{"id":603784,"date":"2026-04-13T09:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/603784\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:11:08","slug":"fabio-wardley-open-to-battle-of-ko-artists-if-he-beats-dubois-hes-on-the-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/603784\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabio Wardley open to battle of KO artists if he beats Dubois: “He’s on the list”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fabio Wardley<\/a> has targeted an opponent that would bring together arguably the two biggest punchers in the entire division.<\/p>\n

After beating Joseph Parker to get his hands on the WBO Interim title, it seemed as though Wardley would next collide with then-undisputed ruler Oleksandr Usyk. However, the Ukrainian instead opted to vacate his belt, with Wardley subsequently being upgraded to full WBO world champion.<\/p>\n

Now, Wardley is gearing up for a difficult first defence of that marble, as he prepares to take on Daniel Dubois next month. There, a victory may finally tee up his shot at Usyk, with his name mentioned as part of the reigning WBC, WBA and IBF titleholder\u2019s three-man hit list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although, if Usyk changes those plans, Wardley has another option in mind, in the form of former WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder, telling The Stomping Ground<\/a> of his wish to fight and defend his title across the pond.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would love to [fight Wilder]. He was one that was on the list before Daniel, both him and [Derek] Chisora funnily enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have ticked off a lot of milestones in my career but one thing that I haven\u2019t done is fought in America and done one of the big ones [venues], whether that be MSG, whether that be in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I am going to do that, I need a big name to do it with and who better at the moment, in terms of my division and in America, than Deontay Wilder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilder is widely regarded as one of the biggest punchers in boxing history, with 43 of his 45 wins coming by knockout, though he had to settle for a rare points victory when he defeated Derek Chisora earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Wardley has established himself as a massive puncher in his own right, with 19 of his 20 wins ending inside the distance. If a fight against Wilder came to fruition, Wardley went on to promise that there will be fireworks but, ultimately, he will score a \u2018decisive\u2019 win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would be more of that [what we saw in Wilder-Chisora], just a lot cleaner and probably a bit more of decisive victory for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

First, before Wardley can truly talk up a showdown with \u2018The Bronze Bomber\u2019, he must overcome Dubois in what many fans believe to be a 50\/50 affair in four weeks\u2019 time<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabio Wardley has targeted an opponent that would bring together arguably the two biggest punchers in the entire…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-603784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}