Joseph Parker will be stripped of his WBO interim title after just one second of his fight against Daniel Dubois because of a rather peculiar rule. The New Zealander won the title after defeating Zhilei Zhang by majority decision in Saudi Arabia last March, but he will have to relinquish it as soon as the bell sounds for his fight next month.

Interim WBO Heavyweight champion Joseph Parker will be stripped of his title the moment his bout with Daniel Dubois officially begins. The New Zealander, who trains under Irish boxing legend Andy Lee and is a frequent visitor to these shores, will take on reigning IBF Heavyweight kingpin Daniel Dubois next month in a huge heavyweight clash.

Joseph Parker knows that he is "not supposed to be winning" against Daniel Dubois at Riyadh Season's The Last Crescendo,

Parker will go head-to-head with the Brit in Riyadh next month for Daniel's IBF title, but the Kiwi sensation will be making a big sacrifice upon the first bell

JOSEPH PARKER will be stripped of his WBO interim heavyweight title after just ONE SECOND of his fight against Daniel Dubois. Parker won the trinket belt against Zhilei Zhang in March. But he now

Daniel Dubois has insisted he isn't overlooking Joseph Parker, despite reaffirming his desire to fight Oleksandr Usyk after their scheduled heavyweight title bout on Feb. 22.

Dubois confronted Usyk after his win over Tyson Fury - despite the Brit already having a fight lined up against Joseph Parker next month

Oleksandr Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs), the WBC, WBO, WBA and IBO world heavyweight champion, is not averse to fighting IBF belt holder Daniel Dubois from the UK (22-2, 21 KOs) in 2025. Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda's holding company,

Daniel Dubois will defend his heavyweight world title against Joseph Parker next month but has already called for a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk