Daniel Dubois next fight due in February, Frank Warren says after Wardley win

Frank Warren has named WBC heavyweight champion Agit Kabayel, if he beats Nelson Hysa in Germany on 28 November, and IBF champion Filip Hrgovic among the options for Daniel Dubois.

Daniel Dubois will be back in the ring in February, promoter Frank Warren has said, as he weighs up a 'big fight' for the 29-year-old following his stoppage of Fabio Wardley in their rematch.

Warren gave the timeline on a radio appearance on Monday afternoon. He said: “He’ll fight in February, and we are going to look and see.” One option is a unification fight with the winner of Agit Kabayel against Nelson Hysa. Kabayel, the WBC heavyweight champion, faces Hysa in Germany on 28 November, and Warren said he would wait for that result.

Filip Hrgovic is another possibility. Warren said the IBF champion was at the Wardley rematch and wants another fight with Dubois, who has already beaten him and inflicted the only loss on his record.

Warren said there were quite a few permutations, but that Dubois would be in a big fight. He said: “He will be in big fights because he tells me he wants to earn lots of money, and the only way you earn lots of money is by being in big fights.” Warren said it was too soon to talk about Wardley's future and that he would not fight again until next year at the earliest. He said Wardley would have to learn from the defeat if he decides to carry on, praised what he has achieved while learning on the job, and said they would get behind him if he returns. He added: “We have had no complaints from him; he took it like a man.”

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