Who will Joseph Parker 🇳🇿 fight next?
Short answer
Most likely next opponent: Dillian Whyte (12%, callout / claim).
Confidence: Medium · Updated (UAE time)
His doping ban was lifted in 2026, and BoxingScene reports a 15 Dec return in New Zealand with no opponent named.
Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Joseph Parker's next opponent. These are not chances of winning.
- Dillian Whyte12%chance next opponentJoseph Parker lost to Fabio Wardley on 25 Oct 2025 (TKO, round 11). Sky Sports names a Whyte rematch among Parker's targets after his ban was lifted.No date
Field / other: 88%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Last fight
- Loss vs Fabio Wardley · TKO, round 11 · 25 Oct 2025
- Confidence
- Medium (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
- Boxing factors
- Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
Joseph Parker: frequently asked questions
When is Joseph Parker's next fight?
No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026. The leading option is Dillian Whyte (No date).
Who did Joseph Parker fight last?
Joseph Parker lost to Fabio Wardley on 25 Oct 2025 (TKO, round 11). Source: Wikipedia.
Who is Joseph Parker likely to fight next?
NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: Dillian Whyte (12%), field / other 88%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.
What is Joseph Parker's record?
36–4 (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 25 Oct 2025, as listed on Wikipedia.
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- Filip Hrgović🇭🇷 · IBF heavyweight · next: Frank Sánchez 60%
- Oleksandr Usyk🇺🇦 · The Ring heavyweight · next: Deontay Wilder 60%
- Murat Gassiev🇷🇺 · WBA heavyweight · next: Derek Chisora 10%
- Anthony Joshua🇬🇧 · No world title listed · next: Tyson Fury Booked
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Sources
- Wikipedia: Joseph Parker · record and last fight (revision 1372839567)
- Sky Sports: Joseph Parker relieved after drugs ban lifted, could target Dubois-Wardley winner
- BoxingScene: Joseph Parker to return December 15 in New Zealand
Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.