Joseph Parker will be stripped of his WBO interim title after just one second of his fight against Daniel Dubois because of a rather peculiar rule. The New Zealander won the title after defeating Zhilei Zhang by majority decision in Saudi Arabia last March, but he will have to relinquish it as soon as the bell sounds for his fight next month.

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If you needed more proof that boxing is the red light district of sports, the WBO will strip Joseph Parker of his title for the most ridiculous reason.

JOSEPH PARKER will be stripped of his WBO interim heavyweight title after just ONE SECOND of his fight against Daniel Dubois. Parker won the trinket belt against Zhilei Zhang in March. But he now

Joseph Parker knows that he is "not supposed to be winning" against Daniel Dubois at Riyadh Season's The Last Crescendo,

Joseph Parker will be stripped of his WBO interim heavyweight title as soon as the first bell sounds for his fight with Daniel Dubois next month, with the Brit currently holding the IBF belt