Daniel Dubois will be absent at Thursday evening's press conference as he is evaluated ... statement victories over Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang as part of a five-fight winning streak, with ...

Dubois won the interim IBF heavyweight belt by stopping Filip Hrgovic in June, before being elevated to official champion when Oleksandr Usyk vacated the regular belt. The Briton then retained the ...

Several heavyweights were in action on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol 2, with Joseph Parker knocking out Martin Bakole in round two, and Agit Kabayel stopping Zhilei Zhang to the ...

Daniel Dubois was meant to be addressing a press conference in Riyadh for an ... contender for the WBO heavyweight title behind Zhilei Zhang, although he is the highest-rated available challenger ...

At the official pre-fight press conference ... Parker won the WBO interim title in his last fight against Zhilei Zhang in March of last year. It remains to be seen whether this new matchup ...

He accepted all of them without hesitation and found out who he was fighting from his manager Spencer Brown just before he made his way back to his hotel room after the final press conference on ...

However, reports first emerged ahead of the final press conference on Thursday that ... outpointing both Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang to become WBO interim champion after lower-key victories ...

Andy Lee, coach to Tyson Fury and Joseph Parker, has claimed the New Zealander is the “best heavyweight in the world” – while calling for a shot at Oleksandr Usyk.

After a press conference, at which it was confirmed Parker would ... including signatures victories over Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang. The Kiwi beat both on points, bullying Wilder in late 2023 and ...

but was ultimately replaced by Congolese up-and-comer Bakole earlier this week - after Dubois fell ill and missed Thursday's press conference. Article continues below With a record of 21-1 ...

But he failed to appear at Thursday press conference with Parker insisting ... his tilt at Dubois with wins over Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang last year and both he and Dubois had targeted ...