Fabio Wardley reveals what he needs to do differently to avenge Daniel Dubois defeat

Fabio Wardley has revealed what he believes he needs to do differently to avenge his defeat against WBO heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois when the pair meet for a second time this weekend.

The Queensberry star suffered his maiden professional loss at the hands of Dubois earlier this year, with the Londoner's heavy barrage of shots finally forcing referee Howard Foster to wave the bout off in the 11th round.

Whilst the former Team GB Olympian had full control of the fight during the latter stages, Wardley failed to capitalise on what he now admits was a glorious opportunity to put the fight to bed early doors.

The 31-year-old floored his opponent in the opening round and had him in yet more trouble in the third stanza when another heavy right sent Dubois packing to the canvas for a second time.

However, rather than remaining disciplined and fighting behind his jab, Wardley opted to seek a devastating knockout, one that made him vulnerable to the counter-attack.

"I've watched it over a thousand times, I've reviewed so many aspects of it, and especially in the early parts, I had full control of that fight," he told the media on Thursday.

"It was my fight to lose, and don't get me wrong, I did, and it didn't end up going my way, but that's such a positive to take - actually, hang on, you stepped into the ring on such a big occasion, and you had it in the palm of your hands, you had control.

"There's a lot of layers to it [what went wrong]," he reflected. "But at the very baseline, if you want to really just kind of keep it very top surface level, I just was a victim of my own success and I got a bit trigger happy.

"They're the real basics of it. You can break it down into real small increments if you want to and and pick apart little details.

"But ultimately, the real surface level, the real top scale of it, I had really early success, which then led me on to be overconfident.

And then led me down a bad path of of me pulling away from the specifics of the game plan and really, like I say, getting trigger happy and just thinking this is near on a foregone conclusion.

- Fabio Wardley

"In my mind I've got him out there. I've got the job done. I just need to land it one more time and it's all over -- and that mindset cost me."

Wardley has opted against making any changes to his backroom team for Saturday night's rematch, keeping full faith in the set-up that saw him fulfill his boxing dream of becoming a heavyweight world champion.

"I think, especially in boxing, too many times people look outwardly for someone to blame," he said.

"They go, oh, it's my S&C guy’s fault or it's my boxing coach’s fault or it's my nutritionist’s fault because of this and that.

"And ultimately, I have entire autonomy over myself if I'm not listening to the guys around me. Or even further down the line, if I haven't employed the right guys to do the right job around me, that is on me.

"That's my fault. So there is and never will be anyone else to blame for any loss aside from myself, because when I step in the ring, it's just me in there.

"There is a level of responsibility to listen to the corner around you, to put the right people in the right places, to commit to the training and commit to the game plan and stay focused and stay on course.

"If I deviate, that's not anyone else's fault. That's only my own!"