Oleksandr Usyk offers brief response to Daniel Dubois illness and Parker vs Bakole fight

That took the 31-year-old’s record to 17-0 with 14 wins inside the distance, but he is perhaps fortunate to still be unbeaten after edging a controversial points decision against Zhilei Zhang in 2022. Daniel Dubois takes on Filip Hrgovic in a crucial heavyweight fight tonight, with the IBF interim world title on the line. Former two time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will look to re-assert himself as a top heavyweight contender when he returns to the ring against American Jermaine Franklin.

  • Dubois vs Hrgovic features on the Matchroom vs Queensberry 5v5 event, which takes place tonight, Saturday June 1, 2024, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Most of the money has come for a decision victory on either side, and that’s smart money. Unfortunately, one boxer must lose, and we think the winning run of Fury will come to an end. He’s the best boxer in the division in terms of boxing rankings, and he could make a statement. The 37-year-old looked great when beating Anthony Joshua in consecutive fights, and we believe that’s a better form guide than Fury. That can’t be understated, but when it comes to pure technique, we give the edge to Usyk. He will take Usyk more seriously, but looking back at Fury’s record, and apart from his wins over Deontay Wilder, he hasn’t beaten many good opponents.

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Also, Jason Moloney will defend his WBO championship while fellow Aussie Rohan Murdock takes on the undefeated Christian Mbilli. A stacked fight card is headed to the Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York, with Edgar Berlanga returning to face Hamzah Sheeraz. The card also sees an exciting WBC lightweight bout between Shakur Stevenson and William Zepeda. After taking some hits from Andy Ruiz in 2019 and Oleksandr Usyk two years later, Joshua is ready to reclaim the IBO world title and potentially set up a shot at becoming the undisputed champ. At 34, Joshua is stepping into the ring with a fellow Brit for the first time since he beat Dillian Whyte back in 2015, and it’s shaping up to be a wild atmosphere in a sold-out Wembley stadium.

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A point will go to the winner of each fight, with two points if that victory comes by knockout. Former WBC heavyweight world champion and boxing superstar Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder makes his long-awaited return to the ring to battle top-rated Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius. Five-time world champion and boxing superstar Gervonta “Tank” Davis returns to his native DMV area to face undefeated world champion Héctor Luis García in a high-stakes showdown. The highly anticipated superfight between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia is finally set to take place as one fighter will look to remain undefeated. In this world championship doubleheader, Shakur Stevenson will attempt to become a three-division world champion when he takes on Edwin De Los Santos.

Pound-for-pound great and Mexican superstar Canelo Álvarez will put his unified WBC, WBA and WBO Super Middleweight World Titles on the line against undefeated WBA No. 1-Ranked Mandatory Contender Edgar Berlanga. Matchroom Boxing returns to New York City in style, as IBF super lightweight champion Richardson Hitchins attempts to make a first defence of his crown against Australia’s George Kambosos Jr. Tim Tszyu is poised for a blockbuster rematch with towering American Sebastian Fundora in the fight capital of the world, Las Vegas. Plus, Manny Pacquiao will make his highly anticipated return to the ring to face Mario Barrios. We like that option, and although there is sometimes a judge who needs glasses, we think the victory to Usyk will be clear cut.

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One fighter will lose their unbeaten record, and it’s Fury who is the slight $1.92 favourite to prevail in Riyadh on Sunday. The Joshua vs Dubois fight will be shown live on DAZN via PPV in over 200 countries worldwide. The PPV fight will cost less than £20 worldwide – a shockingly low price for a stacked fight card live from Wembley.

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Below, GOAL brings you everything you need to tune into the action live from anywhere in the world. We’re going for Hrgovic to overcome some early pressure, weathering a storm and taking Dubois’ best shots, before increasingly out-boxing the Briton in the later rounds and finding the stoppage. That is, of course, also true for Dubois, who will have taken confidence from his showing against Usyk, and that bout on the biggest stage should stand him in good stead in the years to come. A late win over Miller was an important one for Dubois, but it is difficult to read too much into a victory over an opponent weighing in at 23st 11lbs, who was unsurprisingly exhausted by the later rounds. Dubois vs Hrgovic features on the Matchroom vs Queensberry 5v5 event, which takes place tonight, Saturday June 1, 2024, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Regardless of when or if that happens, whoever comes out on top on Saturday night is expected to face Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium later this year.

Dubois was due to defend the IBF heavyweight title against Parker on Saturday, but the champion was pulled from the fight on two days’ notice due to illness. That led Bakole to step in, as the “most-avoided” heavyweight fights Parker in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dubois snagged the world champion title in June when Usyk vacated one of his belts after defending it against Tyson Fury. Instead of a rematch with Fury, Usyk decided to gift the belt to the two British fighters. Dubois, who also faced Usyk last year in a oleksandr usyk vs daniel dubois 2 betting odds controversial fight, bounced back by defeating Jarrell Miller and, most recently, Filip Hrgovic for the IBF interim title.

Plus, Olympic medallist Frazer Clarke will step up against the highly experienced Dave Allen. Australia’s Brock Jarvis will take on former Welterweight World Champion Keith Thurman in a blockbuster event at the Hordern Pavillion. At a press conference on Thursday, New Zealand’s Parker said he would stay on Saturday’s card, regardless of who he would fight. Oleksandr Usyk seemingly does not care what happens between Joseph Parker and Martin Bakole this weekend, as he eyes a rematch with Daniel Dubois.