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Joseph Parker is pretty upbeat upon learning that Martin Bakole is his new opponent for Saturday after IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois took ill and had to be pulled from the card in Riyadh. Parker (35-3, 23 KOs) says he wants to “challenge” himself, and he views #2 WBA, #2 WBO, #3 IBF, and #4…

Unbeaten Avious Griffin stopping Jose ‘El Guero’ Luis Sanchez in the eighth round for the vacant WBC USA Welterweight title on Thursday night at the Sony Hall, New York. In the main event, welterweight Griffin, 17-0 (16), stopped Sanchez, 14-5-1 (4), at 2:46 of the eighth round of a scheduled 10 rounds for the vacant…

Undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev says he will “do something different” for his rematch with Dmitry Bivol on Saturday night. Knocking Bivol out will shut everyone up to where they can’t say anything. It would finish the rivalry between them once and for all. Fans want to see Beterbiev fight David Benavidez already, and they don’t…

Promoter Eddie Hearn believes Turki Alalshikh will want to make the fight between Shakur Stevenson and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis next after Shakur disposes of his replacement opponent, Josh Padley, on Saturday night. In an interview today, Hearn said fans want to see the “Biggest fight in boxing” between Shakur and Tank Davis next. Hearn is going…

Artur Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) feels he must “do everything differently” in his rematch with Dmitry Bivol for him to come out victorious on Saturday night, February 22nd, in Riyadh. Undisputed light heavyweight champion Beterbiev doesn’t say what he must change, but it’s the pressure. He didn’t put enough pressure on Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs)…

Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed how he presented Josh Padley’s name to Turki Alalshikh as a replacement option for Shakur Stevenson to fight this Saturday, February 22nd, in Riyadh, live on DAZN. Hearn says that when he pointed out to Turki that Padley (15-0, 4 KOs) had beaten his “favorite” Mark Chamberlain last September at Wembley…

Martin Bakole’s promoter, Ben Shalom, says he made a deal quickly with Turki Alalshikh for Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs) to be the replacement opponent for Joseph Parker on Saturday night after IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois pulled out of the fight due to illness. Initially, there was a lot of disappointment today about Dubois being…

Martin Bakole is now the replacement opponent to face Joseph Parker on Saturday after IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois pulled out due to an illness today. The highly ranked #2 WBA and #2 WBO Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs) was quickly found to replace the I’ll Dubois as Parker’s opponent for the co-feature on DAZN PPV….

A drained-looking Shakur Stevenson had his first face-off with his replacement opponent, Josh Padley today during their final press conference ahead of Saturday’s card on DAZN PPV at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. Shakur Drained WBC lightweight champion Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) looked painfully thin, like he’d dropped 20 lbs of waterweight ahead of Friday’s…

IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois is ill and will not fight Joseph Parker this Saturday night on Turki Alalshikh’s card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dubois vs. Parker is off. A replacement is being sought for Parker (35-3, 23 KOs) to remain on the card, but with only two days’ notice, the options are slim. Dubois-Parker…