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Fabio Wardley going to ‘dark place’ for Daniel Dubois showdown

The Independent·David Charlesworth·29 days ago
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Fabio Wardley is ready to go to the “dark place” again this weekend as he insisted he will not flinch in the face of Daniel Dubois ’ fearsome power. Wardley elected against an easy knock-over for the first defence of his WBO heavyweight title at Manchester’s Co-op Live on Saturday night as he cherry-picked Dubois, a former two-time world champion. Dubois, beaten by the blue riband division’s kingpin Oleksandr Usyk last year, has 21 stoppages from his 22 wins, including a brutal knockout of British compatriot Anthony Joshua nearly two years ago. Wardley is just as heavy-handed and soaked up punishment from Justis Huni and Joseph Parker in his last two outings, and the Ipswich fighter says he is happy to fight fire with fire once more against Dubois. “You’re not going to get one (punch) free off and I’m going to run away and be on the other side of the ring,” Wardley (20-0-1, 19KOs) said. “I’m going to knuckle up, head down and come at you.…

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