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On October 25, at London’s O2 Arena, unbeaten British heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley takes on former world champion Joseph Parker.

Wardley, 30, has won 19 professional titles while serving as the interim WBA champion.

Parker, 33, holds the WBO interim belt and has won the entire title between 2016 and 2018.

The winner is anticipated to receive a chance to win the world title if both men are highly ranked by their respective sanctioning bodies.

Promoter Frank Warren praised Joe and Fabio for their efforts, saying that neither one of them wanted to wait around and defend their positions.

“I think this is a genuine even-money fight with a blend of styles that will be visually appealing and highly popular,” said the author.

We promised to keep up this heavyweight division, and we intend to keep all the contenders battling it out until the day’s end.

Wardley, who was born in Ipswich and scored from behind the scorecards in the summer, produced a one-punch stoppage of Justis Huni in the 10th round in June.

Wardley, a boxer who started out in the white-collar era, defeated Olympic medalist Frazer Clarke and domestic rival David Adeleye.

Parker, who lost to Joe Joyce in 2022, has won six straight fights in a dazzling vein of form.

These two endearing heavyweights are in strong positions, highly ranked, and willing to wait for opportunities. These are fighting men, but coasting is not in their DNA.

Parker is still the WBO’s only required challenger and absolutely deserves his world title shot. After footage of Usyk dancing at a public event was revealed, the WBO requested medical documentation from him. You have to wonder if Usyk is avoiding challenges, despite the fact that no one can accuse him of avoiding them.

To put it simply, Usyk currently holds all four of the major title titles. Parker ranks first behind WBO in terms of rankings. The WBA has some irks, with Kubrat Pulev holding the regular belt and Wardley as the interim champion.

Too much confusion and too many belts, in all. Wardley might have a chance to win a world title if Parker is promoted to full WBO champion sooner than expected.

Agit Kabayel, the interim champion of the WBC, is the only clear-cut winner, with veteran Derek Chisora, incredibly, sitting at number two.

Despite all the political strife, the division is still rumbling. We may not quite be the Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury, or Anthony Joshua boom, but the next wave may be here.

Moses Itauma appears to be leading that charge. Although he is officially ranked number one with the WBA and WBO, he actually sits behind Usyk as the full champion along with Pulev, Wardley, and Parker at the WBO due to the “secondary champions” in boxing.

In the middle of more pro-Palestinian protests at the final Grand Tour of the year, Marc Soler took the stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espana as Israel-Premier Tech riders raced in modified jerseys.

After dropping his fellow breakaway riders, Spaniard Soler rode alone to the summit finish at Farrapona in the north of the country.

On the second big mountain stage in two days, overall leader Jonas Vingegaard finished 39 seconds behind, beating nearest rival Joao Almeida of Portugal’s UAE Team Emirates-XRG team-mate Joao Almeida.

Vingegaard from Denmark increased his lead in the overall rankings by another two seconds.

Tom Pidcock, the Great Britain’s top performer, finished eighth and is still in third place overall, with the exception of Jai Hindley, who also placed fourth on the day.

For the “safety” of the race, Israeli-Premier Tech riders donned jerseys without their team names on.

Stage 11 was premature earlier this week, with no winner being announced as police battled to contain the hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters who waved flags in Bilbao.

In light of the risky nature of some protests at the Vuelta, Israel-Premier Tech issued riders with team monogram-branded kit for the duration of the race, the team said on Saturday before the stage.

The monogram kit now conforms to the branding decisions we made for our vehicles and casual clothing, but the team name is still Israel-Premier Tech.

Riders slowed to a halt as they made their way down a congested road lined with people waving Palestinian flags during the neutralized start.

In response to the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which resulted in the deaths of about 1,200 people and the hostage of 251, the Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza.

According to the Hamas-run health ministry of the Hamas-run region, at least 64,231 people have died as a result of Israeli attacks in Gaza since then.

Additionally, according to the ministry, three people have died in the last 24 hours from starvation and malnutrition during the war, according to the ministry.

1. Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)

2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) + 39secs

3. Same time as Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates-XRG).

4. + 43secs Jai Hindley (Aus/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +

5. Felix Gall (Aut/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), + 48secs

6. Giulio Pellizzari (Ita/Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) + 53secs

7. Same time Matthew Riccitello (US/Israel-Premier Tech)

8. Tom Pidcock (GB/Q36.5 Pro Cycling)

9. Sepp Kuss (US/Visma-Lease a Bike)

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) 53 hrs 19 mins 49 secs

2. 48 seconds added for Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates).

3. Tom Pidcock (GB/Q36.5 Pro Cycling) + 2mins 38secs

4. Jai Hindley (Aus/Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) + 3 minutes 10 secs

5. Felix Gall (Aut/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) + 3 minutes 30 secs

6. Giulio Pellizzari (Ita/Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) + 4 minutes, 21 secs

7. Matthew Riccitello (USA/Israel-Premier Tech) + 4 minutes, 53 seconds

8. Sepp Kuss (USA/Visma-Lease a Bike) + 5 minutes 46 secs

9. Thorstein Traeen (Nor/Bahrain Victorious) + 6 minutes 33 secs

Third-round leaderboard for the Irish Open

-15 A Saddier (Fra), -14 A Hidalgo (Spa), -12 A Garcia-Heredia (Spa), -11 R McIlroy (NI), J Lagergren (Swe)

class=”ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3″>Selected others: -7 T Hatton (Eng), class=”ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3″>-6 S Lowry (Ire), -3 T McKibbin, + 1 P Reed (US)

Rory McIlroy shot 68 to stay on top of the final round of the K Club, which continued his quest for a second Irish Open title.

