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IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois is ailing and won’t struggle Joseph Parker this Saturday night time on Turki Alalshikh’s card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dubois vs. Parker is off.
A substitute is being looked for Parker (35-3, 23 KOs) to stay on the cardboard, however with solely two days’ discover, the choices are slim. Dubois-Parker was slated to be the co-feature for Saturday’s rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol on DAZN PPV.
Card Shakeup
Followers have proven little or no curiosity within the Dubois-Parker struggle through the build-up to Saturday’s occasion. The explanations for which are the 2 fighters’ lack of charisma and Parker’s boring combating model. He’s not must-see TV for followers. It was a nasty concept from the get-go to have Dubois vs. Parker because the chief help for this big card.
The sensible answer could be to slip the Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Israil Madrimov struggle into the co-feature spot and transfer Parker down under in opposition to whoever they dig up for him to struggle on the final minute. You may’t anticipate a lot. Even when they did discover somebody proficient, would Parker comply with struggle them with out his arm being twisted? It’s uncertain.
In an ideal world, Martin Bakole could be moved in and be the substitute opponent for Joseph Parker to struggle on Saturday night time. There’s NO approach that Parker would ever comply with that. His probabilities of successful in opposition to Bakole could be slim & none, however it might be enjoyable to observe for the followers. It will be like watching a lion have a meal. Turki needs to create extra curiosity within the sport to carry it again to what it was within the Nineteen Sixties when Muhammad Ali was on prime. Bringing in Bakole would fire up the followers.
If Turki needs to be ingenious, he can transfer Zhilei Zhang or Agit Kabayel in because the opponent for Joseph Parker to struggle within the co-feature spot on Saturday’s card. That might be asking lots for the fighters to take that form of danger of going up in opposition to a unique fighter they hadn’t skilled for, however it might be fascinating for the followers if the concept is to entertain.
That is what I used to be afraid of. I had a very dangerous feeling in regards to the Dubois-Parker struggle as quickly because it was introduced, and it turned out to be proper.
