Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois undercard in full: Running order and stars in action before main event

Several pugilists will be out to make a name for themselves this weekend before Fabio Wardley fights Daniel Dubois.

It’s a battle of the heavyweight Brits at the top of the bill in Manchester on Saturday as Wardley makes the first defence of his WBO title against Dubois.

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However, Frank Warren‘s Queensberry show also features a plethora of other exciting talent from Britain and around the world.

Manchester’s own Bradley Rea plans to steal the show when he faces Liam Cameron, before fellow Brits Jack Rafferty and Ekow Essuman collide in the co-main event.

They feature high up on a card that also has Bolton’s Khaleel Majid putting his perfect record on the line, and two-time Olympic gold medallist Bakhodir Jalolov contesting his first bout on British soil.

Main event ringwalks are expected around 11pm BST (6pm ET / 3pm PT) at the Co-op Live Arena.

But before that, coverage of a five-fight undercard will begin on DAZN.

Wardley vs Dubois: Undercard and running order

Subject to change

Live on DAZN

• Jack Rafferty vs Ekow Essuman – Super-lightweight 9:50pm BST (4:50pm ET / 1:50pm PT)
• Liam Cameron vs Bradley Rea – Light-heavyweight 9pm BST (4pm ET / 1pm PT)
• David Morrell vs Zak Chelli – Light-heavyweight 8:10pm BST (3:10pm ET / 12:10pm PT)
• Khaleel Majid vs Gavin Gwynne – Super-lightweight 7:20pm BST (2:20pm ET / 11:20am PT)
• Bakhodir Jalolov vs Agron Smakici – Heavyweight 6:30pm BST (1:30pm ET / 10:30am PT)

Prelims

• Mike Perez vs Franklin Arinze – Cruiserweight
• Javokhir Ummataliev vs Damian Drabik – Super-middleweight
• Fawaz Aborode vs Garth Noot – Super-lightweight
• Bobbi Flood vs Nathan Darby – Super-welterweight
• Issiah Hamilton-Allen vs Connor Goulding – Super-welterweight

Live commentary from Manchester can be heard on talkSPORT’s Fight Night Special from 8pm BST.

Paulie Malignaggi joins John Rawling and Spencer Oliver, alongside Adam Catterall and Gareth A Davies.

Wardley vs Dubois undercard: What has been said?

Cameron, who fights Rea for the WBA light heavyweight Inter-Continental title, was very honest about his mindset in the sport when speaking to talkSPORT.com ahead of this weekend.

The 35-year-old from Sheffield saw his career explode through a two-fight rivalry with Ben Whittaker in 2024 and 2025, and got back to winning ways against Troy Jones last time out in November.

“I’ll be honest, boxing’s a pure snake pit,” Cameron said, speaking on the scenes after losing to Whittaker in their rematch, having contested a draw in the first meeting.

“I had people coming up to me, the Whittaker fights, saying, ‘You’re going to smash him, do this, he’s been doing this in camp, he’s doing this.’

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“The same people that were saying that to me, were hugging him and making out they were his best mates when they saw him.

“I was watching it and I’m thinking, ‘Wow, this is not what I want to be in, this is pure snake.’

“I just got fed up. I don’t really do interviews any more because of that.

“When I boxed [Whittaker] in Saudi, I used to beg people for interviews, and when I got that draw, I had a queue of 50 people lining up to do an interview.

“Then when you lose, you get one person in the changing room – so that’s a bit of a bad sign where we are in boxing.”

Rea, meanwhile, recognised what he’s up against when speaking to talkSPORT.com.

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“Liam has shown the level he’s at,” Rea explained.

“With the first Whittaker fight, he’s shown what he can do.

“Whittaker is one of the hottest prospects in world boxing, the way he’s been talked about.

“We’ve all seen how that first fight went. You’ve seen what Liam can do.

“Beating him would be a big statement, and it would catapult me forward, and it would get me back in them big fights.

“That’s my job at the end of the day. I don’t just need to beat him. I need to do it in a fashion which is going to get people talking.”

Boxing schedule

For all the upcoming fights and results this year, check out talkSPORT.com’s  boxing schedule.