{"id":597505,"date":"2026-05-22T06:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/597505\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T06:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:12:13","slug":"oleksandr-usyk-hands-health-warning-to-fabio-wardley-over-daniel-dubois-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/597505\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk hands health warning to Fabio Wardley over Daniel Dubois defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oleksandr Usyk believes Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois’ approach to their clash was a health risk.<\/p>\n

Wardley and Dubois went hammer and tong in a brutal barnstormer for the WBO heavyweight title in Manchester earlier in May.<\/p>\n

\"Oleksandr<\/a><\/p>\n

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Usyk isn’t sure that Wardley and Dubois’ fight was good in the long termCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Dubois was knocked down twice before he stopped the champion<\/a> with some real damaging and punishing blows landed.<\/p>\n

The pair avoided hospital but will need to recover for several weeks after a gruelling encounter.<\/p>\n

Unified champion Usyk watched the clash between Wardley and his former rival.<\/p>\n

And he believes, particularly for Wardley, their lack of defence could be damaging long-term for their health.<\/p>\n

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He explained to DAZN ahead of his clash with Rico Verhoeven<\/a>: “It\u2019s a street fight. Congratulations Dubois, good job, new\u00a0world\u00a0champion, but Fabio, where is jab? <\/p>\n

“Fabio, where? [He] never jabbed. Maybe once. Only right hand, only right hand. <\/p>\n

“It\u2019s not working. Very strong chin but I think this is a street fight, it\u2019s a problem for both guys for the brain and health.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many criticised Wardley’s corner for not withdrawing him from the clash before the 11th round stoppage, as he took some huge shots.<\/p>\n

The Suffolk slugger, though, was adamant the fight shouldn’t have been stopped.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, he will get his chance at immediate revenge with a sequel planned later this year.<\/p>\n

\"Fabio<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dubois and Wardley will touch gloves for a second timeCredit: PADubois vs Wardley rematch – the latest<\/p>\n

Wardley has now officially activated his rematch clause<\/a> and will have the chance to win his belt back.<\/p>\n

The event was mammoth last time out, and the pair’s stocks have grown further.<\/p>\n

Now promoter Frank Warren believes<\/a> the second duel would make sense for a stadium on British shores.<\/p>\n

He told talkSPORT: “If and when it happens, it will happen some time in the autumn.<\/p>\n

“He must fancy his chances and it will be a big, big fight and no doubt an exciting fight.<\/p>\n

“The feedback we have had from everyone has been incredible, I think it will wind up in a stadium.<\/p>\n

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“The heavyweight division is the most exciting it has been in ages, it is fantastic.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk believes Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois’ approach to their clash was a health risk. Wardley and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6102,4035,77989,4036,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-597505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-daniel-dubois","tag-fabio-wardley","tag-oleksandr-usyk","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597505","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=597505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}