Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph Parker: Tony Bellew Analyses Heavyweight Clash

Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker – On February 22, at the Kingdom Arena, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Daniel Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) will defend his IBF heavyweight crown against Kiwi fighter Joseph Parker (35-3, 23 KOs). Their heavyweight title fight is a key component of a loaded Riyadh Season card, headlined by Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol 2. As we approach this historic card Tony Bellew has spoken to Casino Apps about the upcoming IBF clash.

Tony Bellew Breaks Down Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker

Bellew Talks Key Factors for Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker

“It’s an exceptional card. With the Dubois and Parker fight, you can obviously make cases for both of them. If I could put a game plan in place, there’s a way to defeat Dubois and you cannot start slow means if you let this boy gain any confidence whatsoever, he’s going to run through you. AJ allowed him to get confidence and it cost him, it really did,” said Bellew, regarding the upcoming Dubois-Parker fight.

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Revealing his prediction for the heavyweight bout, Bellew said: “I just think Joe Parker comes out, sticks a hard jab on him, lands a few hard shots early doors, I think he takes over the fight and just wins at a canter.  But if he allows Daniel Dubois to gain any kind of confidence and get on top of him, he’s had it. He’s literally had it. He’s a strong boy, Daniel Dubois, but he’s very tunnel visioned. He doesn’t see the peripheral thing around him. He’s tunnel visioned. He’s straight ahead, going for you. And he’s balls in.” 

“You have to understand that his (Parker’s) resume is absolutely fantastic. There’s wins and losses around here. He justfights everyone. From AJ, to Dilian Whyte, to Derek Chisora a couple of times, to Deontay Wilder, to Zhilei Zhang, to Andy Ruiz, all these fighters. Mate, he’s fought everyone. He really has. He’s only missing Fury and Oleksandr Usyk off his list.”

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Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker Full Fight Card

• Main event: Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol – for WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring belts
• Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker – for IBF heavyweight title
• Shakur Stevenson vs Flloyd Schofield – for WBC lightweight title
• Carlos Adames vs Hamzah Sheeraz – for WBC middleweight title
• Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Israil Madrimov – for interim WBC super-welterweight title
• Zhilei Zhang vs Agit Kabayel – for interim WBC heavyweight title
• Joshua Buatsi vs Callum Smith – for interim WBO light-heavyweight title
• Bradley Rea vs Constantino Nanga
• Mohammed Alakel vs TBA
• Ziyad Almaayouf vs TBA