Daniel Dubois vs. Fabio Wardley Live Updates, Highlights and Results

The one-way brutality of the fight, along with the first result, had the broadcast team suggesting Wardley might have been better served taking more time before a rematch.

"(Dubois) grabbed this fight by the scruff of the neck and he did not give Fabio Wardley a chance," analyst Andy Lee said. "It was painful to watch."

The official time of the corner surrender, and referee Steve Gray's acknowledgement of it, was 2:21 of Round 2.

"I had my intentions from the beginning," Dubois said. "This time, we just had to go out there and show that we mean business. I think we did that."

Promoter Frank Warren said unification fights were on the agenda for 2027, and IBF champ Filip Hrgovic came to the ring to hype a would-be fight in March.

Dubois stopped Hrgovic in eight rounds in 2024.

Wardley made no excuses.

"Boxing is a game of fine margins. There's no shame in a loss," he said. "Daniel is a testament to coming up short and coming again, and I'll do the same thing.

"I didn't execute the game plan properly."

An intense stare-down and glove touch preceded an opening salvo in which Wardley was dumped in the corner with the first punch in the first 15 seconds. He rose unsteadily and was briefly pummeled along the ropes.

Another overhand right in the final 20 seconds nearly dropped Wardley and left him vulnerable to a prolonged flurry until the bell.

"He's too brave for his own good," analyst Andy Lee said.

Wardley opened the second behind a jab and haymaker right hands, but he was countered well and seemed in distress every time Dubois landed.

He was driven into a corner behind another salvo of brutally hard right hands, and a towel came flying in from the corner to announce surrender just as referee Steve Gray looked ready to intervene.

They're singing "Sweet Caroline." It's main event time at last.

And analyst Darren Barker is ready.

"It's got carnage and brutality written all over it," he said.

Indeed, Wardley arrives with 19 KOs in his 20 pro wins and Dubois has KO'd all but one of his 23 professional victims—including Wardley—since turning pro in 2017.

The only man Dubois beat on the scorecards was Kevin Johnson, over 10 rounds, in 2018. Wardley beat Jakub Wojcik by decision over four rounds, in his pro debut, in 2017.

We told you moments ago that "judging is never a given in boxing."

And the boos were audible and Gomez stomped across the ring in obvious distress after the result was announced as a majority decision draw. Two cards had it dead even at 114 apiece, while the other saw it narrowly for Gomez, 115-114.

O'Doherty retains his domestic belt and is 12-0-1 as a pro.

Referee Lee Every paused the action briefly to chastise Gomez for low blows and the break seemed to fuel O'Doherty, who did his best work in the final 60 seconds of the 10th.

Another Every exchange with Gomez preceded the 11th round and O'Doherty took the initiative in the immediate aftermath, landing a decent left hand to Gomez's jaw and briefly lowering his shoulder and pressing the older man into the ropes.

O'Doherty finished well and had both a superior work rate and territorial control in the 12th. Judging is never a given in boxing—and enough rounds have been close enough for O'Doherty to maybe get better than we're expecting—but the B/R card leans toward Gomez, 115-113 on points and 7-5 in rounds.

"A show of resilience," blow-by-blow man Adam Smith said of O'Doherty's late rally, "if nothing else."

O'Doherty continued to show his toughness and his supporters will certainly frame the seventh as a boxing lesson, thanks to his fast hands and occasional movement.

But every time his opponent had a moment, Gomez responded. And he did again in the first minute of the eighth when he landed nearly every shot of a barrage that jolted O'Doherty's head back.

The script persisted in the ninth and Gomez emerged where he'd largely been for the whole fight. Way ahead. It's 7-2 and 88-83 on the B/R card for Gomez with three rounds to go.

The rumble mentality continued for Gomez into the fourth and O'Doherty tried to establish himself with sharp counters. O'Doherty lowered his shoulder and tried to control the in-close distance in the fifth and threw more punches while landing stinging shots.

"(O'Doherty is) starting to find a foothold in the fight," analyst Andy Lee said, "and competing a little more."

It looked the same in the sixth and O'Doherty continued to have moments, but Gomez's aggression and hard shots still carried the weight on the B/R scorecard, which has Gomez up 5-1 and 59-55 at the hallway point.

It was all gas and little brake for Gomez in the opening round, which saw him pressing forward, being the bully, and, according to the broadcast team, maybe catching O'Doherty by surprise with the aggression.

The buzzsaw continued in the second round, and, while O'Doherty was better in the second three minutes than the first, Gomez was effective.

O'Doherty was sharp with both hands and tattooed a pressing Gomez early in the third but the steamroller continued and carried the flow with a more visceral work rate.

"(O'Doherty is) being made to fight at a pace he's not comfortable with," analyst Andy Lee said.

It's co-main time and domestic title time for lightweights O'Doherty and Gomez, who are scheduled for the requisite 12 rounds.

O'Doherty, 26, is unbeaten in 12 bouts with three KOs, and will enter the ring as the British champion. Gomez, 31, is 23-2 with eight KOs and held domestic honors at 130 pounds before moving up to 135, where he's won two straight by finish in a combined nine rounds.

It's five straight KOs in two rounds for Olaniyan, who scored two knockdowns and finished Garber off at 1:15 of Round 2.

Garber, who was stopped in a single round by Moses Itauma in 2024, is 14-10 and was stopped for the seventh time since November 2023.

"This is what I was made for," Olaniyan said. "I'm ready for anything."

It was one-way traffic in the first round, with the 251-pound Olaniyan pursuing and throwing heavy shots while Garber retreated, clinched, or laid along the ropes. Garber took a hard overhand right in the final 15 seconds, but covered up, and made it to the bell.

