Shakur Stevenson may as a substitute face Britain’s Josh Padley after Floyd Schofield pulled out of this weekend’s world title battle.
Schofield has been deemed “too sick” to problem Stevenson for the WBC light-weight title and Padley is ready to step in as a late alternative to face the American star, on the undercard of Dubois vs Parker in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, stay on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace.
Yorkshireman Padley holds an unbeaten 15-fight file and pulled off a surprising upset win over Mark Chamberlain in his final battle on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois at Wembley in September.
However the 29-year-old will probably be taking an enormous step-up in school towards Stevenson, who is taken into account one of many elite champions in boxing.
Stevenson seems on the undercard of probably the greatest ever payments in boxing, with Daniel Dubois defending his IBF heavyweight title towards Joseph Parker.
Artur Beterbiev battles Dmitry Bivol once more in a rematch for the undisputed light-heavyweight belts, whereas Joshua Buatsi faces fellow Brit Callum Smith and Zhilei Zhang collides with Agit Kabayel in a heavyweight showdown.
Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker and the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol rematch will probably be stay on Saturday February 22 on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace. E book now!
