Fabio Wardley will box in early spring next year and could make a defence of the WBO world title against former IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois.

Ipswich's Wardley, a 'white collar' boxer who has become a professional sensation, stopped Joseph Parker to win the WBO Interim strap and become mandatory challenger for Oleksandr Usyk.

Usyk though has now vacated the WBO world title and Wardley has been elevated to full world champion.

"When you look at him it's a bit like a Cinderella story what he's come from," Wardley's promoter Frank Warren told Sky Sports . "No amateur background and champion of the world.

"He's done it learning on the job, God bless him and good luck to him."

Wardley is now expected fight next in the first half of 2026.

"Next for him will be a defence of the

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