DATE Saturday 17th October 2026

LOCATION O2 Arena, London, UK

TELEVISION DAZN PPV (Selected Worldwide)

TIME 7pm (London), 11am (Los Angeles), 2pm (New York), 4am Sunday (Sydney)

Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley

12 Rounds

WBO World Heavyweight Title

Undercard

• Louie O'Doherty vs Michael Gomez Jnr
• Bakhodir Jalolov vs Solomon Dacres
• Nelson Birchall vs Levi Giles
• Tony Curtis vs Kerim Agius
• Leighton Birchall vs Alejandro Morales Chazaro
• Manny Safari vs Jake Pollard
• Fawas Aborode vs Rashid Omar
• Adam Olaniyan vs Dan Garber
• Zayn Ahmed vs Kasey Bradnum
• Aaron Noriega vs Leonardo Baez
• Issiah Hamilton-Allen vs Jensen Irving

Live Round-By-Round Coverage

Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley

Round 1

Last time Dubois was down twice but got his man out in the 11th round. What's in store tonight? Huge shot from Dubois AND WARDLEY IS KEPT UP BY THE ROPES! IT'S A STANDING COUNT! Wardley's okay to continue, but his legs have gone in the opening seconds. Dubois taking his time. Is that a good idea? Wardley is still hurt. Now Dubois goes for the kill with Wardley covering up on the ropes. But the Ipswich man survives. It 's calmed down now, and I'm not sure this is a good idea for DDD. Big right from Dubois turns his man. Wardley does look a bit more with it now. Has Dubois let him off the hook? Wardley gets countered. DUBOIS IS ALL OVER HIM! SURELY THIS IS GOING TO BE STOPPED! THE REFEREE LET'S HIM SURVIVE. BUT HOW LONG HAS HE GOT LEFT IN HIM?

Dubois 10-8 Wardley

Round 2

It's a slower start to the second, much to FW's relief. Wardley's punches are way off the pace. But he does land a right there, but nothing to get Dubois's attention. Jab from Dubois. Wardley ties up, and Dubois leans in on him. Wardley's energy bar is almost empty. Big right DDD. Wardley misses by a mile, and Dubois scores with a soft body shot. Again, FW misses by a mile and Dubois counters him. DUBOIS LANDS A BIG RIGHT AND WARDLEY IS IN TROUBLE AGAIN! DUBOIS LANDING BOMBS WITH WARDLEY IN THE CORNER! THE TOWEL COMES IN! IT'S OVER!

DUBOIS WINS BY ROUND 2 TKO

Serious question, when a boxer is fighting at say 10pm what do they do all day before? Must be hard trying to stay in the right mindset but keeping relaxed, eating the right foods, resting but not being too quiet all day.

I’m genuinely interested.

📆 February 2012, Hungary.

On the top of the pedestal - young Dmitry Bivol u/bivol_d. He becomes the winner of the prestigious international amateur Bocskai Memorial Tournament (Ishtwan Bochkai Memorial), winning gold in the 75 kg weight category.

But one of the most remarkable episodes of the tournament was the quarterfinals. Then, a 22-year-old Liverpool native Callum Smith stepped into the ring against a promising Russian boxer. Their first meeting ended with a confident victory of Dmitry with a score of 11:7.

Back then, it was just one of the duels on the way to a big career. Today is a story that gets to be continued.

After almost 14 years, Bivol and Smith will meet again in the ring, but now already in the star status of world boxing. Behind Dmitry are the WBA Super, IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring magazine championship titles. Smith, in his turn, won the WBA and The Ring in the second middleweight titles.

🔜 Their paths will cross again in Yekaterinburg on December 12. This time there is not a victory in an amateur tournament at stake, but a new stage in the history of the confrontation between two renowned professional boxers.

Straight from my 25TB boxing vault.

EP1 - Martínez vs. Williams II (2010) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1x3ht2m

EP2 - Pacquiao vs. Hatton (2009) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1x5mwh2

EP3 - Darchinyan vs. Donaire I (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1x6kxj6

I’m not sure if it’s just me, my imagination, and/or possibly seeing a non-representative sample of his commentary, but it seems like Tim Bradley has gone super negative in recent times. It feels like he calls out fighters’ weaknesses and ducking constantly and more so than any other commentator, while not speaking on their positives. Every video I see feels like a harsh critique of someone or some situation.

I have mixed feelings about it. OTOH, it’s refreshing! No sucking up and favoring guys‘ carefully cultivated self-narratives for the sake of media access. Tim’s independently wealthy, doesn’t need a job, and can tell the truth!

OTOH, it seems like that’s all I see from Tim. Or, maybe my media feeds promote those videos to me - LOL - because I watched a bunch. I dunno. 🤷‍♂️ I think TB’s a very astute observer of the fight game and would love to hear more technical analysis (like so and so fighter holds his right hand too low and constantly is open for a cross in such and such situation, etc.) from him and balanced positives.

Overall, I respect his voice. Just wondering if it’s gotten too negative lately is all.