Chisora Picks the One Man He Thinks Can Trouble Daniel Dubois

Daniel Dubois didn't just beat Fabio Wardley at the O2 on Saturday — he erased any doubt about where he sits in the division. The WBO champion, now 23-3 with 22 knockouts, dropped Wardley 17 seconds into the rematch and never let him off the hook, with trainer Ben Davison waving it off in the second round. It was a brutal upgrade on their first meeting five months earlier, when Wardley soaked up rounds of punishment before folding.

So who gives Dubois a real problem now? Derek Chisora, a 50-fight veteran at 36-14, has an answer, and it isn't the obvious one. Speaking to Jack Figg, 'Del Boy' said he doesn't see anyone beating Dubois at this moment — but if you want the hardest night available, the name is Filip Hrgovic.

Chisora's Read on Wardley

Chisora wasn't kind about Wardley's preparation, suggesting the challenger simply hadn't trained enough and wasn't sharp on the night. But he was quick to balance it with respect for the journey. He pointed to Wardley's rise from white-collar boxing to winning a world title eliminator over Joseph Parker, fighting in Riyadh and headlining in London — a career built from scratch that lands him at 20-1-1 with 19 KOs and a #4 ranking despite the loss.

The Hrgovic shout is interesting precisely because it's a rematch the market wants. Chisora framed it as the fight most likely to stretch Dubois, even while insisting nobody can actually beat him right now. That's the tension in the quote: the champion looks untouchable, but the undefeated Croatian is the closest thing to a genuine stylistic puzzle.

Why the Hrgovic Fight Isn't Next

Here's the problem with wishful matchmaking. Dubois is penciled in to return in February 2027, and Hrgovic is already booked elsewhere — a title defence on home soil in Croatia against Cuba's Frank Sanchez, the #7 heavyweight sitting at 26-1 with 19 KOs after a second-round knockout of Richard Torrez. Two moving parts rarely line up on command.

That leaves Dubois in a familiar spot: the man everyone's chasing, with no clear next opponent locked in. Chisora's verdict is really a compliment dressed as analysis — he can't name a loss for Dubois, only a degree of difficulty. For now, the heavyweight picture runs through Triple D, and the paperwork will have to catch up to the queue.