{"id":930056,"date":"2026-05-01T05:12:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/930056\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T05:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:12:26","slug":"heavyweight-who-cut-tyson-fury-in-sparring-added-to-fabio-wardley-vs-daniel-dubois-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/930056\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavyweight who cut Tyson Fury in sparring added to Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois card"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agron Samkici will face two-time Olympic medalist Bakhodir Jalolov on the Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois undercard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wardley and Dubois will meet in a high stakes heavyweight clash on May 9 in Manchester<\/a>, with a blockbuster bill lined up.<\/p>\n

\"Agron<\/a><\/p>\n

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Samkici, who famously inflicted an injury on Fury, will be on the bill<\/p>\n

Jared Anderson was forced to withdraw from the event, with some late changes being officialised with Zac Chelli facing David Morrell in a replacement clash<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And now it has been confirmed that there will be another heavyweight match-up added to the bill.<\/p>\n

Smakici will take on unbeaten prospect Jalolov in an exciting late addition to the Manchester slate.<\/p>\n

Jalolov will be a big favourite to taste victory, having stellar amateur pedigree and a clean professional record.<\/p>\n

Read More In Boxing<\/p>\n

The 16-fight professional had huge success in the Olympics, winning gold medals at the 2020 and 2024 Games.<\/p>\n

It promises to be an opportunity to develop his profile further with the watching eyes likely to have huge intrigue on the clash.<\/p>\n

As for Smakici, it is a name that is familiar with the boxing world, given he famously cut Tyson Fury in sparring<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He landed a rogue elbow which cut the Briton and forced his original undisputed clash with Oleksandr Usyk in 2024 to be delayed.<\/p>\n

The Croatian was stopped in his last outing late last year, and will need a career-best display to pull off a big upset.<\/p>\n

In the main attraction, Wardley will make a defence of his WBO title against Dubois, in the battle of the heavy-handed Brits.<\/p>\n

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Jalolov will be his opponent, a hugely talented prospectCredit: AFPWardley vs Dubois – a fight for the ages<\/p>\n

It is a true 50\/50 fight with high stakes as the winner will be set for some big fights with the likes of Moses Itauma<\/a> and Oleksandr Usyk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dubois is looking to bounce back from his defeat to Usyk and could become a two-time heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile for Wardley, he has made an incredible rise, and is looking to cement his name at the top of the pecking order.<\/p>\n

On his title defence, the Ipswich native said: “For me personally, the way I feel with Daniel his punches aren’t particularly sharp or unexpected.<\/p>\n

“His shots are loaded and not particularly unexpected, that’s not to take away from his power.<\/p>\n

“If they hit you, they will hurt, but they aren’t clean and crisp and don’t come out of nowhere.<\/p>\n

Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n

Boxing schedule<\/p>\n

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For all the upcoming fights and results this year, check out\u00a0talkSPORT.com’s\u00a0 boxing schedule<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“You know what punches are coming, just because you are big and strong it doesn’t mean you are knocking people out.<\/p>\n

“In boxing, it’s the punches you don’t see and in that area I think he is lacking.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Agron Samkici will face two-time Olympic medalist Bakhodir Jalolov on the Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois undercard. Wardley…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,4496,5061,260314,5063,79,8311,16,15,260313],"class_list":{"0":"post-930056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-news","10":"tag-daniel-dubois","11":"tag-dubois-vs-wardley","12":"tag-fabio-wardley","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-tyson-fury","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wardley-vs-dubois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116497610628585539","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}