A right hand that countered a wide Garber hook dumped the older man early in the second, but he rose and the crowd was delighted when referee Amy Pu ignored the two towels that were thrown into the ring to signal the surrender of Garber's corner, if not the fighter.

Another knockdown came moments later, and this time Pu waved it off after Garber rose.

We'll stay at heavyweight but dial back the duration for the middle fight of the five-bout card, a four-rounder between Olaniyan and Garber.

Olaniyan, a 20-year-old Irishman, has won all four of his pro fights by KO while spending barely six rounds in the ring. His opposition's combined record, though? 15-42.

As for Garber, who's 41, he's 14-9 with two KOs. He won his first four and six of his first eight entering 2024, but he's just 8-7 since and has been stopped five times, though he's won two straight four-round decisions—just a week apart in August—and three of his last four.

It was unanimous and not close on the scorecards for Jalolov, who got one card reading 99-91 in his favor and two more that saw it 99-90.

He improved to 18-0 with 15 KOs.

The 88-percent KO rate took a hit, but it's going to be 18 straight wins for Jalolov, who endured the most interesting round of the fight to get to the finish line against Dacres.

B/R gave Jalolov eight of 10 rounds and a 98-91 margin on the scorecards.

"No one's going to go home screaming 'Go Jalolov!'" analyst Carl Frampton said.

Not much to speak of in the seventh as Jalolov continued to control distance and tempo with his hard right jab while Dacres flourished occasionally.

Blow-by-blow man Adam Smith referred to Jalolov's work as "not thunderous or particularly exciting" in an equally uneventful eighth, and Dacres did little to suggest he'll have a late rally to narrow things or even reverse the result.

Nothing in the ninth did anything to change that narrative and B/R has the bigger man up, 8-1 and 89-82, with three minutes to go.

Dacres appeared more confident and more aggressive in the fourth, and, if his strategy is to drag the bigger man into the later rounds, it may prove successful. But a hard left hand from Jalolov in the final seconds was the most memorable shot of the round.

Another left dropped Dacres in the first minute of the fifth, and, though the veteran rose, Jalolov continued to press the action moments after analyst Andy Lee had suggested the Uzbek was "winning but not entertaining anyone."

Six up, six down. And Jaololov, unless the wheels come off, in a good spot.

B/R has him up, 5-1 and 59-54.

Jalolov was more aggressive and more active from a southpaw stance in the first, working behind a hard right jab and occasionally impactful follow-up shots.

Dacres tried to lunge in with shots of his own in the second but was clubbed with a right hook from Jalolov during one of the attacks in which he left his chin too high.

Not much memorable from either man, but it's Jaololov, 30-27 and 3-0, through three.

We'll climb the ladder to the big-boy division for fight No. 2.

Jalolov, a two-time Olympic champion, is 17-0 as a pro with 15 KOs and defeated Agron Smakici in Round 7 in May. He stands 6'7" and is 32 years old.

His opponent, Dacres, is also 32, stands 6'5", and is 10-1 with three KOs.

Dacres hasn't fought since a 10-round win in July 2025, and he was TKO'd in Round 1 by David Adeleye at Wembley Arena in London in December 2024.

It's 10 finishes in 13 wins and nine in a row for Birchall, 22, who became the first man to stop Giles inside the distance when the fight was waved off at 51 seconds of Round 7.

It was his second trip beyond six rounds and his second KO, coming seven months after he finished Ryan Griffiths in Round 9 in March.

Knockdown No. 3 came early in the seventh after a hard right to the body and a busy flurry to a covering-up Giles' head prompted the B-side to again hit his knees.

He rose but was rescued by referee Sean McAvoy.

"There's so much to like about Birchall," analyst Andy Lee said. "The spite. The nastiness."

The body shots continued to be Birchall's best work into the fourth and the younger man stepped up the intensity early in the round. Giles did land occasional left hands, but he wasn't working enough to either tire his opponent out or win the rounds.

A pedestrian-looking straight right from Giles momentarily appeared to have yielded a knockdown early in the fifth, but Birchall immediately and correctly claimed he'd slipped on water in the corner. Half a minute later, a legit knockdown occurred in the other direction when Giles went to a knee after taking a body shot from Birchall's left hand.

Giles rose at 9 and continued to the bell under a heavy onslaught.

A left to the head started another barrage early in the sixth and another knockdown came when Giles again took a knee during a follow-up flurry. He again rose and continued gamely while firing some replies of his own, but it's a 6-0/60-53 scorecard walkover through six.

Giles moved forward at the outset behind a high guard, leaving Birchall to poke with southpaw jabs and reply with single shots to Giles' blows in an uneventful session.

Birchall's best work in the first came when he worked the body to bring Giles' hands down and Giles simply wasn't throwing enough to earn nods. The same continued into the second with both men having flashes but Birchall maintaining a superior work rate.

Hard to suggest anything other than Birchall, by shutout (30-27 and 3-0), through three.

The main card will start off with a 10-rounder at super featherweight.

Giles, 32, is a nine-year pro with a 17-3-1 record and four KOs who's coming off a 10-round loss to Giorgio Visioli seven months ago.

Birchall is a 22-year-old prospect who's 12-0 with nine KOs, including eight in a row since his last decision win in 2024. He's barely a month off a third-round TKO win over Lewis Morris and this will be his fourth fight of 2026.

The first three have lasted a combined 17 rounds.

The main card hadn't begun but the KOs were already coming on the undercard, when Kerim Agius was finished by a clinical left uppercut delivered by Tony Curtis Jr.