{"id":351630,"date":"2026-01-04T12:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T12:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/351630\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T12:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T12:29:17","slug":"frank-warren-names-his-fighter-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/351630\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Warren Names His Fighter Of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veteran promoter Frank Warren<\/a> thinks one man stands proud as his best fighter of 2025.<\/p>\n

The Queensberry Boxing boss has been involved in the sport for decades and has worked with plenty of big names, from Joe Calzaghe and Frank Bruno to Tyson Fury and now fast-rising star Moses Itauma.<\/p>\n

Speaking to iFL TV<\/a>, Warren picked a breakout British talent from his stable as the year\u2019s best performer.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s very difficult asking me that. I\u2019ve got to think the guy looking at where he\u2019s come from and where he\u2019s gone has got to be Fabio [Wardley.] No amateur experience and he\u2019s world champion and on a bona fide basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe beat a guy who is number two to Usyk and was a big favourite going into that fight so I think he had a tremendous year. Again, the Justis Huni fight, he done brilliantly and I take my hat off to him. It\u2019s an amazing journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Warren\u2019s pick is a fair one, as after a draw then a first round KO of fellow Brit Frazer Clarke in 2024, Wardley fought twice in 2025, firstly going from behind on the cards to stop Justis Huni and then doing similar against Joseph Parker in October.<\/a><\/p>\n

Shortly after that WBO eliminator, belt holder Oleksandr Usyk vacated his strap rather than face his mandatory so Wardley was promoted to full champion.<\/p>\n

He is looking to make a first defence in 2026 with the likes of Daniel Dubois, Moses Itauma, Anthony Joshua and Lawrence Okolie all having been named as potential opponents for some time around April.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran promoter Frank Warren thinks one man stands proud as his best fighter of 2025. The Queensberry Boxing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-351630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}