Recent reports have suggested that a deal for Fabio Wardley to face Daniel Dubois in May is done, but Tyson Fury has his reservations and has advised fight fans to be curb their enthusiasm.
Wardley knocked out Joseph Parker to claim the WBO Interim heavyweight belt back in October and, after Oleksandr Usyk vacated the full title the following month, the Ipswich fan-favourite was upgraded to champion.
It made the 31-year-old knockout artist the United Kingdom’s 11th heavyweight world champion, but Wardley is keen to truly validate his position as a worthy titleholder with a strong first defence.
He has been on the lookout for an opponent that would allow him to prove his quality and he seems to have found the perfect dance partner – Britain’s 10th heavyweight world champion, Daniel Dubois.
However, despite reports suggesting that the fight is a ‘done deal’, Tyson Fury said on Instagram that Frank Warren, who promotes both Wardley and Dubois, will announce the fight when it is legitimately over the line.
“I’ll tell you what I find funny, I’ve seen it all over the internet today that Wardley vs Dubois is done, it’s in every media outlet, it’s everywhere except from the actual promoter of both fighters, Frank Warren at Queensberry, so until they put it out it’s not confirmed, believe that!
“Everybody has rushed to get a scoop on inside info apart from the confirmation being from the actual promoter of these fighters, Frank Warren. Until Frank says it’s on, it’s not on.”
It is understood that Wardley and Dubois will collide on Saturday, May 9, at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, in what will be the seventh all-British heavyweight world title contest in boxing history.
Fury, meanwhile, returns in April against Arslanbek Makhmudov, and may well target the winner should he come through as expected.
