US EditionDaniel Dubois vs. Fabio Wardley Set for WBO Heavyweight Title in May
Dubois seeks to reclaim a heavyweight world title against Wardley, who won the WBO belt after Oleksandr Usyk vacated it, maintaining an undefeated record of 20-0-1.
- On May 9, Daniel Dubois will challenge WBO champion Fabio Wardley at Co-Op Live in Manchester, England, Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions announced Friday.
- After a 15-0 start, Dubois suffered a 2020 knockout loss to Joe Joyce that broke his left orbital bone and nerve damage, then bounced back with four stoppage wins.
- Fabio Wardley is 20-0-1 with 19 KOs and stopped Joseph Parker in the 11th round; he also scored a 10th-round knockout of Justis Huni to win the WBA interim title.
- Wardley's promotion to full champion after Oleksandr Usyk relinquished the WBO title frames this bout as a legitimacy test, as he brings big power but needed late comebacks in back-to-back fights.
- Dubois' résumé includes an IBF interim title win over Filip Hrgovic and promotion after Usyk vacated the belt, plus a fifth-round knockout of Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium, London.
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The Independent (US)Fabio Wardley to make first world heavyweight title defence against British rival
Fabio Wardley contests his first heavyweight title defense against Daniel Dubois. Daniel Dubois wants to become champion for the second time in his 6th heavyweight world championship fight. WBO heavyweight world champion Fabio Wardley will defend his title on May 9th at the ‘Co-Op Live' in Manchester, England, for the first time against his British compatriot, also a strong fighter and former IBF world champion Daniel Dubois, as Frank Warren of …
It's a Knockout - Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois 95% KO clash confirmed
‘Don’t Blink’ – Heavy hitters Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois heads to Manchester Fabio Wardley will make the first defence of his WBO World Heavyweight Championship in a blockbuster all-British showdown against former IBF World Champion Daniel Dubois at Co-op Live in Manchester on Saturday, 9 May, live worldwide on DAZN. In ‘Don’t Blink’, two […]
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