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'Come into his own!' - Frank Warren expects Daniel Dubois to be star of latest Riyadh Season fight card

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3, Dec 24

'Come into his own!' - Frank Warren expects Daniel Dubois to be star of latest Riyadh Season fight card

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Frank Warren believes Daniel Dubois' upcoming IBF heavyweight title defence with Joseph Parker may trump Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol's undisputed rematch next year.

The four will all compete on Riyadh Season's The Last Crescendo fight card at Kingdom Arena on February 22, with the latter pair's light-heavyweight contest topping the bill.

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It means Dubois, who stopped Anthony Joshua in the fifth round in September at Wembley Stadium, will effectively play second fiddle in Saudi Arabia when he steps into the ring.

But regardless, Queensberry boss Warren feels it could still be the fight of the night, though he expects fireworks too when Beterbiev and Bivol go at it again for a second time.

"It's a great fight, [with] the best two light-heavyweights in the world," he told talkSPORT. "Last time round, it was an excellent fight. They displayed all their skills. It's the rematch.

"It's going to be a great fight. But I love the Daniel Dubois [versus] Joshua Parker fight. Daniel's come into his own now. He's shown what he's all about. Suddenly, he's hit maturity.

"Not just physically but mentally, and he's in with a live opponent, someone who comes to fight and is on a bit of a roll. He's resurrected his career. I think that's going to be great. "

Parker, who reigned as WBO champion between 2016 and 2018, has steadily rebuilt his reputation since a 2022 loss to Joe Joyce seemingly ended his top-tier prospects.

A string of impressive victories, including over Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang in the past year, has now set the stage for him to mount another world title bid next year.

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