Daniel Dubois has promised to dethrone “lucky” Fabio Wardley in Manchester on Saturday night and become a two-time world heavyweight champion.

The WBO belt will be on the line at Co-op Live when Dubois attempts to bounce back from the third defeat of his career against Wardley, who entered the sport through white-colour boxing but has since enjoyed a meteoric rise.

Wardley (20-0-1, 19KOs) has been behind in recent wins over Joseph Parker and Justis Huni before he produced dramatic late stoppages, but Dubois (22-3, 21KOs) was eager to remind his domestic rival of the one-sided nature of their past sparring sessions.

“We were in for good old tear-ups, but I was the one in charge and I’m going to be doing it again. It will be the same story and I’ll be a two-time champion of the world,” former IBF-belt holder Dubois reflected.

“He’s been lucky up until now, he’s been lucky. I’m going to be the man to take his O.…