{"id":541222,"date":"2026-04-20T15:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/541222\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:15:11","slug":"roy-jones-jr-warns-daniel-dubois-before-wardley-fight-on-may-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/541222\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr Warns Daniel Dubois Before Wardley Fight On May 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add EBoxing News 24as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLAgKIiZDQklTRmdnTWFoSUtFR0p2ZUdsdVoyNWxkM015TkM1amIyMG9BQVAB?ceid=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow Boxing News 24 on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Wardley and Dubois meet in Manchester in one of the biggest heavyweight fights on the British calendar, with Wardley making the first defense of the WBO title he inherited after Oleksandr Usyk vacated the belt.<\/p>\n<p>Many questioned whether Wardley could reach world level earlier in his career, but knockout wins over Justis Huni, Frazer Clarke, and Joseph Parker changed that view. He now enters the Dubois fight unbeaten and carrying a reputation as one of the division\u2019s most dangerous finishers.<\/p>\n<p>Jones believes Dubois has the cleaner boxing ability, but says that edge may not matter if the fight reaches the second half.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFabio Wardley is a very, very tough customer. I\u2019ve learned to love watching Fabio, and I refuse to ever count him out again,\u201d Jones said to Grosvenor Casinos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDubois probably is the better boxer, but he had better get Fabio out early, because if the fight gets past round seven, it becomes a Fabio fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFabio is a modern-day George Foreman. If Fabio gets to round 7 or 8, you can pretty much kiss the baby goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dubois has not fought since his stoppage loss to Usyk, and this bout gives him a direct route back into the heavyweight title picture. Wardley, though, has become known for finding a finish even in difficult fights. If Dubois cannot hurt him early, Jones believes the danger will only grow as the rounds pass.<\/p>\n<p>Wardley has developed this \u201czombie\u201d quality where he takes heavy shots, looks like he might be fading, and then suddenly finds a massive finishing blow when his opponent is gassing out. The wins over Frazer Clarke and Joseph Parker proved he can handle world-class power and still be the stronger man in the final minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Calling him a \u201cmodern-day George Foreman\u201d might be a stretch when looking at the technical side. Wardley\u2019s defense can be wide open, and while he\u2019s durable, he isn\u2019t exactly the immovable object Foreman was.<\/p>\n<p>Dubois has \u201ccleaner\u201d boxing, as Jones noted, but he tends to fight in spurts. Wardley\u2019s pressure is constant, which is where the Foreman comparison actually holds water.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Galm is a boxing journalist who has covered the global fight landscape since 2014, specializing in heavyweight analysis, industry trends, and fighter psychology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wardley and Dubois meet in Manchester in one of the biggest heavyweight fights on the British calendar, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-541222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541222","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=541222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}