The suspension has come ahead of her opening fight at the Paris Olympics, which opened over the weekend in France.
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31-year-old Okolie comes into this fight after winning the WBC bridgerweight title in May by defeating the defending champion Lukasz Rozanski in his own backyard in Poland.
In the other corner for the exhibition bout will be John Gotti III, the grandson of the organized crime leader.
Adesanya and Du Plessis faced off in the cage last July, after the latter earned a shock TKO win over Robert Whittaker.
Whittaker, who had walked to the ring backed by an orchestra, toyed and out-classed his opponent, who had secured a place on the same stage as the Olympian by way of gate-crashing his press conference ahead of his last outing against Leon Willings.
The two heavyweights recently faced off in Saudi Arabia, with Usyk emerging victorious to unify the division.
The heavyweight boxer made the pronouncement ahead of his titanic clash against Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday.
He will box the mixed martial artist three months after an impressive fifth-round stoppage of Otto Wallin in December.
The news of the match between AJ and Ngannou was announced by Matchroom and Queensberry on Friday night.
The Eagle Online recalls that the referee called the December 26 match in favour of Portable after the fourth round.
He was a double winner on the night as his cracking performance saw him clinch the first title of his professional career.
Apart from the Trophy, there is a cash prize of N1 million for the overall winner.
Parker, 31, turned in the performance of his career to beat “The Bronze Bomber” over 12 rounds on “The Day of Reckoning” card in Riyadh, a major upset that will have major ramifications at the top of the heavyweight division.
Both boxers will battle for the first title of their professional careers at the event boxing fiesta.
Specifically, the GOtv Boxing Night is to be held Tuesday, December 26, at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The exercise is with sub-regional and national title bouts listed among the six scheduled for the night.
Throughout 2023, it had been rumoured that the pair were close to agreeing a deal to square off in a mammoth heavyweight showdown in the Middle East.
The British heavyweight, 34, appears to be securing his future beyond his boxing career after seeing “so many athletes squander their fortunes”.
Tyson Fury has revealed his undisputed heavyweight showdown with Oleksandr Usyk is set to take place on December 23.
The world boxing champion, 35, and his wife of 15 years, who is 33 years old, shared the happy news with OK!.
Bantamweight boxer, Arabambi ‘Power’ Ojo has taken up the challenge to fight Tunde ‘Turning Star’ Olojede at GOtv Boxing Night 29.