Fabio Wardley

Fabio Wardley (born 18 December 1994) is a British professional boxer. He has held the World Boxing Association (WBA) interim heavyweight title since June 2025. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the Commonwealth title since 2023, and the British title from November 2022 to March 2025.

Fabio Wardley
Born	(1994-12-18) 18 December 1994 (age 30) Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Reach	78 in (198 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	20
Wins	19
Wins by KO	18
Draws	1

Professional career

Wardley is managed by Dillian Whyte^[1] and trained by Robert Hodgins^[2] He has won 19 of his 20 professional fights, with 18 of them by way of knockout.

He claimed the vacant English heavyweight title when he beat Simon Vallily by third-round knockout on 1 August 2020.^[3][4]

Wardley won the British heavyweight title on 26 November 2022 by forcing a corner stoppage in the third round against Nathan Gorman.^[5][6]

On 28 October 2023, Wardley fought David Adeleye on the undercard of the Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou contest in Saudi Arabia with the vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title, Wardley’s British championship and Adeleye’s WBO European heavyweight belt and WBA Intercontinental Heavyweight Title all up for grabs. Wardley won the fight via TKO in the seventh round.^[7][8]

On 31 March 2024, he retained his 4 titles with a split decision draw against Frazer Clarke at The O2 Arena in London. One ringside judge scored the fight 114–113 to Wardley, another had it 115–112 for Clarke while the third ruled the contest a 113–113 tie.^[9][10][11]

In August 2024, Wardley signed a multi-fight deal with Frank Warren's Queensbury Promotions^[12] ahead of a rematch with Clarke at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 12 October 2024, which he won by knockout in the first round.^[13][14][15]

Wardley vacated his British title in March 2025 after being named as mandatory challenger for the WBA regular heavyweight championship held by Kubrat Pulev.^[16]

He was scheduled to face Justis Huni for the WBA interim heavyweight title at Portman Road in Ipswich on 7 June 2025. Originally, he was set to face Jarrell Miller for the title, but Miller had to pull out on April 30, citing a shoulder injury.^[17] Huni outboxed Wardley for nine rounds and was well ahead on the scorecards before Wardley suddenly knocked him out in the tenth round with an overhand right, winning the title.^[18]

Professional boxing record

20 fights	19 wins	0 losses
By knockout	18	0
By decision	1	0
Draws	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
20	Win	19–0–1	Justis Huni	KO	10 (12), 1:42	7 Jun 2025	Portman Road, Ipswich, England	Won vacant WBA interim heavyweight title
19	Win	18–0–1	Frazer Clarke	TKO	1 (12), 2:28	12 Oct 2024	Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Retained British, Commonwealth, and WBA Continental heavyweight titles
18	Draw	17–0–1	Frazer Clarke	SD	12	31 Mar 2024	The O2 Arena, London, England	Retained British, Commonwealth, WBA Continental, and WBO European heavyweight titles
17	Win	17–0	David Adeleye	TKO	7 (12), 2:43	28 Oct 2023	Boulevard Hall, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Retained British, and WBA Continental heavyweight titles; Won WBO European, and vacant Commonwealth heavyweight titles
16	Win	16–0	Michael Polite Coffie	TKO	4 (10), 0:45	1 Apr 2023	The O2 Arena, London, England	Won vacant WBA Continental heavyweight title
15	Win	15–0	Nathan Gorman	TKO	3 (12), 0:32	26 Nov 2022	Wembley Arena, London, England	Won vacant British heavyweight title
14	Win	14–0	Chris Healey	TKO	2 (8), 0:40	9 Jul 2022	The O2 Arena, London, England
13	Win	13–0	Daniel Martz	KO	2 (10), 1:30	27 Feb 2022	The O2 Arena, London, England
12	Win	12–0	Nick Webb	KO	1 (10), 2:30	7 Aug 2021	Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England	Retained English heavyweight title
11	Win	11–0	Éric Molina	KO	5 (10), 0:52	27 Mar 2021	Europa Point Sports Complex, Gibraltar
10	Win	10–0	Richard Lartey	TKO	2 (10), 1:22	21 Nov 2020	Wembley Arena, London, England
9	Win	9–0	Simon Vallily	TKO	3 (10), 1:01	1 Aug 2020	Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England	Won vacant English heavyweight title
8	Win	8–0	Mariano Ruben Diaz Strunz	TKO	6 (8), 1:06	20 Jul 2019	The O2 Arena, London, England
7	Win	7–0	Dennis Lewandowski	TKO	3 (8), 2:35	10 May 2019	Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England
6	Win	6–0	Morgan Dessaux	TKO	1 (6), 1:43	2 Feb 2019	The O2 Arena, London, England
5	Win	5–0	Phil Williams	TKO	3 (4), 1:58	22 Dec 2018	The O2 Arena, London, England
4	Win	4–0	Ferenc Zsalek	KO	1 (6), 1:41	26 May 2018	Corn Exchange, Ipswich, England
3	Win	3–0	Scott Saward	KO	1 (4), 2:54	18 Nov 2017	Epic Centre, Norwich, England
2	Win	2–0	Zheko Zhekov	TKO	1 (4), 2:46	22 Jul 2017	Epic Centre, Norwich, England
1	Win	1–0	Jakub Wójcicki	PTS	4	8 Apr 2017	York Hall, London, England