Martin Bakole will change Daniel Dubois to battle Joseph Parker on Saturday night time.
‘Triple D’ was set to defend his IBF heavyweight title towards Parker within the co-main occasion of a stacked Saudi card headlined by Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol’s rematch for the undisputed mild heavyweight titles.
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Nevertheless, Dubois has since been withdrawn from the invoice after falling ailing.
In response to Ring Journal, Dubois was deemed medically unfit to compete by medical doctors and so fast-rising Congolese star Bakole will take his place within the chief assist slot.
Lawrence Okolie, David Adeleye and Mourad Aliev have been initially mentioned to be the frontrunners to exchange Dubois.
Nevertheless, Parker will as a substitute face a far sterner check in Bakole.
The heavy-handed African famous person was broadly written off after falling to the primary defeat of his skilled profession towards Michael Hunter in 2018.
However he flipped the script by laying waste to Tony Yoka, Carlos Takam and Jared Anderson.
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