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Who’s next for Daniel Dubois after Wardley’s win
Daniel Dubois returned to the ring last night after the reign of WBO world champion Fabio Wardley.
Dubois’ victory over Wardley was the first ever defeat for the Ipswich player.
After 10 months outside the ring, “DDD” achieved a real victory over the undefeated champion, although many questioned Dubois entering such a arduous fight straight away.
He faced adversity in the first seconds of the competition cut down and dropped after the first shot his opponent landed.
Dubois showed a lot of experience throughout the fight. He went down again in the third period, but managed to recover from further adversity.
“Dynamite” showed off his technical skill, poise and brute strength throughout the match until the referee stepped in.
He currently holds the WBO world heavyweight title and will be looking for his first defense, with three possible names as his next potential opponents.
Moses This is going to hurt
Probably the fight that the boxing public wants most will be the fight with 21-year-old Moses Itauma.
Itauma’s two biggest wins came just a few weeks ago against Dillian Whyte and Jermaine Franklin. Despite his lack of experience on the world stage, many predict he will rule the division.
He currently trains at the same stable as Wardley, so he will likely want to learn from his stablemate’s defeat in case he ever shares the ring with “DDD”.
Sam Jones called the fight “inevitable,” and David Coldwell spoke to professional boxing fans and admitted that if he had to pick a winner, he would lean toward Itauma.
The 21-year-old is set to return on August 8, headlining London for the first time in his career, with promoter Frank Warren confirming the return date.
Aleksander Usyk
With Dubois currently holding the WBO title, he holds the only belt missing from two-time undisputed world champion Oleksandr Usyk, which means they may want to arrange a third meeting between the pair.
The Ukrainian defeated “DDD” in both of his previous fights, stopping him in the ninth round in 2023 and the fifth round last year.
A trilogy is unlikely, but remains possible if “The Cat” goes unchallenged for a third time.
Usyk returns to the ring on May 23 against kickboxing star Rico Verhoeven and is then expected to defend his WBC title against Agit Kabayel.
Fabio Wardley
After such a brutal fight, a rematch with Wardley seems unlikely and the 31-year-old suffered significant injuries.
Promoter Frank Warren, however, confirmed that there was a rematch clause in the contract when the fight was signed, which was presumably up to Wardley and his team to practice if they wanted.
Many of them have already taken to social media to say that they do not want the fighters to face each other next, calling yesterday’s fight “arduous to watch.”
There is no need for a rematch. It was a fantastic fight, but it was absolutely certain that Dubois was the better man and Wardley suffered a lot in that fight.
Wardley is a tough guy and has other fights ahead of him
— #RingsideFracas (@Ringside_Fracas) May 9, 2026
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Jaron Ennis is the bookmakers’ main favorite to defeat Xander Zayas in their highly anticipated world title clash on Saturday in Brooklyn.
Ennis challenges Zayas for the WBO and WBA super welterweight belts at the Barclays Center live on DAZN pay-per-view.
The undefeated resident of Philadelphia enters the game as the favorite on February 11 Bet365 give the 23-year-old his first professional defeat and become world champion in two weight categories.
“Boots” has stopped 31 of his 35 opponents, including Uisma Lima in his 154-pound debut in October, and is expected to stop the Puerto Rican on 20/21.
The 28-year-old last covered this distance in 2024, and a decision victory is valued at 13/2.
Even though Zayas has taken over as unified champion, he is an underdog Bet365 at 15/04.
Man from San Juan defeated Abass Baraou by split decision will add the WBA belt to his WBO crown in January and his best chance of victory is rated at 13/2 by decision, while success in the shock break is rated at 14/1.
Full Bet365 odds
The result of the fight
- Xander Zayas will win the fight: 15/4
- Xander Zayas by KO/TKO/DQ: 14/1
- Xander Zayas by decision or technical decision: 13/2
- Jaron Ennis will win the fight: 11/02
- Jaron Ennis by KO/TKO/DQ: 20/21
- Jaron Ennis by decision or technical: 8/5
- Draw or technical draw: 14/1
Round bets
Xander Zayas
- Win in round 1: 100/1
- Win in round 2: 100/1
- Win in round 3: 100/1
- Win in round 4: 100/1
- Win in round 5: 100/1
- To win in round 6: 100/1
- To win in round 7: 80/1
- To win in round 8: 80/1
- To win round 9: 66/1
- To win in round 10: 66/1
- To win round 11: 66/1
- To win in round 12: 80/1
- To win by decision or technical decision: 6/1
Jaron Ennis
- To win round 1: 80/1
- Win in round 2: 50/1
- Win in round 3: 40/1
- To win in round 4: 28/1
- To win in round 5: 20/1
- To win in round 6: 16/1
- Win in round 7: 12/12
- To win in round 8: 1/11
- To win in round 9: 10/1
- To win in round 10: 10/1
- To win in round 11: 10/1
- To win in round 12: 1/11
- Win by Decision or Technical Decision: 7/4
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On Wednesday, Lewis Crocker heads to Australia to defend his IBF welterweight world title against Liam Paro for the first time.
Crocker will face Paro at the Pat Rafter Arena in Queensland, live on DAZN in the UK and Kayo Sports in Australia.
Crocker (22-0, 11 KO) became world champion in September, defeating Paddy Donovan twice before winning the rematch by split decision.
Man from Belfast recorded his second victory over Donovan after the first victory in March last year, and his rival was disqualified for hitting him after the bell.
Paro (27-1, 16 KO) is trying to become a world champion in two weight categories, having previously reigned in the super-lightweight division.
The 30-year-old won the title with a unanimous decision victory over Subriel Matias in Puerto Rico before winning the belt in his first defense against Richardson Hitchins.
The Australian has since won twice, overtaking David Papot in his last appearance in September.
McKean meets Taliva
Heavyweight Demsey McKean will look to continue his rebuild when he faces Liam Talivaa for the vacant IBF Pan Pacific title.
McKean (24-2, 16 KO) had his career cut miniature after a last-round loss to Filip Hrgovic, followed by a brutal first-round loss to Moses Itauma.
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The 35-year-old southpaw returned to winning ways with back-to-back stoppage victories.
Talivaa (8-2, 4 KO) last won the IBF Oceania-Orient title, defeating Faiga Opelu by first-round stoppage.
Undercard remaining
At cruiserweight, Luke Modini (13-0, 11 KO) will likely need distance to beat Peng Qu (17-2-1, 12 KO), while Riley Candy (8-1, 5 KO) could stop Nathan Watson (11-3, 3 KO) at super middleweight.
Vegas Larfield (13-1, 9 KO) can hand Shamal Ram Anuj (11-8, 8 KO) his fourth defeat in a row in a featherweight clash.
Heavyweight Nelson Asofa-Solomon (2-0, 2 KO) can secure a third straight knockout over debutant George Burgess, and Stevan Ivic (8-0-1, 2 KO) can do the same against Caleb Tialu (3-7, 3 KO), also a heavyweight.
Prospective super welterweight fighter Jack Javed (1-0) should overtake Lance McDonald (1-5-1, 1 KO).
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