For Wardley, that could mean Oleksandr Usyk, the world’s number one. It is Usyk he wants next, by all accounts, and Wardley’s promoter, Frank Warren, claims he will now do all he can to make that fight. He has a right to it, too, Wardley, what with last night’s win landing him the WBO interim heavyweight title and putting him in a mandatory challenger position. From there, he should conceivably challenge Usyk next. Not just that, there is the sense with Wardley that he should strike while the iron’s hot and capitalise on this gathering momentum in his career. Even though he is only 30, young by heavyweight standards, Wardley’s unpredictability and awkwardness is something to use now, not something you try to work on/eradicate, or put to further testing against other styles. By then it could be too late, of course. By then someone may have come along and figured him out, thus removing that danger and that air of mystique he currently possesses.
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