In his last fight back in December, heavyweight contender Fabio Wardley made a huge statement when he knocked out Olympian Frazer Clarke in the first round of their rematch.

Their first bout was a razor-close draw where both boxers were in serious trouble during periods of action. This time around, Wardley left nothing to chance and obliterated Clarke with punches when the first opening came about.

If given the option, Wardley would have been very open to the idea of facing IBF world champion Daniel Dubois in a high-stakes British showdown.

"Very much so. 100 percent I'd have taken it because you never know when your opportunity is going to come again," Wardley told Sky Sports News.

"Boxing is a funny game. You can set as many plans as you want together, scheme and come up with all these ideas and it may not come off. So if it's delivered to you, if it's handed to you in front of you and they go 'here's your opportunity', I'm speaking for myself, but I'm taking it with both hands."

Wardley will be a very interested party on February 22, when Dubois defends his title against former world champion Joseph Parker in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

"I think I've done all the building blocks, the milestones and ticked them all off. I've done the hard 12 rounds, I've gone in with bigger guys, smaller guys, punchers, boxers, whichever else, pedigreed amateurs, all the rest," Wardley said.

"Throughout my career I've taken on whatever opportunity's been put in front of me and I've gone through it and I don't see this level switch as anything different. I see it as another change, another opportunity, another wall for me to break through."