York Hall, London - In a heavyweight fight, Olympic silver medalist Frazer Clarke (7-0, 5 KOs) overcame his most experienced opponent to date, with a ten round decision over division veteran Mariusz Wach (37-10, 20 KOs).
The referee issued the sole score of 100-90.
During the course of his career, Wach has only been stopped by Jarrell Miller, Martin Bakole, Alexander Povetkin and Arslanbek Makhmudov. He's also gone the full distance with fighters like Wladimir Klitschko, Dillian Whyte, Kevin Lerena and Hughie Fury.
Clarke came out jabbing in the first round. The jab was pushing back the bigger man. Wach was very cautious and appeared to be hesitant to engage. Clarke would start to connect with bigger punches off the jab. Wach was taking the punches well and actually began to let his hands go a little bit in the final minute. Clarke began to focus on landing hooks to the soft midsection of Wach.
At the start of the second, Clarke connected with a big right hand. Wach took the punch well. Wach tried to unleash his own jab, but it was far too slow. Clarke's jab was controlling most of the action. Apart from the jab, Clarke would continued to go downstairs. In the third, Wach was pressing forward and landed a few right hands. Clarke wasn't bothered by the shots and fired back with punches of his own. Wach would connect with another right hand, which prompted Clarke to unload to the head and body with combinations on the inside.
During the fourth, it was an inside fight with a lot of holding and messy action. As the second half of the fight played out, Clarke had the edge but Wach had moments of success when Clarke would take his foot off the gas. Both fighters were able to connect with solid right hands, with neither man able to do serious damage.
The final two rounds saw slow-paced action. Clarke was connecting with the more eye-catching punches and outworking the bigger man. Wach's punches were too slow and too infrequent to trouble the Olympian.
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