Fans of Joseph Parker are angry today after hearing that the WBO received a petition for the heavyweight champion Oleksandr utility to fight the IBF champion Daniel Dubois for the undisputed championship next.
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The WBO has received the petition and will decide whether the USYCy can take place at Dubois 2 Rematch next rather than the mandatory Parker battle. USYK Dubois II is the Businesse the bigger struggle Because it involves the undisputed championship.
USYK at Dubois 2 should happen next because the winner will be the undisputed champion. The WBO compulsory between Parker and the winner could then fight. It makes the most sense.
Parker (36-3, 24 CO’s) became the WBO compulsory by providing the outdoor shape of 310 pounds of Martin Bakole in the second round on February 22 in Riyadh. Bakole was brought in as a substitute opponent after IBF champion Dubois pulled out of the fight due to a sudden illness.
The undisputed collision between Dubois (22-2, 21 costs) and USKy (23-0, 14 COs) would be great, especially if it was staged at Wembley Stadium in London.
Former WBO heavyweight champion Parker enabled himself to challenge the title against USyk by beating these fighters:
– Martin Bakole
– Zhilei Zhang
– Deontay Wilder
Parker earned a title shot against usyk, but the Dubois match would probably make more money. There will be a great interest in that collision compared to one involving the fairly dull Parker, which holds a lot and moves now that he has changed his fighting style.
Some fans believe that Dubois was robbed of a victory in his fight against Usyk on August 26, 2023. Dubois dropped USyk with a belt body in the fifth round of the competition that held him for five minutes and rolled around on the canvas.
The referee decided it a low blow, but some fans think it was a legitimate shot. Dubois would have won by a fifth round if it was a belt shot. USYK came back to stop Dubois in the ninth round after wearing the larger, stronger fighter with sharp blows. Some people think that Dubois stopped when it was difficult, because the punch that finished him didn’t look very loud.
The WBO received a petition to allow the Oleksandr Utisyk vs Daniel Dubois Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship Fight to go next
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Last updated on 04/10/2025
