{"id":493058,"date":"2026-03-24T18:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/493058\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:34:09","slug":"dillian-whyte-makes-ko-prediction-for-fabio-wardley-vs-daniel-dubois-he-will-stop-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/493058\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillian Whyte makes KO prediction for Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois: “He will stop him”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dillian Whyte<\/a> has offered his thoughts on Fabio Wardley<\/a> vs Daniel Dubois<\/a>, predicting a mid-late rounds stoppage where the winner is compelled to \u201ctake a lot of punishment\u201d.<\/p>\n

Their heavyweight contest will take place at Manchester\u2019s Co-op Live Arena on May 9, with Wardley making the first defence of his WBO world title.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old was upgraded from \u2018interim\u2019 to full champion<\/a> after Oleksandr Usyk<\/a>, who still holds the WBC, IBF and WBA titles, decided to vacate his WBO strap.<\/p>\n

This occurred following Wardley\u2019s stunning 11th-round finish over Joseph Parker<\/a> last October, when he cemented himself as the leading contender for Usyk.<\/p>\n

Rather than facing the formidable Ukrainian in an undisputed showdown, though, the Ipswich man is gearing up to headline a Queensberry card against former world champion Dubois.<\/p>\n

Having not fought since his fifth-round stoppage defeat to Usyk last July, Dubois is eager to prove that he remains a world-class operator, capable of ending any fight with his destructive fists.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old has previously showcased his power in consecutive stoppages over Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic and Anthony Joshua, but must now face a hard-hitting champion who boasts the same 95% knockout-to-win ratio.<\/p>\n

Speaking with IFL TV<\/a>, former world title challenger Dillian Whyte, who is also Wardley\u2019s manager, declared that his man should be the last one standing.<\/p>\n

\u201cMid-late [rounds], Fabio will stop him. Fabio\u2019s going to have to take a lot of punishment, though.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll be a tough fight early. But I ain\u2019t got no problem [seeing] Fabio coming through and knocking him out.<\/p>\n

\u201cFabio likes to get hit. I always say, \u2018Bro, stop getting hit early. You don\u2019t need to. You\u2019re very athletic and very fast and very awkward\u2019. But he likes to trade off early.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, Wardley has shown tremendous grit to overcome torrid battles with the likes of Frazer Clarke, Justis Huni and Parker, always fighting fire with fire whenever he seems in a spot of bother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dillian Whyte has offered his thoughts on Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois, predicting a mid-late rounds stoppage where…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-493058","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\/493058","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=493058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}