Heavyweight boxing is flourishing like by no means earlier than, with a bunch of high fighters resembling Oleksandr Usyk, Tyson Fury and Daniel Dubois main the best way.
Over the past 18 months, followers have been handled with numerous showdowns between the largest and finest names within the division. In Could, we witnessed the primary undisputed heavyweight championship contest of the 4 belt period between Usyk and Fury, with the rematch set to happen subsequent week.
In September, Wembley Stadium hosted a spectacle as Dubois knocked out Anthony Joshua to retain the IBF world heavàyweight title, which got here as fairly a shock to the boxing world.
And now, within the second defence of his world title, ‘Dynamite’ Dubois takes on former WBO heavyweight king Joseph Parker on February 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After months of hypothesis, it was Parker who was given the possibility to change into a two-time world champion and proceed his fantastic run of type.
One other heavyweight contender who has thrown himself into the combination during the last 12 months is Zhilei Zhang, who bounced again from defeat in opposition to Parker earlier within the 12 months to knock out Deontay Wilder in June.
Forward of the competition between Dubois and Parker, Zhang spoke to BoxNation to offer his prediction.
“I like each fighters. I respect each fighters. However someplace in my intestine feeling is telling me that Dubois is gonna win this one. I love his model and I like how he approached the battle.
I like Parker as properly, however I imagine subconsciously that Dubois is gonna win.”
Dubois vs Parker will happen on one other unbelievable evening of boxing in Riyadh, with the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol rematch topping the invoice with the latter trying to avenge his defeat to Beterbiev after their first battle in October.
