Fabio Wardley stops Eric Molina in the fifth round of their heavyweight fight in Gibraltar
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Fabio Wardley savagely stopped Eric Molina, just seconds after being hurt, in an explosive ending to their heavyweight fight in Gibraltar.
The unbeaten 26-year-old took a sizeable step up in class against Molina, a two-time world title challenger, and produced a destructive response to stop the Texan in the fifth round.
Stabbing out stiff jabs, Wardley sized up Molina in the opening minutes, and then found the range for a sharp right hand.
Molina issued a warning in the second round, ramming in a thudding right hand, but Wardley responded with a crisp right of his own in the third.
Image: Wardley celebrates his career-best victory
The 38-year-old was warming to the task, catching Wardley with short right hands in the fourth, but the fight reached a sudden conclusion in the next.
Another right hand shook Wardley, prompting vicious counter punches that sent Molina crashing to the canvas.
He slowly rose from the canvas, with the referee waving it off, despite Molina’s protests.
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