Dubois withdrew from a bout against Parker in February, and now the latter could secure the fight that the Briton wanted above all others

The champion’s next outing was set to be a voluntary defence against the in-form Joseph Parker, but Dubois pulled out ill just days before the first bell. Parker stopped late replacement Martin Bakole in quick time to retain his WBO Interim Title.

Britain's Daniel Dubois is in talks to fight Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight title. IBF champion Dubois withdrew from his title defence against Joseph Parker on 22 February with illness,

OLEKSANDR USYK has been ordered to fight Joseph Parker by the WBO in a mandatory title defence. This comes just hours after Usyk, 38, held talks for a rematch with Daniel Dubois at Wembley.

Oleksandr Usyk has been ordered to start negotiations to defend his WBO heavyweight title against Joseph Parker - potentially scuppering Daniel Dubois' hopes of a rematch with the Ukrainian.

Oleksandr Usyk has been ordered by the World Boxing Organisation to begin discussions over a mandatory defence of his heavyweight title against

The World Boxing Organisation ordered Ukraine's world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk to open talks with Joseph Parker on Thursday for a mandatory title defence.

The World Boxing Organisation (WBO) has ordered heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk to begin negotiations over a mandatory title defence against Joseph Parker.

Heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk ordered by the WBO to begin negotiations with Joseph Parker for a mandatory title defence.

Oleksandr Usyk's plans to rematch Daniel Dubois in an undisputed heavyweight title fight hit a major stumbling block Wednesday night.