{"id":145490,"date":"2025-10-26T01:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T01:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/145490\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T01:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T01:41:09","slug":"wardley-vs-parker-oleksandr-usyk-title-fight-for-all-four-heavyweight-belts-is-next-for-fabio-wardley-says-frank-warren-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/145490\/","title":{"rendered":"Wardley vs Parker: Oleksandr Usyk title fight for all four heavyweight belts is next for Fabio Wardley, says Frank Warren | Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fabio Wardley will challenge Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed world heavyweight titles next after his stunning win over Joseph Parker, says promoter Frank Warren.<\/p>\n

Wardley pulled off a sensational stoppage of Parker in the 11th round at The O2 on Saturday night in a bout to decide the next challenger for Usyk’s WBO belt.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian had delayed a world title defence against mandatory challenger Parker due to an injury, but Warren is confident that the WBO, WBA, WBC and IBF belts will all be at stake in a fight against Wardley.<\/p>\n

\"Fabio<\/p>\n

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\n Wardley has earned a fight against Oleksandr Usyk, says promoter Frank Warren<\/p>\n

Warren was full of praise for the boxer from Ipswich and assured the crowd that Wardley’s fight against Usyk should happen.<\/p>\n

“He said he wants to [fight Usyk] so that’s what it’ll be,” Warren told DAZN.<\/p>\n

“He’ll be fighting for all four belts, because that what he deserves after a fight like that.”<\/p>\n

Wardley appeared behind on the scorecards when he launched a ferocious attack on Parker in the 10th, then pinned the Kiwi on the ropes in the following round before a sustained assault prompted referee Howard Foster to wave it off.<\/p>\n

\"Parker<\/p>\n

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\n The Ipswich boxer celebrated the latest victory in his remarkable career<\/p>\n

The remarkable rise of Wardley continues as the former white collar fighter is now set to fight the No 1 heavyweight in the world.<\/p>\n

Warren added: “Fabio’s is a story I’ve never seen before. Honestly, I’m amazed that someone who has zero amateur experience – with 20 fights – comes out and beats a world champion.<\/p>\n

“What a fight. That was edge-of-your-seat stuff – credit to both of them.”<\/p>\n

Wardley himself was elated after his sensational upset against Parker, whose professional record now slips to 36-4.<\/p>\n

\"Parker<\/p>\n

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\n Wardley fought back strongly in the closing rounds<\/p>\n

“What I lack in experience, I make up for in chin, heart, fight,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It sounds like a dream but this is real life. I’m proof of hard work, of passion, of never giving up.<\/p>\n

“It’s a massive thanks to Dillian Whyte. That man looked after me – he changed my life. He deserves everything from me.<\/p>\n

“I’m not taking anything away from Joe but I wasn’t hurting that much! I put my feet in silly positions but I wasn’t busted. I’ve said before I’m not the cleanest fighter – but I get the job done.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabio Wardley will challenge Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed world heavyweight titles next after his stunning win over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-145490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115437927448443208","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}