Comments Thread For: As Daniel Dubois closes in on rematch with Oleksandr Usyk what does that mean for Joseph Parker and the rest of the contenders?

[Bob]

When we are talking about the other Heavyweight fighters 'We are really talking about Joseph Parker and Anthony Joshua still astonishingly. Because between Oleksandr Uysk, Daniel Dubois, Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker. The next moves which those four Heavyweight fighters make, is going to have a domino type effect on the Heavyweight Division. Their moves are going to have a catalytic effect on the Heavyweight Division'.

Fighters are still watching what Anthony Joshua does next 'Because outside of a title fight, he is the most appealing and lucrative fight for the entire Heavyweight Division. No matter where a fight against Anthony Joshua takes place, they are going to make good business. And if they can potentially win the fight, this will greatly improve their resumes'.

And then we have Joseph Parker 'I think many fighters observe Parker, and think he is a very beatable fighter. For many years he seemed to just tread water, and not really produce any spectacular performances. And although he is a complete fighter, Parker has not real attributes which have the ability to dominate his opponents at top level. Parker does not have the skill level, brute strength or power of Anthony Joshua'.

But the reason why many fighters would want to fight Joseph Parker 'Is because of his high ranking in the Heavyweight Division. There is only one win that can propel a contender immediately towards a title fight. And that fight is against Joseph Parker, due to his recent from and big wins against Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang'.

If Oleksandr Uysk chooses to fight Daniel Dubois II next 'Then I think Joseph Parker may potentially fight Anthony Joshua for the second time. The fight makes sense for both fighters, as? It gives the opportunity for Parker to avenge a loss to Joshua I. And it gives Anthony Joshua an opportunity to regain serious momentum back in his career, with a potential win vs Joseph Parker II'.

Fighters such as Martin Bakole, Efe Ajagba, Agit Kabayel 'The facts are? Those Heavyweight fighters have been around in the game for many years. They don't have the position in the game, or prestige on their resumes to dictate moves towards Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker'.

Note: So Agit Kabayel is on a good run of form 'Good for him, but so what? Where has he been for the past decade? Agit Kabayel turned professional in 2011, let's not all sit here and try and make out fighters like Martin Bakole and Agit Kabayel are rookie fighters. They have been around for many years, all while Anthony Joshua was one of the premier Heavyweight Champions'.

Where was Agit Kabayel and Martin Bakole when Anthony Joshua beat Wladimir Kiltschko in the greatest Heavyweight title fight of the past 25 years? Where were they when he became the Two Time World Heavyweight Champion? They were not elite level fighters, during the Heavyweight reigns of Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua or Deontay Wilder the Three Heavyweight Mountains of this era'.

To conclude: So, when we talk about the other main Heavyweight fighters 'We are talking about Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker still in 2025. Fighters like Agit Kabayel, have not achieved feats in the sport, that gives them a position in the game to start dictating moves towards other Top level Heavyweight fighters'.

Anthony Joshua is a major Celestial Body in the Heavyweight Division 'His behaviour, actions and moves are going to have a effect in the Heavyweight Division to a greater extent to all the other Heavyweight fighters below the Heavyweight Champions'.

The two fighters outside of Oleksandr Uysk and Daniel Dubois 'Who's next moves are going to have a catalytic effect in the game. Are Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker, and I think fighters like Martin Bakole, Efe Ajagba, and Agit Kabayel are just solid contenders waiting around for a big opportunity' etc.

Sorry i sneezed, can you write your "article in a comments section" again please.

[Left Hook Louie]

Yeah, I am up for that scenario as it makes a lot of sense. On a side note, I think the promoters are realising that uncle Turki's lavish presents are coming to an end and that their businesses need to stand on their own two feet to survive the future competition that Dana White will provide.

Of course there will be a rematch clause in the Usyk/DuBois contract which extends the timeline way out for the Parker/Kabayel winner to either sit around and rust or risk a stay-busy fight.
Even the simple and obvious scenarios can't work in the real world.

[Bob]

Was going fine until author referenced punch drunk tomato can Joshua as having any relevance beyond trial horse

Ive never understood the fascination in the big wooden horse, he avoided his 2 rivals until it was to late & has never beaten a prime elite heavyweight just shot 38-41yr olds. He's 6-4 & muppets still talk him up for world title shots. Barmy.

