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Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley weigh in at their career heaviest for Saturday's WBO heavyweight rematch

Daniel Dubois came in at 253.9 pounds and Fabio Wardley at 248.3 for Saturday's WBO heavyweight title rematch at The O2 in London.

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Shoppers walk beneath the tall glass and steel roof of Old Spitalfields Market in east London past food stalls and hanging banners

Both heavyweights will be bigger than ever when they meet again in London.

WBO champion Daniel Dubois weighed 253.9 pounds and challenger Fabio Wardley came in at 248.3 on Friday for their title rematch Saturday at The O2. It is the heaviest either man has been for a pro fight. Dubois is a little over 2 pounds heavier than he was for their first meeting while Wardley added more than 6 pounds.

A quiet weigh-in

The weigh-in took place at Old Spitalfields Market in east London. A couple of hundred fans gathered under the market's Victorian roof among street-food stalls and shoppers. Wardley showed up more than an hour early and stopped for selfies with supporters afterward. Dubois arrived much later and kept his words short. The face-off passed without any drama.

"I know him now and know what to expect," Dubois said. "I'm ready to go and do my job. I'm ready for a tear up. Let's go."

Wardley wants revenge

Their first fight in Manchester in May was one of the wildest of the year. Wardley dropped Dubois twice before Dubois rallied to stop him in the 11th round. A cut across the bridge of Wardley's nose reopened in that fight and left his face badly swollen.

"I draw confidence from the successes I had in the first fight, getting knockdowns in the first and third," Wardley said. "I need to capitalize on those moments better. I'm ready to put on a cleaner performance." Asked for a prediction he kept it simple: "Revenge, Fabio Wardley, knockout win."

Dubois, 29, is 23-3 with 22 knockouts. Wardley, 31, is 20-1-1 with 19 knockouts. With 41 knockouts between them few expect it to go the distance.

A trilogy is possible

Promoter Frank Warren said there is no clause for a third fight. He did not rule one out if Wardley wins. "If that happens it's a natural fight," Warren said.

The rest of the card

Unbeaten heavyweight Adam Olaniyan holds the biggest weight edge on the card at about 27 pounds heavier than Dan Garber. Bakhodir Jalolov faces Solomon Dacres in another heavyweight bout while lightweights Louie O'Doherty and Michael Gomez Jr. also made weight. The main event is expected around 4 p.m. Central on Saturday.

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