Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – A ranar Alhamis, 21 ga Fabrairu 2025, Daniel Dubois ya yi Ritaya daga Gasa da Joseph Parker saboda ya yi wa lafiya, inda Martin Bakole ya zo ya maye gurbin shi. Bakole zai yi gasa a wani babban taro na boxing a Saudi Arabia, wanda ake kira da suna Riyadh Season.
Dubois, wanda ke da shekara 27, ya kasance yana shiri don yin hijira na biyu a matsayin zakaran IBF na heavyweight, amma saboda ya yi wa lafiya, ya yi ritaya. Wani rahoton da aka binta ya nuna cewa Dubois ya kasance cikin mutuwar lafiya a birnin Riyadh, kuma ya kasance ba zai iya yin gasar ba.
Martin Bakole, ƙwararren mawaki daga ƙasar Congo, ya zo ya maye gurbin Dubois. Bakole ya taba yin gasa a Saudi Arabia a baya, inda ya doke Carlos Takam da Jared Anderson. Ya ce ya tsaya a kan haka don yin gasa da Parker.
Joseph Parker ya ce ya yi abin dama da ya yi Ritaya, domin aishi da lafiya ba abin wasan bahaushe ba ne. Ya kuma ce ya na Dankon shekara ta Dubois da taimakon da Allah ya yi masa.
Martin Bakole’s coach, Billy Nelson, ya ce suna cikin farin ciki da dama ta Bakole, kuma su na yeme yake zai iya kawar da Joseph Parker.
Taron dai zai ga shiga Bakole da Parker suna ringwalk a tsakanin 9pm zuwa 10pm UK time, yayin da Artur Beterbiev da Dmitry Bivol zai yi gasa a wajima.
