SportBoxingFabio Wardley will look to get revenge over Daniel Dubois when the pair meet for a second time in a mouthwatering heavyweight encounter in October18:00, 02 Sep 2026Fabio Wardley is adamant that it's his turn to claim the bragging rights in the gym by ruling the heavyweight division once more after watching stablemate Moses Itauma fall short in his first crack at world glory.‌Wardley is set to rematch fellow-countryman Dubois on October 17 at the O2 Arena - five months after their fight of the year contender in Manchester. 'Triple D' dethroned Wardley in the 11th round after being dropped twice in the early rounds.‌The Suffolk scrapper pulled off a huge upset last October when he stopped Joseph Parker for the interim WBO heavyweight title, but was promoted to full champion just days later after Oleksandr Usyk gave up his title.‌With Wardley eager to exact revenge and become a world champion once again, the Brit will be hoping coach Ben Davison can conjure up a master plan to level the series with Dubois. It's been a busy year for the well-known trainer - who was in Itauma's corner for his world title bout with Filip Hrgovic last weekend. Ultimately, the Chatham southpaw fell short after he was stopped in the ninth round despite dominating the contest.FOLLOW OUR FIGHTING FB PAGE! Latest boxing and MMA news, analysis and much more via our dedicated Facebook page‌Itauma has been backed for greatness, but while Wardley hopes his teammate will come back stronger, the 31-year-old believes now is his time to act as the gym's flag-bearer. Speaking of Itauma's defeat to reporters, including Mirror Fighting, on Wednesday, he said: "First off, he hasn't lost a world heavyweight champion. He's taken a loss."I think we're all very clear on, we'll come back around again, a fight or two, and I think at the age of 21, he can still have a very long reign of being a world heavyweight champion. But that being said, yeah, I do feel like it's my turn. It's my turn to do my bit for the gym."Davison has taken some heavy criticism following Itauma's crushing loss, but Wardley was eager to jump to his trainer's defence, explaining: "I've been overwhelmed by the amount of criticism he's received and just almost in shock of just like, I don't know another trainer in British boxing that gets so much stick after a loss. I find it bemusing, like it's delusional to me. So yeah, if anything, that's added a bit of fuel to me.Article continues below"I'll show you what us, the team, Ben Davison, what we can all do. I'll prove it to you. I'll take that on my shoulders. I'll wear that, no problem." He added: "He (Davison) has taught me so much about boxing in terms of actually how to read it. There's so many different details and nuances that I've learned and picked up over the years. And if you look at my fights, I have applied them."Choose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.‌