Daniel will not go to the duel against Joseph Parker.
Fight for the IBF world title in heavy the weight between the current owner of the title of the British Daniel Dubua and the New Zealand contender Joseph Parker canceled.
reported by Boxing Scene. Riyade (Saudi Arabia). However, Dubois picked up a viral infection and therefore will not be able to reach the ring.
According to The Ring, the new rival of Parker will be Congolese boxer Martin Bakole. The WBO temporary champion title will be at the stake in this battle, while Dubois will save the IBF belt.
It was expected that the winner of the Dubois -Parker fight will become the next opponent of the winner of the WBA, WBO, WBC and Ibo title. In heavyweight Alexander Usik . The Ukrainian boxer himself recently said , expressing a desire to again become the absolute world champion in Hevivete.
For Dubois, a fight with Parker was to be the second protection 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 won Croatian Khrgovich in a duel for a temporary title IBF. Later, Daniel was raised to a full-fledged champion of the organization after Usik abandoned this belt, and therefore lost the status of the “Absolute”. 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), Dilliana 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.