Wardley vs. Dubois press conference video, LIVE stream, updates from Manchester

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 25: Fabio Wardley interacts with Frank Warren, Promoter and Founder of Queensberry Promotions, as Daniel Dubois looks on as they speak to the media during the Fabio Wardley v Daniel Dubois Press Conference at The Dutch Hall on February 25, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images) | Getty Images

WBO heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley and former WBA and IBF titleholder Daniel Dubois will take the stage one last time ahead of this Sat. night’s (May 9, 2026) championship main event inside Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England. Today’s final press conference streams LIVE at 9 a.m. ET in the embedded video above.

As usual, fighter face offs will follow the media proceedings later today.

“I think you’ll see a lot of what you’ve seen before when opponents have connected,” Wardley said about the power of Dubois, who sports 21 knockouts in 22 wins. “Either I give you a little nod to say, ‘Yeah, cool. If that’s the game we’re playing, no worries. Let’s go.’ Or look, I’ll shake it off and come back with my own flurry of punches. You’re not just going to get one free shot off and I’m going to run away and I’m going to be on the other side of the ring. I’m going to turn around and go for you one way or another. You’re not going to get away with a free shot and I’m going to get hit and be in awe, ‘Oh god, this guy hits well hard, I’m going to back out of the situation.’ I’m going to knuckle up and come after you.”

Wardley (20-0-1, 19 KOs) won the interim strap in Oct. 2025 with a technical knockout win over  (). He was later elevated to undisputed champion after relinquished the title just one month later (). As for Dubois (22-3, 21 KOs), he coughed up his IBF title to the aforementioned Usyk back in July 2025, which was his second defeat to the undefeated Ukrainian (). Prior to that crushing defeat, Dubois secured a stunning overfellow Brit .