second time. Gorman survived the round and maintained his composure but was hurt badly following a third knockdown in round 3, forcing his corner to pull him out at 2:33 of the session.  Wardley being crowned the British champion after just 15 professional fights and only a handful of white collar appearances behind him.