Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Dubois Headlines DAZN Co-Op Live Manchester Card on May 9
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent
London, UK (February 16th, 2026)– DAZN Pay-Per-View and Queensberry Promotions will present an exciting card entitled ‘Don’t Blink!’ on live boxing on Saturday, May 9, 2026, featuring World Boxing Organisation World Heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley, 20-1 with 19 knockouts, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom, making his first titular defense against former International Boxing Federation World heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois, 22-3 with 21 knockouts, Greenwich, London, United Kingdom, in the main event, at Co-Op Live, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Dubois has been inactive for a year, since losing to Oleksandr Usyk by fifth-round knockout for the unified world heavyweight title at Wembley Stadium in July 2025.
According to Queensberry Promotions promoter Frank Warren, “This is quite simply the most exciting and explosive fight available for Fabio’s first defense, and it tells you everything about him that this is the fight he demanded. Fabio’s journey has been both extraordinary and inspiring. Time and again, Fabio has been written off, and time and again, he proves people wrong. He keeps stepping up, keeps taking on bigger challenges, and keeps delivering, often against the odds. For Daniel (Dubois by accepting this challenge) to be attempting to become a two-time world (heavyweight) champion at just 28 years old is equally remarkable. This will be his sixth world title fight, and across that run, only Oleksandr Usyk has been able to defeat him.” Dubois also lost to Joe Joyce early in his career.
In the preliminary to the main event in the still evolving Manchester card, former WBC World Middleweight title challenger Hamzah Sheeraz, 22-0-1 with 18 knockouts, Ilford, Essex, United Kingdom, will fight for the vacant World Boxing Organisation World Super Middleweight title against WBO European Super Middleweight champion Alem Begic, 29-0-1 with 23 knockouts, Munich, Germany.
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Robert Brizel – Head Boxing Correspondent