Parker: Dubois will mentally stop if the fight becomes strong

Joseph Parker believes that the IBF champion is a heavyweight category Daniel Dubois May mentally stopped if their fight is too heavy for him on February 22 in Riyadh.

Dubois (22-2, 21 ko) sees as a kind of fighter who is fine when he goes well, but falls apart when he faces resistance and trouble.

Mentality of giving up?

Parker (35-3, 23 ko) accurately describes Duboisov (22-2, 21 ko) psychological profile, which also fits well with Anthony Joshua. They both have learned helplessness and lack confidence in handling the combat situations that go against themQuitter mentality.

We saw that with Dubois, he was giving up on Oleksandar Usyk and Joe Joyce, who both fought for him if he remained composed and followed the instructions from his corner.

It may not be important that Dubois cannot bear stress because of difficult fighting because it is very likely that it will be at the top of the whole competition against a 33-year-old parker. The 27-year-old Dubois is in his top career, coming out of a huge AJ knockout from the fifth circle and could destroy a bark within two or three rounds if he landed his shots.

Mental courage brought into question

“If he gets too hard, he’ll look for a way out. But if he goes his way, he’ll move on,” Joseph Parker said Sky Sports Boxing Daniel Dubois can fall mentally about his belief if his fight is too heavy on February 2nd.

“My job is to go out there and make up for what will bring and follow my game plan. In boxing, they always try in the future and set up big fights. If he tries to set it up, he has to cross me first,” Parker said.

Parker won the last five fights and looked good, but he didn’t fight anyone at the Dubois level. Parker beat 41-year-old Zhilei Zhang in the last two fights and a 39-year-old Deontay Wilder. Zhang would easily win if he hadn’t come out after five rounds. He lowered Parker in three and eight rounds with shots.

However, Zhang was too heavy at 291 pounds to maintain any pace in the fight, which made it possible for Parker to win a close, questionable victory of the majority in 12 rounds. I watched the fight and beat Zhang, but the judges loved Parker’s activity. He was more energetic of the two.

Parker’s fragile beard can betray him against Parker if he can land some big shots at him in an early competition. The hits that are Joshua in need in the first round against Dubois would probably be too much for Parker.