DANIEL DUBOIS is set to defend his IBF heavyweight title against Joseph Parker on Saturday night.
The Brit, 27, defended his belt by knocking Anthony Joshua out at Wembley last September.
Now standing in Dubois’ way is Kiwi Parker, who is riding a five-fight win streak since losing to Triple D’s former conqueror Joe Joyce in 2022.
Ahead of the huge championship bout, here is how the great and good of the boxing world see the contest playing out…
CARL FROCH (former super-middleweight world champion)
“I think Daniel Dubois is going to do the job.
“I think Joseph Parker is a great character, I think a lot of him as a character, I think he’s great, but this is boxing, I tell the f***ing truth as you know.
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“Daniel Dubois is gonna demolish him inside the distance.
“I think it’s going to be a great fight.”
TONY BELLEW (former cruiserweight world champion)
“It’s a top, top fight, I think the first three or four rounds are key,” Bellew told talkSPORT. “If Joe can see through them I think he gets the job done, but Daniel Dubois is in a rich vein of form.
“He [Dubois] rolls the dice every time, he lets his hands go and has no fear at the moment.
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“But I just think if Joseph Parker has been diligent in his camp, he can get the job done. He’s a better boxer, he’s got more skills and skillset, but he isn’t as powerful as Dubois.
“Also he isn’t as young as Daniel Dubois and youth can catch up with you. Dubois is so strong and lets his hands go, a lot of the heavyweights are cautious about it.”
AMIR KHAN (former welterwight and lightweight champion and Olympic silver medallist)
“Good fight man. Joseph Parker has surprised me every time he has fought.
“He comes back and puts on a great performance and is back in the mix again.
“Whereas Dubois with that fight he fought against Joshua and even when he fought (Filip) Hrgovic, that’s the first time I saw him fight and I thought this guy’s a hard guy to beat.
“He’s a very good boxer, so if I was to pick a fighter to win that fight, it would be Dubois. He’s the younger and fresher fighter.”
GEORGE GROVES (former super-middleweight champion)
“I favour Dubois.
“Both in good form, good momentum.
“Parker showed a lot of nuts to get up off the floor twice to get past Zhang.
“And he’s put himself in the picture now for another world title challenge.”
FRAZER CLARKE (current heavyweight hopeful and former Commonwealth Games gold medallist)
“Don’t get me wrong, Dubois might knock him out, but I just don’t think Daniel should be overlooking him one bit.
“And, you know, from a few things that I saw the other day, maybe he’s doing that, and I think it’d be a fool to do so.
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“I imagine with Don Charles around, he won’t let him do that, but when the fighter has sort of got that in his mind, maybe that’s a bit of a red flag for me.
“So I think I’m going to say Joseph Parker on the points.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
