Daniel Dubois vs. Fabio Wardley: Prediction, preview, undercard

Just implicit 5 months connected from their epic archetypal fight, Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley spell to warfare for the WBO heavyweight satellite rubric successful London connected Saturday night.

Wardley went into the archetypal bout holding the belt, but Dubois overcame 2 knockdowns to go satellite heavyweight champion for the 2nd time, 3rd if you number the WBA regular crown.

Here, Sports Mole previews the rematch betwixt the 2 British heavyweights, who volition privation to support themselves astatine the apical of the histrion up of perchance facing the victor of Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua's combat successful December.

Daniel Dubois vs. Fabio Wardley

When the archetypal bout took spot successful Manchester successful May, the wide statement was that it was a 50-50 combat that would extremity early.

Wardley had Dubois down successful the archetypal 10 seconds, and doubly wrong the archetypal 3 rounds, but Dubois showed the benignant of resilience that helium has not ever shown successful his career.

Once the 2nd fractional of the combat came around, Wardley was lone getting weaker and Dubois acold stronger. He had not breached his opponent's spirit, but the level of exhaustion being shown by Wardley meant that the extremity effect was inevitable from thereon in.

Although Wardley near the ringing with his estimation enhanced from some a boxing and popularity perspective, it felt similar helium suffered career-changing punishment from the biggest puncher successful the division.

Whether that proves existent remains to beryllium seen, but lone the number volition consciousness that taking an contiguous Dubois rematch wrong 22 weeks of the archetypal instalment is the close move.

Last clip out, we besides got to spot Dubois participate the 11th circular for the archetypal time. He is presently connected a streak of Oleksandr Usyk 1, Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic, Anthony Joshua, Usyk 2 and Wardley. It is simply a stunning CV.

Meanwhile, Wardley's triumph earlier Dubois was his unthinkable comeback effort against Joseph Parker, and you person to question whether that, too, has enactment miles connected the Ipswich fighter's clock.

Undercard

The showcase combat connected the undercard is the British and Commonwealth lightweight rubric combat betwixt Louie O'Doherty and Michael Gomez Jr.

O'Doherty is putting a 12-match unbeaten grounds connected the enactment against an hostile who recorded an eye-catching triumph implicit Lee McGregor past clip out.

Meanwhile, British heavyweight Solomon Dacres is bidding to propulsion disconnected his 2nd upset triumph of 2026 against the formidable Bakhodir Jalolov, the two-time Olympic golden medallist.

Last clip out, the West Midlands combatant stunned Vladyslav Sirenko, the then-unbeaten Ukrainian who has since responded by beating erstwhile Fury and Joshua hostile Otto Wallin.

Dubois vs. Wardley prediction

Many person questioned whether Wardley should beryllium taking this combat truthful soon aft the battering that helium took successful the 2nd fractional of the archetypal fight.

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We hold with that perspective, and though Wardley punches hard capable to person a accidental against immoderate opponent, Dubois knows that helium tin withstand his champion shots.

Furthermore, Dubois volition judge that Wardley volition not person the aforesaid punch absorption arsenic the archetypal encounter, a presumption shared by us.

While it could beryllium absorbing portion it lasts, expect Dubois to triumph wrong the archetypal six rounds, possibly arsenic aboriginal arsenic the archetypal three.