Fireworks are expected when British heavyweights Fabio Wardley and David Adeleye collide in a high-stakes clash on Saturday, Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Their fight will be the co-featured attraction to the crossover showdown between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.
 
Ipswich’s Wardley (16-0, 15 KOs) became English champion in 2021 with a first-round stoppage of Nick Webb before capturing British honors with a third-round TKO of Nathan Gorman last November. He is coming off a fourth-round TKO over Michael Coffie in April.
 
Adeleye (12-0, 11 KOs), from London, is the current WBO European champion, having won his maiden professional title by defeating the previously unbeaten Dmytro Bezus at York Hall in February and subsequently stopping Emir Ahmatovic in June.

Adeleye said, “I’m really looking forward to competing on the global stage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Everywhere I go, people are talking about this fight. I intend to put on a show and display why I'm the best young heavyweight out there.” 

Last month, Adeleye and Wardley were involved in a wild brawl at the Fury-Ngannou press conference in London.

The two fighters, and their respective teams, were throwing punches.

The melee left Wardley with cuts above his left eye and under his chin.

Wardley explains that he's physically ready and able to move forward with the fight.
 
“I’ve got a clean bill of health,” Wardley said. “Nothing has changed. I am still feeling strong, moving hard, and hitting new numbers.
 
“I don’t know how to quantify how my desire to win by knockout has increased after what happened but, yes, substantially. Massively, because I am a professional person and I like to act like a professional, but if you want to go early, then that’s fine, and I am ready to go at any minute.
 
“When those situations occur, all it does is fuel the fire more. All you have done is made it worse for yourself. You’ve made me train harder, you’ve made me work for it more, you’ve made me want it more.”