Parker wins. Parker is on the rise and would beat AJ, who never really recovered from Ruiz's knockout. Parker has both a better chin than AJ, and a better chin than Dubois; Parker withstood Zhang.
Dubois should stay away from Parker. Not because it's a sure thing,but because it's a weird thing. Does not need him. I would pick Parker.
I think we're going to see J-Park vs Big Bang Bakole vs Kabayel But who is Big Frank lining up for Dubois seeing as it's looking like AJ might not take the immediate rematch? IBF rankings NOT RATED NOT RATED Agit Kabayel Martin Bakole Zhilei Zhang Frank Sanchez Efe Ajagba Anthony Joshua Filip Hrgovic Derek Chisora Otto Wallin Fabio Wardley Jared Anderson Guido Vianello Justis Huni Guido or Hunsi perhaps? Ajagba or Sanchez? Wardley, Chisora or Wallin?
I'd like to see it. I'm favouring Dubois but wouldn't be shocked if Parker again upset expectations and won. Whoever wins, I think it will be close.
Close but I think Dubois beats him up. Parker will have monets but he isn't heavy handed enough or busy enough to win. Dubois discourages him behind the jab R1-4, busts him up with the Jab R4-7 and stops him thereafter. Joe has a great chin but I feel, at this point, DD won't be denied
Maybe, Dubois can be outboxed as the Joyce and Usyk fights showed. He still tends to move in straight lines and neither Joshua or Hrgovic are good at moving laterally. But Dubois has improved under Don Charles and found his style. All gone is any pretence he is a boxer, he's a straight up, come forward pressure fighter now, with KO power and Parker may struggle against DDD if he can't get his respect early, otherwise we could see Parker walked down again like we saw vs Joyce. It's a damn good fight on paper, with arguable the top 3 and 4 in the division. Whoever wins, becomes the clear number 1 contender of the winner of the Usyk/Fury rematch.
I wouldn't say no to it. But if Parker has to rematch Zhang next, the winner of that fight will be next up for Usyk. So I'm not sure why they would opt to fight Dubois who many see as just a belt holder (judging by how many ranked him after his last win). The rotation for Usyk has been established: WBA mandatory (2023, Usyk defended against Dubois) ✅ WBC mandatory (joined the back of the queue as the last belt Usyk collected)✅ It was going to be: IBF mandatory (2024, Usyk dropped the belt for the Fury rematch rather than fight Dubois again)❎ So now next up: WBO mandatory (2025, WBO interim champ = winner of Parker v Zhang 2?) Personally, I'd rather see the winner of Usyk v Fury 2 fight the winner of Parker v Zhang 2.