This information was also confirmed in an interview with Sky Sports by Wardley's manager Michael "Magic" Ofo: "As for Daniel Dubois, it is clear that Fabio would be very happy about such a fight. There's nothing better than a purely British showdown for the world heavyweight title!".
Wardley won the WBO title without a fight when Oleksandr Usyk vacated it. Previously, the Briton held the WBO trophy on an interim basis. In his last fight, Dubois lost the IBF belt to Usyk.