Comments Thread For: Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Dubois official for May 9 in Manchester

[BoxingUpdates]

Fabio Wardley will make the first defense of his WBO heavyweight belt against Daniel Dubois at Co-op Live in Manchester, England, on Saturday May 9.
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[BoxerWriter]

Great news! I can't wait for this one. The most exciting and explosive fight that can be made in heavyweight boxing right now in my opinion, and very hard to call despite Dubois' losses. I'm leaning towards Wardley simply because of his strength of mind and will to win. He doesn't know how to lose, but Dubois could also be his kryptonite potentially, which makes it all the more fascinating. This has all the makings of a classic slugfest. Foreman-Lyle 2026 - I'm hoping!

[Tag, You're Hit]

Oh yeah!

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QGQtJL7hSk

[Boxing 112]

Good match up. I think Dubois is more experienced, fought the better opponents and hits harder should get the win

[BoxerWriter]

It's still months away, but I'm already going back and forth in my mind on this one. Dubois' jab and superior fundamentals (not to mention his power) could be Wardley's kryptonite (we've seen him outboxed in his last two fights before he found a way to win and he's never been hit back as hard as Dubois will hit him), but we've also seen Dubois crumble under pressure and stopped, while Wardley has shown real mental toughness and self-belief during moments of adversity. That makes me lean ever so slightly towards Wardley, but this is as close to a 50-50 as you can get. May 9 can't come soon enough. If Ennis-Ortiz also gets made for late April then we'll be in for a brilliant few weeks of boxing, especially with Inoue-Nakatani and Benavidez-Zurdo in between.

[Rey Diablo]

Very well, pretty interesting fight!
Now, with these two facing each other, Fury otherwise engaged, Wilder luckily buisy locking horns with Chisora and Itauma still intent on fighting the corpse of Franklin, the only route left avaible for Usik is the one that brings to Kabayel. That or reterment.

Dubois by stoppage

[Boxing 112]

It's still months away, but I'm already going back and forth in my mind on this one. Dubois' jab and superior fundamentals (not to mention his power) could be Wardley's kryptonite (we've seen him outboxed in his last two fights before he found a way to win and he's never been hit back as hard as Dubois will hit him), but we've also seen Dubois crumble under pressure and stopped, while Wardley has shown real mental toughness and self-belief during moments of adversity. That makes me lean ever so slightly towards Wardley, but this is as close to a 50-50 as you can get. May 9 can't come soon enough. If Ennis-Ortiz also gets made for late April then we'll be in for a brilliant few weeks of boxing, especially with Inoue-Nakatani and Benavidez-Zurdo in between.

Benavidez Zurdo and Inoue Nakatani are not official yey

[Boxing 112]

It's still months away, but I'm already going back and forth in my mind on this one. Dubois' jab and superior fundamentals (not to mention his power) could be Wardley's kryptonite (we've seen him outboxed in his last two fights before he found a way to win and he's never been hit back as hard as Dubois will hit him), but we've also seen Dubois crumble under pressure and stopped, while Wardley has shown real mental toughness and self-belief during moments of adversity. That makes me lean ever so slightly towards Wardley, but this is as close to a 50-50 as you can get. May 9 can't come soon enough. If Ennis-Ortiz also gets made for late April then we'll be in for a brilliant few weeks of boxing, especially with Inoue-Nakatani and Benavidez-Zurdo in between.

Benavidez Zurdo and Inoue Nakatani are not official yet

[hugh grant]

Good match up. I think Dubois is more experienced, fought the better opponents and hits harder should get the win

True. Parker was more experienced, fought better people, but didnt hit harder like DDD might. Not sure if DDD hits harder than Fabio. But is DDD chin up to it?
Its hard to call. Illl pick Fabio as of right now, but i might change mind.

[Misia]

VADA testing for this one I'm sure, DDD's last min cancellation (health reasons)