McIlroy, who is looking for his first win since the Masters in April, birdied four birdies to stay in line with France’s Adrien Saddier, who shot 68.

Angel Hidalgo, who hit 12 birdies in a stunning nine-under-63 to take the title, is in charge of the Italian Open title.

Spain’s Alfredo Garcia-Heredia shot a 67 to put McIlroy’s team three shots off the lead, but overnight leader Joakim Lagergren fell to four back with a 73.

McIlroy claimed frustration after failing to cover up more ground on the lead despite a second straight bogey-free round.

The world number two, Harry, said, “This is probably the most frustrating four-under par round of golf I’ve played in a while as I was walking off the 18th green.

“I had plenty of chances,” she said. At the end, it became sluggish. I believed that I had many chances and made some good putts that didn’t go in. had a nice one that, at 14, sort of sank

McIlroy made a first-round birdie move in the fourth and fifth, but he had to wait until the fourteenth when he sunk a 40-foot putt to add another shot.

The five-time major winner relying on his short game to maintain his card’s integrity before birdie in increasingly gusty conditions.

He admitted that “the wind caught me out a few times.”

You’re trying to take balls out of the air so they don’t spin as much because the greens are so soft, according to “I think what’s hard as well.” However, if the wind is dying, you are still getting the wind’s effect, so you are playing for wind, which is not really effective.

Hidalgo, 27, had no trouble making birdies at times, as the 27-year-old did so consecutively with seven in a row.

Hidalgo added four shots to his back nine’s first six holes after bogeying at the ninth hole.

After putting his second on the water, he struggled with his momentum and hit a double-bogey seven on the 16th, but he eventually held on with a par on 17. He went on to birdie four more shots.

In a play-off against two-time major winner Jon Rahm to claim his nation title last year, Hidalgo said, “I really felt for a few moments I was playing the PlayStation.”

“Every shot went straight to the pin,” he said. Like the 13 one I go over, the one I missed was straight to the pin.

“]I’m] so happy. I’m not going to lie; I’m actually very happy. You must remember the 16th, of course, but I did a few recoveries as well. The birdie on 18 was obviously crucial to a successful tomorrow, and the one on 17 was also significant.

Hidalgo’s stunning early birdie, however, appeared to be unaffected by Saddier, who managed to hold the 54-hole lead before putting himself in position to win a second DP World Tour title.

Third-round leaderboard for the Irish Open

-15 A Saddier (Fra), -14 A Hidalgo (Spa), -12 A Garcia-Heredia (Spa), -11 R McIlroy (NI), J Lagergren (Swe)

class=”ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3″>Selected others: -7 T Hatton (Eng), class=”ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3″>-6 S Lowry (Ire), -3 T McKibbin, + 1 P Reed (US)

Rory McIlroy shot 68 to stay on top of the final round of the K Club, which continued his quest for a second Irish Open title.

McIlroy, who is looking for his first win since the Masters in April, birdied four birdies to stay in line with France’s Adrien Saddier, who shot 68.

Angel Hidalgo, who hit 12 birdies in a stunning nine-under-63 to take the title, is in charge of the Italian Open title.

Spain’s Alfredo Garcia-Heredia shot a 67 to put McIlroy’s team three shots off the lead, but overnight leader Joakim Lagergren fell to four back with a 73.

McIlroy claimed frustration after failing to cover up more ground on the lead despite a second straight bogey-free round.

The world number two, Harry, said, “This is probably the most frustrating four-under par round of golf I’ve played in a while as I was walking off the 18th green.

“I had plenty of chances,” she said. At the end, it became sluggish. I believed that I had many chances and made some good putts that didn’t go in. had a nice one that, at 14, sort of sank

McIlroy made a first-round birdie move in the fourth and fifth, but he had to wait until the fourteenth when he sunk a 40-foot putt to add another shot.

The five-time major winner relying on his short game to maintain his card’s integrity before birdie in increasingly gusty conditions.

He admitted that “the wind caught me out a few times.”

You’re trying to take balls out of the air so they don’t spin as much because the greens are so soft, according to “I think what’s hard as well.” However, if the wind is dying, you are still getting the wind’s effect, so you are playing for wind, which is not really effective.

Hidalgo, 27, had no trouble making birdies at times, as the 27-year-old did so consecutively with seven in a row.

Hidalgo added four shots to his back nine’s first six holes after bogeying at the ninth hole.

After putting his second on the water, he struggled with his momentum and hit a double-bogey seven on the 16th, but he eventually held on with a par on 17. He went on to birdie four more shots.

In a play-off against two-time major winner Jon Rahm to claim his nation title last year, Hidalgo said, “I really felt for a few moments I was playing the PlayStation.”

“Every shot went straight to the pin,” he said. Like the 13 one I go over, the one I missed was straight to the pin.

“]I’m] so happy. I’m not going to lie; I’m actually very happy. You must remember the 16th, of course, but I did a few recoveries as well. The birdie on 18 was obviously crucial to a successful tomorrow, and the one on 17 was also significant.

Hidalgo’s stunning early birdie, however, appeared to be unaffected by Saddier, who managed to hold the 54-hole lead before putting himself in position to win a second DP World Tour title.