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On December 15, the former heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (24-2, 18 KOs) will return to the ring in New Zealand. The 26-year-old Parker's opponent name is not known yet.
In the main event of the evening at the London O2 arena in the dramatic battle Dillian Whyte (24-1, 17 KOs) scored a unanimous decision over former world champion Joseph Parker (24-2, 18 KOs). Thus, Whyte defended his title of WBC silver champion and added the vacant belt of the international WBO heavyweight champion. The scores were 113-112, 115-110, 114-111.
A live broadcast of the evening of boxing from O2 Arena in London, in the main events of which two heavyweight battles will take place: Dillian Whyte will meet Joseph Parker, and Derek Chisora will meet Carlos Takam. The beginning of the broadcast is at 1 pm ET. The main fights of the evening begins at 5 pm.
An official weighing procedure took place on the eve of the boxing evening at the London O2 arena, in the main events of which in the heavyweight fights Dillian Whyte will meet Joseph Parker, and Derek Chisora will face Carlos Takam. The weigh-in results were as follows:
Dillian Whyte and former world champion Joseph Parker will meet on July 28 at the O2 Arena in London in a broadcast on the British television channel Sky Sports. On March this year in London Whyte scored the stoppage victory in the sixth round over Lucas Brown. Parker, in his turn, lost his last fight on points to Anthony Joshua in a unification battle in Cardiff. Whyte also has one defeat at the hands of Joshua, when he lost him in the seventh round in December 2015.
