Dubois Stops Wardley in Two Rounds, Targets Unification — SkimNews
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- Daniel Dubois stopped Fabio Wardley in two rounds at London's O2 Arena to retain his title, a far more emphatic finish than their May encounter.
- Filip Hrgovic crashed the ring post-fight to call for a rematch, but a mandatory defence against Cuba's Frank Sanchez is more likely first, potentially staged in Croatia early next year.
- Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua is confirmed for Cardiff's Principality Stadium on 11/12 December, Netflix-streamed, with around 80,000 tickets sold within an hour and both fighters reportedly set to earn close to $100m (£75m).
- Agit Kabayel (Germany, 34) holds the WBC strap after Usyk's June vacation, and makes his first defence against Albania's Nelson Hysa on 28 November, with promoter Frank Warren flagging a potential 2027 unification against Dubois.
- Oleksandr Usyk wants one final fight before retiring, with Rico Verhoeven — controversially stopped in the 11th round in May — publicly accepting an offer to face Deontay Wilder on the Fury-Joshua undercard, though Wilder has yet to agree.
- Moses Itauma, 21, is set to return in January after his first professional loss to Hrgovic, with Frank Warren promising credible opposition rather than a confidence-building tune-up.
Why it matters: The heavyweight division is pivoting from the Usyk–Fury–Joshua era to a new one anchored by Dubois, with the December Cardiff blockbuster — a Netflix event that sold 80,000 tickets in an hour — almost certain to dictate 2027's unification picture. Warren's stated obstacle is also the structural one: mandatory obligations, rematches, and the WBA/WBC/IBF alphabet soup mean the champions may never all meet in the ring.
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