[brankobugarski]

Of course there will be a rematch clause in the Usyk/DuBois contract which extends the timeline way out for the Parker/Kabayel winner to either sit around and rust or risk a stay-busy fight.
Even the simple and obvious scenarios can't work in the real world.

I think Usyk wins the second fight and I can't see him wanting to fight DDD again after that. Usyk is only a couple of fights away from retirement.

[BustedKnuckles]

Forget DDD right now. Fight Parker, because ddd cancelled. Let DDD fight Kabayel for the last shot at Usyk before retirement. And I dont care if kabayel has been around for 40 yrs, he's bodying all opponents now, all in a row, and i bet he does it to Dubois too.

[daggum]

Ive never understood the fascination in the big wooden horse, he avoided his 2 rivals until it was to late & has never beaten a prime elite heavyweight just shot 38-41yr olds. He's 6-4 & muppets still talk him up for world title shots. Barmy.

wilder avoided joshua thats just a fact. 100 million dollar offer turned down. wilder confirms this. not sure how you can be avoiding someone if you massively try to overpay him and yes they tried to massively overpay him, wilder got a pittance of that instead for his next fights which proves it was an overpay. you can say joshua su-cked and was a bum or whatever but why pretend he avoided wilder when it was wilder who avoided him

[billeau2]

Ive never understood the fascination in the big wooden horse, he avoided his 2 rivals until it was to late & has never beaten a prime elite heavyweight just shot 38-41yr olds. He's 6-4 & muppets still talk him up for world title shots. Barmy.

In before Duggum and the rest of the Joshuastans start bleating about subjective rankings and how ferociously ranked fighters like Wach are terra firma, and how Joshua beat all subjectively ranked champions! All of them! All 20 ranked heavy weight champs! Wowza!!!

[billeau2]

wilder avoided joshua thats just a fact. 100 million dollar offer turned down. wilder confirms this. not sure how you can be avoiding someone if you massively try to overpay him and yes they tried to massively overpay him, wilder got a pittance of that instead for his next fights which proves it was an overpay. you can say joshua su-cked and was a bum or whatever but why pretend he avoided wilder when it was wilder who avoided him

Let the bleating commence... "wa wa wa Wilder never beat the paper Usca WBNA world champ wa wa wa... " Joshua would have produced an odious brown juice running down his leg if he had had to face Wilder when Wilder could still throw a punch. And all the paper contenders Joshua could muster would not aid him one bit as Wilder decapitated him like the Nordic Nightmare.

Everyone with any sense could see the writing on the wall if that fight had occured: It would have been the Tyson Michael Spinks fight all over again.

[SUBZER0ED]

Seems pretty obvious - Parker vs Kabayel with the winner to fight either Usyk or DuBois depending on the outcome.

Good on Warren for staging the fight on his own in the UK. Riyadh Season Shmeason.

No doubt, flying all the way to Saudi Arabia has to take its toll on fighters. Not to mention, the crazy early ring walk times for fans.

[SUBZER0ED]

Let the bleating commence... "wa wa wa Wilder never beat the paper Usca WBNA world champ wa wa wa... " Joshua would have produced an odious brown juice running down his leg if he had had to face Wilder when Wilder could still throw a punch. And all the paper contenders Joshua could muster would not aid him one bit as Wilder decapitated him like the Nordic Nightmare.

Everyone with any sense could see the writing on the wall if that fight had occured: It would have been the Tyson Michael Spinks fight all over again.

I don't know about that, bro. At the time, there was an aura of confidence in both Joshua and Wilder, that I believe would have made for a great fight. Joshua only had the one loss vs Ruiz, which he avenged. Andy wasn't the physical specimen that Anthony was, which made some people astounded (AJ included) at how he beat the muscle-bound fighter. But Ruiz is no slouch. He has fast hands and can bang. Nearly all of Wilder's opponents before Fury were smaller than him, yet there were times when he was outboxed. That right hand saved him from some losses which is extraordinary, but that's all he had. Joshua is more skilled and very powerful too.