Interim WBO Heavyweight champion Joseph Parker will be stripped of his title the moment his bout with Daniel Dubois officially begins. The New Zealander, who trains under Irish boxing legend Andy Lee and is a frequent visitor to these shores, will take on reigning IBF Heavyweight kingpin Daniel Dubois next month in a huge heavyweight clash.

Parker will go head-to-head with the Brit in Riyadh next month for Daniel's IBF title, but the Kiwi sensation will be making a big sacrifice upon the first bell

JOSEPH PARKER will be stripped of his WBO interim heavyweight title after just ONE SECOND of his fight against Daniel Dubois. Parker won the trinket belt against Zhilei Zhang in March. But he now

Daniel Dubois has insisted he isn't overlooking Joseph Parker, despite reaffirming his desire to fight Oleksandr Usyk after their scheduled heavyweight title bout on Feb. 22.

Daniel Dubois has vowed to produce a “demolition job” on Joseph Parker and insists he wants to fight Oleksandr Usyk next. Dubois will put his IBF heavyweight title on the line for the first time since knocking out Anthony Joshua at Wembley in September when he takes on Parker in Saudi Arabia on 22 February.

Parker is next up on February 22 and is in a fine run of his own having beaten Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang, both on points, in 2023 and 2024. Ahed of that Joshua has said he will be going to watch the fight in Saudi Arabia and has predicted that Parker will win, while Riyadh Season’s Turki Alalshikh has sided with Dubois to keep the belt.

If you needed more proof that boxing is the red light district of sports, the WBO will strip Joseph Parker of his title for the most ridiculous reason.

Joseph Parker will be stripped of his WBO interim heavyweight title as soon as the first bell sounds for his showdown with Daniel Dubois next month