{"id":390338,"date":"2026-01-25T22:15:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T22:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/390338\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T22:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T22:15:06","slug":"fabio-wardley-accepts-call-out-for-huge-uk-heavyweight-fight-see-you-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/390338\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabio Wardley accepts call out for huge UK heavyweight fight: &#8220;See you soon&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/fabio-wardley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabio Wardley<\/a> has given an answer on a potential world heavyweight title defence against <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/tyson-fury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyson Fury<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wardley became WBO heavyweight champion late last year after being elevated from interim status due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/boxing\/news\/12183\/13471799\/oleksandr-usyk-relinquishes-wbo-heavyweight-title-after-being-told-to-defend-against-fabio-wardley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Oleksandr Usyk vacating the belt rather than facing his mandatory challenger.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a career-changing 2025 for the Ipswich man, first stopping Justis Huni in June, before then earning his biggest win to date with a come-from-behind knockout against Joseph Parker in October.<\/p>\n<p>Attention has now turned to who Wardley will defend his WBO belt against, and he was called out over the weekend for a clash against Fury.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 hasn\u2019t fought since back-to-back losses to Usyk in 2024, but he set to end his retirement during early 2026, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/tyson-fury-on-big-text-opponent\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">and has declared his interest in taking on Wardley.<\/a><\/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 [and] become [three-time] heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Fabio] has a hard fight himself coming up soon. I 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if he is not going to continue in boxing, I\u2019d like Big Fab as a big test. This would be a massive spectacle!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fabiowardley\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wardley has now responded on social media<\/a>, confirming that he is more than happy to go ahead with the domestic showdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the best for the return big GK! See you soon. Wardley vs Fury. Summer 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It seems that the two men will have bouts against different opponents first, but provided they both win those, a Wardley vs. Fury fight could well be on the cards for later this year.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabio Wardley has given an answer on a potential world heavyweight title defence against Tyson Fury. Wardley became&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-390338","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\/390338","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=390338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}