Briton and New Zealander will fight for the IBF belt, which the Ukrainian champion refused last summer
On Saturday, February 22, in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), a battle will be held for the title of IBF world champion in heavyweight, in which the current winner of the British title Daniel Dubois will protect him from the encroachments of the New Zealand Joseph Parker .
It is expected that the winner of the Dubua -Parker fight will become the next opponent of the winner of the WBA, WBO, WBC and IBO heavyweight Alexander Usik . The Ukrainian boxer himself recently stated this , expressing the desire to again become the absolute world champion in Hevivet.
For Dubois, the fight with Parker will be the second defense of the IBF title, which in the summer of 2024 refused Usyk. In September last year, Daniel knocked out of his compatriot Anthony Joshua.
before this Dubois in June 2024 defeated the Croat of Philip Khrgovich in a duel for the temporary IBF title. Later, Daniel was promoted to a full -fledged champion of the organization after Usik abandoned this belt, and therefore lost the status of “Absolute”. P> In Ukraine, the Dubois – Parkerv Dazn video service will show the Parker. The battle will also be broadcast by the British television channels of Sky Sports and TNT Sports.
The evening of boxing in Riyadh will begin at 18:15 Kyiv time, and the duel between Dubois and Parker is planned to be approximately at 22:10.
Forecasts of bookmakers to Dubois – Parker
The bookmakers consider Dubois the favorite of the duel. The British victory can be put with a coefficient of 1.36. Parker winnings – 3.20.
a draw, as the least likely result in boxing, is estimated by a coefficient of 17.00.
according to the estimates of bookmakers, the most likely result is the victory of the Dubua knockout – 1 , 80. The triumph of Daniel by the judicial decision – 4.33.
Parker's early victory was estimated at 8.00. The success of the New Zealander by glasses is 5.00.
The asset of the 27-year-old Dubois 22 Victory (21-knockout) in 24 fights. The British nicknamed “dynamite” has two defeats in his liability-from Joe Joyce in 2020 and from the Usyk, which knocked out in August 2023.
in the track record 33 -To Parker 35 victories (23 -knockout) and three defeats -from Joshua (2018), Dillian White (2018) and Joe Joyce (2022). Joseph owned WBO heavyweight title, which he won in 2016 in a battle with Andy Ruis, until he lost Joshua in a unification match.