Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois collide in one of the vital intriguing heavyweight scraps of the yr, with the WBO heavyweight world title on the road. Forward of the struggle, British boxing icon ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed has provided his prediction, the place he anticipates an announcement efficiency.
Dubois held the IBF heavyweight world title for over a yr, having been upgraded to full world champion after halting Filip Hrgovic after which defending his standing in an authoritative beatdown of Anthony Joshua in September 2024.
Though, his reign was dropped at an finish when he rematched Oleksandr Usyk in a problem for the undisputed crown, struggling a second stoppage defeat to the dominant Ukrainian ruler.
In the meantime, Wardley was elevated to WBO champion late final yr after knocking out Joseph Parker, with Usyk opting to vacate the belt moderately than face the Ipswich fan-favourite – for now not less than.
Wardley has signed for a troublesome first task as champion on this dust-up with Dubois and Hamed instructed talkSPORT Boxing that he believes that he has bitten off greater than he can chew, predicting that Dubois could produce the ‘struggle of his life’.
“I feel that this struggle goes to indicate us and reply each query that you really want. I feel that you will see Daniel Dubois most likely struggle the struggle of his life.
“I simply suppose that you could perceive one thing, Daniel Dubois has bought very heavy fingers and he hits to the physique very properly, just a bit bit like [Agit] Kabayel hits very properly to the physique as a heavyweight.
“So, I feel that, if he bins the best way that he can struggle, I feel that he’s going to make it very, very exhausting for Fabio. I simply suppose that you will see the skillset of each of them and they aren’t going to match up.”
Wardley-Dubois takes place on the Co-Op Dwell Area in Manchester on Saturday, Might 9, with struggle followers at the moment cut up when figuring out who will come out on prime.
