Dubois and Parker collide this weekend (Picture: Richard Pelham/Getty Images) Daniel Dubois and Joseph Parker collide for the IBF heavyweight title in Saudi Arabia this weekend on a huge card headlined by the undisputed light-heavyweight rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. Seven fights made up a stacked night of boxing in Riyadh with Dubois making the second defence of his world title after dismantling Anthony Joshua last September. Parker is looking to become a two-time heavyweight champion having gone on his own wonderful winning run with big wins over Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang hauling him back into the world title picture. Beterbiev meanwhile enters as undisputed champion at…

IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois can stop Joseph Parker in a compelling fight at the Kingdom Arena (Picture: Getty Images) Daniel Dubois can set up a world heavyweight unification showdown with Oleksandr Usyk by defeating Joseph Parker in Riyadh on Saturday and it may only be the third or fourth best fight of an electrifying evening. There are six blockbuster battles on the outstanding card and genuine cases can be made for all 12 boxers having their arms raised in triumph such are the high standards that will be on show with the combatants suffering just a handful of defeats between them. All the box-office affairs would be worthy headline…

Schofield was set to fight Shakur Stevenson for the WBC lightweight title (Picture: Getty/KidAustin) Floyd Schofield’s father has shared footage of his son in hospital after he was pulled from his fight just days from the opening bell on Saturday night following claims his son was ‘poisoned’. Schofield, 22, was scheduled to fight American sensation Shakur Stevenson for the WBC lightweight title on the stacked card in Saudi Arabia this weekend. It was one of seven fights scheduled for the blockbuster event in Riyadh, headlined by the undisputed light-heavyweight rematch between Artur Beberbiev and Dmitry Bivol and the heavyweight showdown between Daniel Dubois and Joseph Parker. It emerged overnight however…

Mike Tyson has addressed the claims (Picture: Getty) Mike Tyson has addressed claims that he fought against Jake Paul with Parkinson’s disease after comments made from his former opponent. Tyson came out of retirement for his first professional bout since 2005 when he squared off against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul last November in a fight watched by a reported 60 million households around the world. Entering the ring at 58 years old, however, Tyson was a shadow of his former self in the ring and was largely carried to a unanimous decision defeat by Paul, 28. The bout had initially been scheduled for July but Iron Mike was forced to pull…

Davis and Berinchyk were involved in a heated press conference on Wednesday (Picture:  Mikey Williams/Top Rank) American boxer Keyshawn Davis has accused his opponent and his team of sending him a box of bananas and watermelons in a package delivered to his hotel room. Davis, 25, will fight for his first world title on Friday when he takes on WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk in New York. On Wednesday, the former Olympian shared a shocking post on X, claiming a racist package had been sent to his hotel room while suggesting Berinchyk and his team were behind it. Davis shared a picture of a box containing a bunch of bananas…

WBC/WBA/WBO super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez is no longer squaring up with Jake Paul, with a huge fight with Terence Crawford on the horizon (Picture: Getty Images) Was it good news or bad that Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez rejected the opportunity to fight brazen bigmouth YouTuber Jake Paul in May? Instead of boxing the upstart influencer in Las Vegas as part of the Cinco de Mayo celebrations in a couple of months, the 34-year-old Mexican will fight William Scull in Saudi Arabia to unify the super-middleweight titles.  Love him or loathe him – and most genuine boxing fans have a healthy disrespect for pompous Paul – he isn’t going away for…

Okolie and Riakporhe will meet in the ring in April (Picture: Ben Roberts Photo/Getty Images) British boxer Lawrence Okolie taunted rival Richard Riakporhe over his friendship with Madonna in an icy exchange promoting their fight later this year. Okolie and Riakporhe came face-to-face at a press conference in Manchester on Monday with the two Londoners set to collide in a heavyweight showdown in April. A simmering rivalry between the two was sparked in February last year when they came to blows at the Creed III premiere in London with members of their respective teams and security pulling them apart. At Monday’s press conference, Okolie was asked what set off the…

Derek Chisora intends on going out in a huge fight (Picture: Getty Images) Derek Chisora asked fans to choose who he takes on in his 50th and final fight, offering Anthony Joshua, Daniel Dubois and Oleksandr Usyk for them to choose from. The 41-year-old continued his impressive run of results at the climax of his career, beating Otto Wallin by unanimous decision on Saturday night in Manchester. The veteran knocked the Swede down twice on his way to a points victory, which is his third on the spin after wins over Gerald Washington and Joe Joyce since his last defeat, to Tyson Fury in 2022. Chisora now holds a record…

Paul and Canelo looked on before some stunning developments last night (Picture: Getty) Jake Paul’s promotional company has issued a statement slamming Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez after a chaotic U-turn from the Mexican superstar saw their proposed fight called off. In a wild sequence of events that rocked the boxing world on Thursday, news emerged that a proposed meeting between pound-for-pound kings Canelo and Terrence Crawford in September was off despite promising talks. Matchroom chief Eddie Hearn claimed the reason behind the collapse was that Canelo had found a new opponent in Paul. ‘The Problem Child’ has spent years calling out Canelo, one of the best fighters on the planet, with…

John Cooney suffered his first professional defeat on Saturday (Picture: Getty) Super-featherweight boxer John Cooney remains in critical condition after undergoing brain surgery following a knockout defeat on Saturday. Cooney suffered his first professional defeat after a ninth-round stoppage in Belfast against Welshman Nathan Howells  The 28-year-old, who was defending his Celtic super-featherweight title, was initially assessed by medical staff at Ulster Hall before being taken out of the ring on a stretcher. Cooney was then transferred to Royal Victoria Hospital where he underwent surgery and remains in intensive care. Cooney’s promoter Mark Dunlop released a statement which read: ‘Following John Cooney’s epic title fight at the Ulster Hall on Saturday evening,…