There was a time when Fabio Wardley glanced at The Ring’s heavyweight rankings and dared to imagine nudging his way into the top five. Now, the 30-year-old from Ipswich sits at No. 1 and he’s still shaking his head in disbelief. Wardley officially moved from No. 2 to No. 1 after Tyson Fury dropped out of the rankings following a full year of inactivity since his Dec. 21 rematch loss to Oleksandr Usyk.
“I can’t believe I’ve pulled it off,” Wardley told The Ring. “I look at the rankings, see myself at the top and laugh I think, ‘How am I pulling this off?