{"id":484671,"date":"2026-03-19T21:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/484671\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T21:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:17:11","slug":"derek-chisora-changes-his-fabio-wardley-vs-daniel-dubois-prediction-will-he-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/484671\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Chisora changes his Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois prediction: “Will he quit?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester is set to host it\u2019s sixth heavyweight world title fight when Fabio Wardley<\/a> attempts a first defence of his WBO crown, tasked with former IBF ruler Daniel Dubois<\/a>. Ahead of the showdown, fellow British heavyweight Derek Chisora<\/a> has altered his prediction.<\/p>\n

Wardley has shown the guts and guile of a worthy champion in wins over Justis Huni and Joseph Parker<\/a>, as well as in his draw with Frazer Clarke back in 2024.<\/p>\n

Although, after being elevated to become a world champion, the unbeaten Ipswich fan-favourite remains unproven as a true titleholder in the eyes of some.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Dubois was also upgraded when he became the IBF heavyweight champion, but he backed up that decision when he ran through Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium<\/a> in a famous win.<\/p>\n

A second defeat to Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> last July brought his reign to an early end.<\/p>\n

The May meeting between the domestic duo is poised to be a cracker, but when originally quizzed on the outcome, fellow heavyweight Chisora gave the edge to the champion<\/a>, believing Wardley\u2019s mental toughness to be the difference maker.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that Fabio and Daniel [is a] great fight. I see Fabio winning it. Fabio\u2019s tough. Fabio hasn\u2019t got boxing skills; what he has is f***ing heart, bro. When you fight somebody with heart, it\u2019s going to be a long night. He got hit [against Parker], but he carries on coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet, just weeks later, Chisora has told Seconds Out<\/a> of his new view on the fight, where he believes the contest to be a 50\/50 affair with added intrigue due to the fact that Dubois\u2019 trainer will collides with Anthony Joshua\u2019s former trainer once again.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a 50\/50 fight. It is going to be a good fight because remember Ben Davison got beat by Don [Charles] once and now this is going to be a rematch for the trainers. Ben Davison, he has got to get one over Don now.<\/p>\n

\u201cHas he got the right horse to get him that victory? Yes. Is Don Charles\u2019 horse going to quit? We don\u2019t know. So it is a 50\/50 fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wardley-Dubois takes place on Saturday, May 9<\/a>, at the Co-op Live in Manchester, as both men seek to prove themselves as Britain\u2019s top heavyweight and as a potential successor to Usyk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester is set to host it\u2019s sixth heavyweight world title fight when Fabio Wardley attempts a first defence…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-484671","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\/484671","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=484671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}