{"id":431605,"date":"2026-01-25T04:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T04:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/431605\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T04:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T04:26:07","slug":"fabio-wardley-called-out-for-uk-mega-fight-this-would-be-massive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/431605\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabio Wardley Called Out For UK Mega Fight: &#8220;This Would Be Massive&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/fabio-wardley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabio Wardley<\/a> is preparing to make the first defence of his WBO heavyweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Wardley had an extremely successful 2025, first earning a knockout victory over Justis Huni when they met at Portman Road in Ipswich in June.<\/p>\n<p>He then returned four months later and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/c8jrgwlrxnzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">secured a come-from-behind knockout win against Joseph Parker<\/a> at the O2 Arena in London, claiming the WBO interim belt in the process.<\/p>\n<p>After Oleksandr Usyk opted to vacate his title, Wardley was elevated to full champion, becoming the latest Brit to hold world honours in the heavyweight division.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/news\/fury-offered-chance-at-a-belt-immediately\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wardley has been linked to a number of opponents for his first defence<\/a>, including the likes of Daniel Dubois and Derek Chisora, but it\u2019s another domestic rival that he could step into the ring with soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tysonfury\/p\/DT4mIP7CMJv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Posting on social media<\/a>, former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury declared his interest in a showdown against Wardley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike I said let\u2019s see how I am looking in my return fight. Then later in 2026 this would be a good option for me to try become 3 x heavyweight champion. @fabiowardley has a hard fight himself coming up soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the fight you guys all want but at this time I won\u2019t say his name out of respect as he is in mourning, But if he is not going to continue in boxing I\u2019d like Big Fab as a big test this would be also a massive spectacle!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fury is referring to a clash against long-term rival Anthony Joshua, but if that doesn\u2019t take place, it appears a battle against Wardley could be on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 is expected to first return to action in April, with the likes of Arslanbek Makhmudov and Brandon Moore mentioned as possible opponents.<\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabio Wardley is preparing to make the first defence of his WBO heavyweight title. Wardley had an extremely&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-431605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}