Dubois defeats Wardley in rematch to retain WBO heavyweight title
World · 17 October 2026
Written by AI from multiple news reports
Daniel Dubois kept his WBO heavyweight title on October 17, knocking out Fabio Wardley in under four minutes at the O2 Arena in London.
Dubois landed a heavy right hand in the opening seconds of round one, and Wardley went down. The fight continued into the second round, but Wardley's team stopped it by throwing in the towel.
The two fighters had met five months earlier in Manchester. That first fight was much closer. Wardley knocked Dubois down twice, but Dubois recovered to win over eleven rounds.