Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker: How to watch, PPV cost, date, start time, odds, what's been said, TV channel and live stream

Just days away now from the epic  Last Crescendo fight night  in Riyadh with IBF world heavyweight champion  Daniel Dubois, 22-2 (21 KOs), taking on former world champ Joseph Parker . It is live on DAZN Pay-Per-View this Saturday (February 22) - Buy now here

This will be Dubois's second defence of his belt,  coming after the Greenwich fighter stopped Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium after five rounds  in September. Now he faces a voluntary defence in Saudi Arabia against the vastly experienced New Zealander Parker, 35-3 (23 KOs).

Parker, who held the WBO championship for two years, has worked tirelessly to rebuild his reputation and career after numerous defeats and setbacks. Now, after five straight, impressive victories he has the opportunity to register an upset and claim another world crown.

For the winner, there is the opportunity to face WBC, WBA and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk next in an undisputed world heavyweight contest .

DAZN News has everything you need to know ahead of Daniel Dubois against Joseph Parker.

Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker fight date, start time

Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker will take place on  Saturday, February 22  at Riyadh Season's The Last Crescendo, with the whole card set to be shown live on DAZN.

The main fight card and DAZN broadcast will begin at 7:00pm KSA; 4:00pm GMT; 11:00am ET; 8:00am PT.

Dubois versus Parker will start at 12:40am KSA; 9:40pm GMT; 4:40pm ET; 1:40pm PT.

• Date : Saturday, February 22
• Time : 7:00pm KSA; 4:00pm GMT; 11:00am ET; 8:00am PT
• Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph Parker main event ringwalks (approx) : 12:40am KSA; 9:40pm GMT; 4:40pm ET; 1:40pm PT

Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker fight card

• 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 titl e

How to watch Dubois vs Parker?

Daniel Dubois versus Joseph Parker and the whole fight card at The Last Crescendo, including Beterbiev vs Bivol 2, will be available through DAZN Pay-Per-View.

The PPV is available to  buy now at £19.99 in UK and $25.99 in US .

Buying the DAZN PPV offers a range of extra benefits. including  alternative commentary  options with  Adam Smith  or  True Geordie  or  Showbizz the Adult ; local language commentary, and (for UK only) entry to a prize draw for tickets to Chris Eubank Jr. vs Connor Benn*.

Watch the fight night anywhere with DAZN via smart TV's, smartphones, tablets, games consoles, streaming devices and PC's / laptops.

Buying the Last Crescendo PPV provides a free seven-day trial of the full DAZN platform, with access to all boxing content, plus live action across football, golf, tennis, motorsport and more**.

For PPV costs in your country and to buy now,  click here .

*UK only. Restrictions apply. See T&Cs on help.dazn.com.  Full T&C's here

**Sports available in free trial dependent on country of residence

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Dubois vs Parker betting odds: Who is favourite?

The champion is the favourite to retain his crown, with Daniel Dubois 1/3 with DAZN Bet to win the bout. Parker is 21/10 to take the contest and with it the IBF title. The draw is 22/1.

Dubois to win by knockout is 4/6 and by decision 100/30. Parker is 6/1 to claim victory by KO, with a judges' decision verdict 17/4. 

Dubois vs Parker odds to win:

• Dubois: 1/3
• Parker: 21/10
• Draw: 22/1

Odds provided by DAZN Bet, for full markets, odds and offers, click here .

Odds correct of February 17, 5:25pm GMT

What has been said?

The IBF champion is chomping at the bit to get in the ring again and build on his 2024 momentum: "It is on now. Week in, week out in training can be draining and doesn't feel the same," Dubois told DAZN.

"But now we are here in Riyadh, it is a new buzz, it is exciting and I am locked in. However good he is, I'm going to be better. I'm leaving with my belt, he is not taking mine.

"It is good people want to fight me now, that they want to take a shot at me, that's why you do this. The progress has been so good, we know the journey we are on and I just want to put in a clinical, devastating performance."

For challenger Parker, a former world championship himself, he believes his experience will see him through: "I can't do anything more to prepare. Mentally I am ready to leave it all out there and the result will be what it will be.

"This is the biggest fight of my career. Another chance to fight for the championship of the world and against such a superb opponent. This is my toughest test.

"I am a very different fighter and person to 2016 [when he became world champion). Now I respect the position I am in now. Now I love what I do. I lot of setbacks, a lot of questions about me, but all of that has led to this moment."

 

Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker tale of the tape

Daniel Dubois record 

• Nationality : British
• Age : 27
• Height : 6' 5"
• Reach : 78"
• Total fights : 24
• Record : 22-2 (21 KOs)

Joseph Parker record

• Nationality : New Zealander
• Age : 33
• Height : 6' 4"
• Reach : 76"
• Total fights : 38
• Record : 35-3 (23 KOs)

Daniel Dubois vs. Joshua Parker form and history

Both Daniel Dubois and Joseph Parker may not have expected this fight to be made six months ago, but all changed when the former stopped Joshua at Wembley Stadium.

With AJ bidding to become a three-time world champion, Dubois - in his first defence since he was elevated from the interim title - dropped him multiple times early on.

It lead to a fifth-round stoppage, and when Joshua was said to not be ready for a rematch to take place in February, his rival moved onto another target in the revived Parker.

After a loss to Joe Joyce in September 2022, it looked like the end of the road at the top end for Paker, but he has rebuilt with several fantastic performances since then.

Most notably, he scored major decision victories over two of the division's other top names, in Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang, to restore his standing and help set up this bout.

Where is the Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker fight?

Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 will take place at the   Kingdom Arena  in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which has fast become the    de-facto home    for Riyadh Season super-cards.

The 27,000-capacity stadium, certified as the largest covered football stadium in the world by the   Guinness World Records   , is the home of Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal.

It previously hosted both of Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury's heavyweight bouts, plus the first undisputed light-heavyweight fight between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.

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