British star Daniel Dubois will defend his IBF heavyweight world title against New Zealand's Joseph Parker on February 22 in Riyadh.
Dubois made a successful first defence of his IBF title with an impressive victory over fellow Briton Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium in September and will be aiming to see off the experienced Parker in order to set up a possible rematch with fellow champion Oleksandr Usyk, who stopped him in August 2023.
Here's everything you need to know ahead of what should be a compelling clash in Saudi Arabia.
Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph Parker, which is on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev's rematch with Dmitry Bivol, will take place on Saturday, February 22, 2025.
Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph Parker is the penultimate fight on Riyadh Season's 'The Last Crescendo' card and is expected to get underway around 5 PM ET.
Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph Parker will take place at the 27,000-capacity Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph Parker will be broadcast on DAZN Pay-Per-View.
Dubois is putting his IBF heavyweight championship belt on the line in the bout.
22-2 (21 KOs)
Dubois has won 22 of his 24 professional fights with an impressive 21 of those victories coming via knockout.
His pro bow was a knockout win in the first 35 seconds over Marcus Kelly in April 2017 and he quickly enhanced his reputation with further early-career victories over the likes of Mauricio Barragan, AJ Carter and Tom Little.
Dubois won the vacant WBO European heavyweight title when overcoming Razvan Cojanu in March 2019 and, later that year, secured the vacant Commonwealth and WBO International heavyweight titles when overpowering Ebenezer Tetteh in the first round.
The Briton suffered his first defeat against countryman Joe Joyce in November 2020 but bounced back with four consecutive victories over Bogdan Dinu, Joe Cusumano, Trevor Bryan and Kevin Lerena.
Dubois took on Usyk in Wroclaw, Poland in August 2023 and was beaten by the Ukrainian star in a controversial bout.
Usyk retained his titles via a ninth-round stoppage but Dubois was unhappy that his fifth-round punch which floored Usyk was ruled a low blow.
Dubois responded to the setback with victories over Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic, winning the IBF interim heavyweight title in the latter fight, and then stunned Joshua in the fifth round at Wembley to retain his IBF belt last time out.
35-3 (23 KOs)
Parker turned pro in 2012 and the New Zealander, who held the WBO heavyweight title between 2016 and 2018, has racked up 35 wins, 23 of which came via knockout, with just three defeats on his record.
He won his first seven fights in his home country before picking up more admirers with successes over Keith Thompson in 2014 and Jason Pettaway and Bowie Tupou the following year.
Parker continued to catch the eye with wins over Carlos Takam, Solomon Haumono and Alexander Dimitrenko before he secured the WBO heavyweight title with a majority decision verdict against Andy Ruiz Jr. in December 2016.
Following successful defences against Razvan Cojanu and Hughie Fury, Parker went down to his first defeat when Joshua claimed a unanimous decision victory over him in Cardiff, Wales in March 2018.
Another Briton, Dillian Whyte, delivered a second defeat later that year forcing Parker to try and rebuild his career. He managed six victories, including two over Derek Chisora, before suffering another setback at the hands of Joyce in September 2022.
However, Parker has come roaring back since, claiming five wins with stand-out performances coming against Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang when he picked up the WBO interim heavyweight title.
Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol; Undisputed light heavyweight title fight, for Beterbiev's WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring belts
Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker; For Dubois' IBF heavyweight title
Shakur Stevenson vs Floyd Schofield; For Stevenson's WBC lightweight title
Carlos Adames vs Hamzah Sheeraz; For Adames' WBC middleweight title
Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Israil Madrimov; For Ortiz Jr's WBC world interim super welterweight title
Zhilei Zhang vs Agit Kabayel; For the vacant WBC interim heavyweight title
Joshua Buatsi vs Callum Smith; For Buatsi's WBO light heavyweight interim title