{"id":615090,"date":"2026-06-01T11:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/615090\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:04:08","slug":"daniel-dubois-admits-surprise-after-fabio-wardley-triggers-immediate-rematch-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/615090\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Dubois admits surprise after Fabio Wardley triggers immediate rematch clause"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Dubois is set to defend his WBO heavyweight world title against Fabio Wardley after the Ipswich man activated his contractual rematch clause.<\/p>\n

The two British punchers starred in one of the most thrilling and brutal heavyweight affairs in recent memory<\/a>, with Dubois surviving two early knockdowns to take control and beat Wardley to a referee stoppage in the eleventh round.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Boxing King Media<\/a>, Dubois first reflected on the win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just thought, \u2018yeah, I\u2019ve proved you all wrong again.\u2019 Just the victory for me, my dad, my team and the whole circle, it was just a [satisfying] victory for them. I know all the hard work they put in behind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given the damage Wardley sustained as the fight went on, many felt he might take time away from the sport to recover or opt for a steadier route back towards title contention. Ultimately, however, the opportunity to reclaim the belt he gained after beating Joseph Parker last year proved too good to turn down.<\/a><\/p>\n

When asked whether he was surprised Wardley chose to exercise the clause, Dubois admitted there was a degree of uncertainty over the challenger\u2019s intentions.<\/p>\n

\u201cA little bit [surprised]. We\u2019ll see, it could be a tactical move, you never know \u2026 I\u2019m ready for whatever\u2019s next.\u201d<\/p>\n

Promoter Frank Warren says fans will see the rematch in 2026 and believes it is now big enough to fill a stadium. Wherever it lands, there is little doubt that the two men deserve as many eyes on their rivalry as possible given what was left in the ring last time around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Dubois is set to defend his WBO heavyweight world title against Fabio Wardley after the Ipswich man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-615090","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\/615090","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=615090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}