Oleksandr Usyk will fight Fabio Wardley in a unification once the Briton ‘proves himself at the highest level’

Fabio Wardley could secure a world heavyweight title unification with Oleksandr Usyk, but only after he “proves himself at the highest level”.

Wardley first put himself in the frame to challenge Usyk when he defeated Joseph Parker last year to secure the WBO Interim title.

Usyk though vacated the full WBO championship, still retaining the WBC, WBA and IBF belts, to pursue other options. Next month the unbeaten Ukrainian will box Rico Verhoeven, a kickboxing superstar, in Giza.

Wardley was upgraded to WBO world champion and will box Daniel Daniel this weekend in Manchester.