Saturday’s IBF heavyweight title fight between Daniel Dubois and Joseph Parker is off, BoxingScene has learned.
A source close to the situation informed BoxingScene this evening that a viral infection is the cause of Dubois’ withdrawal, which unfortunately comes just days after Floyd Schofield withdrew from his scheduled fight against Shakur Stevenson on the same card.
In terms of replacement opponents, The Ring, which is the magazine owned by Turki Alalshikh, mentioned on social media the names Lawrence Okolie, David Adeleye and Mourad Aliev as potential contenders to fill in for Dubois. It is not yet known whether one of these heavyweights has been offered the fight, only that they are being “considered”.
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