Lennox Lewis tells Frazer Clarke solely ‘a pair’ of adjustments wanted to beat Fabio Wardley in heavyweight title rematch

Lennox Lewis has advised Frazer Clarke that he solely must “repair a few issues” to beat Fabio Wardley of their extremely anticipated heavyweight title rematch.

After an epic draw of their battle for Wardley’s British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles in March, the 2 will rematch on the bumper October 12 Sky Sports activities Field Workplace invoice, topped by Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol’s undisputed light-heavyweight conflict.

Three-time heavyweight world champion Lewis joined Clarke as he ready for the return bout to supply some steerage.

Lewis misplaced his heavyweight titles to Hasim Rahman in 2001 earlier than avenging the defeat with a knockout of his personal later that 12 months.

“For me, it was simple as a result of I understood the error,” Lewis advised Clarke.

“It was like, ‘I do know what I did fallacious. I’ll go and proper it, after which come again even stronger’.

“For you, you are nearly there, bro. All it’s, is slightly bit extra conditioning after which the gameplan, and also you’re there.

“I used to be very impressed together with your battle, and mentioned, ‘Second time round, simply repair a few issues’.”

Olympic bronze medallist Clarke was floored within the fifth spherical of the April bout, however fought again to get pleasure from intervals of success because the judges in the end scored the battle a draw.

“I obtained again to that altering room and clearly the battle had led to a draw, so I did not really feel like he’d made it a draw, I felt like I threw it away,” Clarke mentioned to Lewis.

“Since that day, I am not an enormous fan of watching myself again, however I have been hammered, I’ve seen a lot of myself from my final battle, and I’ve not checked out me doing something appropriate. All we have checked out is the errors I made.

“It is that small share the place you get punished within the battle. Our pondering for this battle is, if we eradicate the errors and construct on what we already had, we’re in a very good place.”

Lewis presents Clarke recommendation on managing expectations

Clarke additionally revealed to Lewis how he coped with excessive expectations from his skilled debut after getting back from Tokyo with an Olympic medal.

Earlier than going through Wardley, Clarke had comfortably gained all eight of his skilled bouts with six knockout wins, however a hard-fought bout meant he was in a position to present his battling spirit alongside along with his boxing expertise on the O2 Enviornment in April.

“Straight after the Olympics, I signed with Boxxer and Sky Sports activities and I used to be on the TV on a regular basis,” Clarke mentioned.

“I really feel prefer it gave a sure expectation of me coming into the professional ranks and simply be the completed article. And it was removed from the reality as a result of I simply felt like I used to be beginning once more.

“I used to be attempting to not hearken to all that noise however typically nowadays, it is exhausting to get away from it.”

Lewis, who gained gold on the 1988 Olympics, agreed with Clarke that transferring from the beginner to skilled ranks is sort of a profession reset.

Lewis mentioned: “You crammed your cup up as an beginner champion, now you need to be knowledgeable champion, so it is a refill of your cup.

“It is not going to return to you. You have to put within the time, you have to put within the effort, after which you have to know what to work on.

“In case you’re boxing and your toes are in quicksand, that is no approach to field. You are not going to get too far that manner.

“All nice heavyweights had nice jabs, so you have to develop that jab. Essential.”

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Fabio Wardley’s enormous rematch with Frazer Clarke is on the epic Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol invoice on Saturday October 12 stay on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace. Ebook Wardley v Clarke 2 and Beterbiev v Bivol now!