{"id":581787,"date":"2026-05-13T13:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/581787\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:55:07","slug":"derek-chisora-predicts-dubois-vs-moses-itauma-after-wardley-ko-hes-the-favourite-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/581787\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Chisora predicts Dubois vs Moses Itauma after Wardley KO: “He’s the favourite right now\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Derek Chisora<\/a> has shared his thoughts on a potential fight between Daniel Dubois<\/a> and Moses Itauma<\/a> after \u2018Triple D\u2019 claimed a sensational world title win on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Dubois had to twice pick himself up off the canvas before earning the round 11 stoppage at the Co-Op Live in Manchester to hand Fabio Wardley a first career defeat<\/a>, following a brutal Fight of the Year candidate that will live long in the memory of British fight fans.<\/p>\n

Despite the arduous nature of Dubois\u2019 win, there is already talk of who his first defence may come against, with 21-year-old phenomenon Moses Itauma being linked<\/a>, due to the expectation that he will soon be named as the WBO\u2019s mandatory challenger.<\/p>\n

Itauma is expected to first fight on August 8 at the O2 Arena, before a US debut at the end of the year<\/a>, meaning any Dubois vs Itauma showdown would likely take place next year, or even be built up further into the future.<\/p>\n

Despite the momentum and hype around the youngster, Chisora told Seconds Out<\/a> that he would make Dubois the favourite in that fight as things stand, clearly impressed by his performance in Manchester.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, with the odds, the favourite is Daniel, he is the world champion. So, I think Daniel [will win], but we know Itauma and how he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alternatively, Itauma may seek to pursue a different route towards world champion status, depending on whether Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> decides to defend or vacate his titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Derek Chisora has shared his thoughts on a potential fight between Daniel Dubois and Moses Itauma after \u2018Triple…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-581787","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\/581787","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=581787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}