Main-event ring-walks scheduled for 11pm BST
Wardley v Dubois is bout of uncertainty | Mail Alex
This blockbuster all-British heavyweight showdown is taglined “Don’t Blink” – and not because the promoter Frank Warren fears viewers might start to nod off when their eyelids droop. Rather the message is that Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois, who have 40 knockouts in their combined 42 professional wins, both have the power to demolish one another at any moment.
For all their obvious similarities as 6ft 5in punchers with leaky defences, there are striking differences too. Ipswich’s Wardley, the WBO champ after the belt was stripped from Oleksandr Usyk, is boxing’s latest Cinderella story. A former recruitment specialist who turned pro with zero official amateur fights, Wardley’s iron will, chin and gift for self-improvement have taken him to an unbeaten 20-0-1 (19 KOs) record and to unforeseen heights.
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