Dubois and Wardley are set to meet again at the O2 Arena in London, with the heavyweight world title on the line in their second contest. Wardley was stopped in the 11th round when the pair first met at that venue in May, a contest that handed Dubois the belt he will be defending on his return there.

A bout between Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley is set to take place at The O2 Arena in London on the evening of Saturday, 17 October. Preliminary bouts are due to get under way at 5pm, with fighters for the night's headline contest pencilled in to make their ring entrances at roughly 10.30pm BST.

Live coverage of the main card gets under way at 7pm on DAZN PPV, where the bout will be broadcast. Viewers with a DAZN subscription can pull up the broadcast on smart TVs, laptops, phones, gaming consoles, or streaming sticks by opening the app directly on whichever device they have to hand.

Viewers can watch the full event by paying a one-off charge of £24.99, or access it at no extra cost through a DAZN Ultimate subscription. Under this plan, subscribers gain access to a tier that guarantees at least 12 pay-per-view fight nights each year. Subscribers also gain entry to a catalogue of no fewer than 185 bouts drawn from promoters such as Queensbury, Matchroom, Misfits, Golden Boy, and BKFC.

A monthly subscription to DAZN Ultimate runs £24.99, while opting for an annual plan brings the total to £249.99. Those who opt for Ultimate are required to commit to a 12-month contract to unlock the deal, though the Dubois vs Wardley 2 PPV can be purchased separately as a standalone event for £24.99. Those with an Amazon Prime subscription can stream the fight through the DAZN channel on Prime Video at a cost of £24.99.

Viewers in the United Kingdom have only one avenue for watching the bout — DAZN holds exclusive broadcasting rights, leaving platforms such as Sky Sports and TNT Sports without access to air it.

Heading into the bout, Dubois carries a ledger of 22 professional victories against two losses. Of those victories, 21 ended with the opponent stopped by knockout. Losses to Joe Joyce in 2020 and Oleksandr Usyk in 2023 sit alongside a run of victories that has taken in Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic, Anthony Joshua, and Fabio Wardley.

Heading into the fight, Wardley's ledger stands at 20 bouts won — 19 of them inside the distance — alongside a single loss and one contest that ended all square. The sole blemish on his record arrived via a 12-round contest against Frazer Clarke in March 2024 that ended without a winner, a result he later overturned by stopping Clarke inside the opening round of their second meeting.

Prior to absorbing a first professional defeat at the hands of Dubois in May, he had captured the WBO interim belt by stopping former world champion Joseph Parker in round 11. The full card for the event is set out below: Daniel Dubois versus Fabio Wardley (WBO heavyweight title); Louie O'Doherty versus Michael Gomez Jr (British and Commonwealth lightweight titles); Bakhodir Jalolov versus Solomon Dacres (heavyweight); Nelson Birchall versus Levi Giles (super-featherweight); Leighton Birchall versus Luis Vara Carrillo (featherweight); Fawas Aborode versus Rashid Omar (lightweight); Manny Safari versus Jake Pollard (featherweight); Adam Olaniyan versus TBA (heavyweight); Aaron Noriega versus TBA (super-featherweight); Zayn Ahmed versus Kasey Bradnum (super-featherweight); Issiah Hamilton-Allen versus Jensen Irving (middleweight).