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Joseph Parker appears headed toward fight with Mauriusz Wach

Joseph Parker is expected to fight Mauriusz Wach on the Feb. 29 card featuring Mikey Garcia vs. Jessie Vargas in Frisco, Texas.

Joseph Parker might finally be in for a real fight. There have been plenty of possible ones, all in the ongoing speculation about who will fight whom in a heavyweight division waiting on the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury rematch Feb. 22 on Fox/ESPN+ pay-per-view.

But there’s some immediate business on Parker’s agenda and it appears to be against Mauriusz Wach on Feb. 29 on a card featuring the Mikey Garcia-Jessie Vargas welterweight fight on DAZN at Frisco, Texas.

Wach (35-6, 19 KOs) told Polish media he is about to sign a contract to fight Parker (26-2, 20 KOs), a former heavyweight champion from New Zealand who has been training in Las Vegas for the last few weeks.

“We are waiting for specifics, documents that will have to be signed,” Wach told Polska Sport. “I will sign, send back and you will probably see me at the end of February with Parker. It would definitely be an interesting fight.

“Parker is fast and dynamic, but somehow I will have to compensate. I watched many Parker duels. I saw him boxing. During training and sparring it did not differ.”

Wach said he has been training in Poland.

“I will have four weeks of sparring,’’ said Wach, who is coming off a decision loss to Dillian Whyte on Dec. 7 in Saudi Arabia. “I think it’s enough time to prepare properly.”

Joseph Parker expected to make return in February: report

Joseph Parker plans to resume training in Las Vegas with hopes of getting back into the heavyweight title mix with a fight in February.

Joseph Parker plans to resume training in Las Vegas with hopes of getting back into the heavyweight title mix with a fight in February.

Parker manager David Higgins told Sky Sports that he will leave New Zealand for Vegas within a few days for a fight against an opponent not yet announced by promoter Eddie Hearn.

“There are concrete plans, which it’s not my place to announce,’’ Higgins said. “But there is a date and a venue, and it’s the opponent we’re waiting on.

“We’ve just been told it will be late February and in the United States.’’

Hearn’s next major card in the U.S. features Mikey Garcia vs. Jessie Vargas in a welterweight bout on Feb. 28 in Frisco, Texas on DAZN.

Parker, who lost a heavyweight belt to Anthony Joshua on March 31, 2018, was scheduled to fight Dereck Chisora in October. However, he withdrew, reportedly from illness suffered from a spider bite.

Parker (26-2, 20 KOs) has fought three times since his loss by unanimous decision to Joshua in Cardiff, Wales. He won two and lost one, losing to Dillian White and beating Alexander Flores and Alex Leapai.