Edwin de Los Santos says he believes that Keyshawn Davis has already decided that he wanted to get out of their fight through the last press conference last Thursday when he pushed him away. He says he thinks Keyshawn (13-0, 9 KO) hoped that he would take revenge with a blow, which would cancel the fight.
De los Santos believes that Davis lost their courage at the last minute and was looking for ways to get out of it. The first method was to initiate a quarrel during weighing. When it failed, Keyshawn came overweight.
Miss weight: Davis plan?
The fight was finally canceled after Davis, 27 years ancient, did not hit the weight, reaching 4.3 pounds above a airy limit of 139.3 pounds at the weight. He did not want to try to lose weight when he received, saying that a slight division had “grew”.
“I think Keyshawn did not want to fight. If you come back and look at a press conference, I think that the reason he pushed me was to provoke me to slap him, so that he could get out of the fight, having an appeal,” said Edwin de los Santos Millcity boxing About his belief that Keyshawn Davis hoped to get out of the fight before weighing.
It is unlikely that the fight would be canceled if De Los Santos hit Keyshawn. It is possible, however, that Davis would throw something that could lead to dismissal if de los Santos were cut off by a blow.
De los Santos presented a large step in the Keyshawn class of fighters he had recently met. Since Davis’ fight with Nahir Albright in 2023, which some fans feel that they lost, fought with gentle opposition. In the fights, Keyshawna from the Albright competition defeated these fighters:
-Densys Berinchyk: Undeloar 135-Funt -Gustavo lemos: pulled out of the 140 pounds ward – Miguel Madueno: Fringe Contender -Jose Pedraza: His best, 36-year-old former 130-Funts champion passed
Keyshawn looked fresh for weighing
“He looked good and could do it [made weight]But he did what he had to do to get an advantage. If you look at his figure, it looks like he was training, but he didn’t work to cut the eight, “said De Los Santos.
Keyshawn did not look like he had undergone the drainage process to remove the additional weight. He looked like fresh, equipped and did not have a skinny appearance when they went through torture to earn weight.
“I believe that he did not want to agree on the irrigation clause and the dollar for the pound [penalty] that he [Keyshawn] I did not want to agree that the fight continued to happen, “said De los Santos.
Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley meet for the WBO heavyweight title this evening in their highly-anticipated rematch.
It was back in May when Wardley was making the first defence of his WBO crown against Dubois, in a fight that turned out to be one of the best of the entire year.
‘DDD’ was knocked down twice early on, but was able to recover from those setbacks to dominate the action and inflict plenty of punishment on his rival, leading to the 11th round stoppage win to wrestle the belt away from Wardley.
Just five months on, the pair will meet again after Wardley activated his rematch clause, as the Ipswich man bids to reclaim his title at the first attempt.
He has a difficult task on his hands though, with many backing Dubois to come out on top once moreand potentially move on to unification battles with the likes of Agit Kabayel and former foe Filip Hrgovic.
Stay with Boxing News for a live scorecard, for as long as the fight lasts, and the official result as the British heavyweight duo do battle once more.
Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley live scorecard
This is a Boxing News live scorecard and not the official score from the judges.
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Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley fight result
Daniel Dubois TKO2.A destructive performance from Dubois. Back in May he had to recover from the first round knockdown, but this time around he returned the favour by dropping his rival early on and Wardley struggled to recover from that point onwards.
The Ipswich man managed to survive the opening round but it was more of the same in round two, with ‘DDD’ piling on even more pressure and landing a number of huge shots, forcing referee Steve Gray to jump in and stop the action, just as trainer Ben Davison was also throwing the towel in.
A huge statement from Dubois sent out to the rest of the banner division as he retains his WBO heavyweight title.
Daniel Dubois defends his WBO heavyweight title against Fabio Wardley on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at The O2 Arena in London, with coverage starting at 7 p.m. BST / 2 p.m. ET and ring walks expected around 10:30 p.m. BST / 5:30 p.m. ET. The rematch airs on DAZN PPV for £24.99 in the UK and $59.99 in the US.
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FIGHT DAY! Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley
Daniel Dubois
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Fabio Wardley
Date
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Card starts
12:30pm EDT / 5:30pm BST
Expected ring walks
6:00 pm EDT / 11:00 pm BST
Scheduled distance
12 rounds
Super featherweight Nelson Birchall (13-0, 10 KOs) handed Levi Giles (17-4-1) his first stoppage defeat with a seventh-round TKO. The unbeaten prospect’s quick, accurate punching wore down Giles over the scheduled ten-round contest. Giles maintained his effort, but Birchall landed the cleaner shots and increasingly took control. A fifth-round knockdown began a punishing stretch for Giles.
Birchall sent him to the canvas again in the sixth. Giles went down for a third time in the seventh, bringing the fight to an end. Birchall finished with three knockdowns in as many rounds to secure his tenth stoppage victory.
Tony Curtis (15-1, 4 KOs) captured the vacant Commonwealth International super flyweight title with a fourth-round TKO over Kerim Agius (4-2, 2 KOs).
Agius went down in the second and fourth rounds. Referee Sean McAvoy waved off the scheduled eight-round contest at 2:57 of round four.
Leighton Birchall (6-0, 3 KOs) earned a shutout points win over Alejandro Morales Chazaro (9-10-2, 5 KOs) in a featherweight bout. The six-round contest was scored 60-54 in Birchall’s favor.
Super bantamweight Manny Safari (1-0, 1 KO) stopped Jake Pollard (1-122, 1 KO) in the fifth round, marking his first professional appearance with a TKO victory.
Lightweight Fawas Aborode (3-0, 3 KOs) stopped Rashid Omar (8-10, 1 KO) in the fourth round. Aborode dictated the action and finished the contest inside the distance, maintaining his perfect knockout record.
Aaron Noriega (3-0) scored a fourth-round TKO over Leonardo Baez in their super featherweight bout. Noriega celebrated the victory in the ring wearing a Mexican-flag cap.
Middleweight Issiah Hamilton-Allen (4-0) earned a shutout points victory over Jensen Irving (6-41-2, 1 KO). The four-round bout ended with a 40-36 score in Hamilton-Allen’s favor.
Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley WBO heavyweight title Expected ring walks: 10:30 p.m. BST / 5:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. PT
Louie O’Doherty vs Michael Gomez Jr. British and Commonwealth lightweight titles Approximate start: 9:30 p.m. BST / 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT
Adam Olaniyan vs Garber Approximate start: 9:10 p.m. BST / 4:10 p.m. ET / 1:10 p.m. PT
Bakhodir Jalolov vs Solomon Dacres Heavyweight Approximate start: 8:10 p.m. BST / 3:10 p.m. ET / 12:10 p.m. PT
Weights:
Dubois 253.9 vs Wardley 248.3 O’Doherty 134.12 vs Gomez Jr 134.3 Olaniyan 250.15 vs Garber 223.15 Jalolov 255.12 vs Dacres 242.9
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Sebastian Fundora will return to action tonight, defending his WBC super welterweight title against Ermal Hadribaj in a main event that will air live on TNT as well as stream on DAZN.
Fundora has staked his claim as the top dog at 154 lbs right now, though there are other, potentially tougher challenges than Hadribeaj, but the challenger has his chance tonight, and he’ll look to make it count.
UPDATE (2:35 pm ET): The fight between Brandon Figueroa and Tomoki Kameda has been officially canceled. Figueroa lost his WBA featherweight title on the scales yesterday, then fell ill overnight.
Wil Esco will lead the live coverage this evening, with live results and updates for the two main card undercard bouts, then round-by-round results and updates for the main event. Join us!