28-year-old Englishman D. Dubois has already defeated the 31-year-old compatriot once. In the fight on May 10 this year, he won against F. Wardley by technical knockout in the 11th round.
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Read about the previous mutual fight here.
The rematch was officially announced on Saturday during the Moses Itauma and Filip Hrgović fight night. D. Dubois and F. Wardley immediately faced each other eye to eye in the ring.
At the beginning of the first encounter, F. Wardley sent D. Dubois to the canvas twice, but later he himself took many heavy blows. Eventually, the referee had to stop the fight.
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For 31-year-old F. Wardley, this was the first defeat in his professional career over 22 fights.
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Meanwhile, D. Dubois has won 23 fights and suffered 3 defeats.