WBO heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley will face off against former WBA and IBF titleholder, Daniel Dubois, TODAY (May 9, 2026) inside Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England in what is sure-to-be a hard hitting championship bout between two of the heaviest hitters in the game.
Wardley (20-0-1) will make his first official defense of the title after he was elevated to champion and shed the interim tag following Oleksandr Usyk’s decision to vacate the strap last year. With 19 knockouts on his resume, Wardley has proven to be must-see T.V. As for Dubois, he lost the IBF heavyweight title to Usyk via fifth-round knockout — his second such loss to “The Cat” — in July 2025 (see it again here).
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Heavyweight.: Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Dubois
140 lbs.: Jack Rafferty vs. Ekow Essuman
175 lbs.: Bradley Rea vs. Liam Cameron
Catchweight.: David Morrell vs. Zak Chelli
140 lbs.: Khaleel Majid vs. Gavin Gwynne
Heavyweight.: Bakhodir Jalolov vs. Agron Smakici
154 lbs.: Bobbi Flood vs Nathan Darby
154 lbs.: Issiah Hamilton-Allen vs. Connor Goulding
200 lbs.: Mike Perez vs. Franklin Arinze
168 lbs.: Javokhir Ummataliev vs. Damian Drabik
140 lbs.: Fawaz Aborode vs. Garth Noot
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