{"id":372802,"date":"2026-01-16T06:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/372802\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T06:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:46:09","slug":"roy-jones-jr-sends-warning-to-tyson-fury-on-taking-fabio-wardley-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/372802\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr sends warning to Tyson Fury on taking Fabio Wardley fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roy Jones Jr<\/a> views a possible clash between Tyson Fury<\/a> and Fabio Wardley<\/a> as a classic boxer-puncher matchup, the outcome of which being determined by who can implement their tactics more effectively.<\/p>\n

Fury is expected to return in a warm-up fight, perhaps against someone like Arslanbek Makhmudov, after having confirmed the end of his near year-long retirement earlier this month.<\/p>\n

It came as a surprise when \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 announced his tentative exit from the sport in January 2025, shortly after suffering a second points defeat to Oleksandr Usyk.<\/p>\n

Back then, many felt that Fury still had plenty to offer, even after losing to the masterful Ukrainian on two occasions in 2024.Sure enough, the 37-year-old is set to shake off some ring rust before jumping back into the deep end.<\/p>\n

That much has been clarified by his manager, Spencer Brown, who says that Fury must first have a \u2018warm-up\u2019 fight<\/a> before possibly facing WBO world champion Wardley, who has been suggested as a dance partner later this year.<\/p>\n

The prolific knockout artist comes off an 11th-round finish over Joseph Parker<\/a>, against whom he claimed the WBO interim title \u2013 before getting upgraded to full world champion \u2013 in October 2025.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Clubhouse Boxing<\/a>, Hall of Famer Jones stressed that Fury, if he is to collide with Wardley, would need to be particularly wary of his opponent\u2019s power.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Tyson Fury\u2019s the better boxer because he\u2019s been boxing longer \u2013 he has more experience. But Wardley\u2019s a guy that you can\u2019t count out until the last bell rings.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo Tyson Fury will have to be on pins and needles from round one to the end of round 12. [Or even] a few minutes before round one and a few minutes after round 12, because Wardley\u2019s that dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Fury gets back into his groove, Wardley is expected to make the first defence of his belt in the first half of 2026, with Derek Chisora emerging as a potential opponent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr views a possible clash between Tyson Fury and Fabio Wardley as a classic boxer-puncher matchup,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-372802","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\/372802","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=372802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}