Fabio Wardley could be a threat to any heavyweight, including Oleksandr Usyk, says previous English title-holder Solomon Dacres.

In his last three fights Wardley has taken consecutive knockout victories over Frazer Clarke, Justis Huni and most recently Joseph Parker.

Those results have installed the Ipswich heavyweight as the mandatory challenger for the WBO heavyweight title, which undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk holds.

Wardley, who scarcely had an amateur career after starting out as a white-collar boxer, would be a significant underdog against Usyk, an Olympic gold medallist in addition to being a two-weight undisputed champion.

But Dacres, a former English heavyweight champion who has sparred Wardley, told Sky Sports : "No one's done it to Usyk, none of the unified champions,

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