Parker v ??

This isn't like when Cameron was beaten by Tua and his career was effectively over. This was not a soul crushing defeat. It was a defeat that he can build on because he's only 26, a one time Champion that still has something to offer. Lightening hands and a top class chin. If he can just get a trainer that can rebuild his offence so that he has options when shit goes south he can make another title run for sure.

@mikethesnow said in Parker v ??:

@majorrage said in Parker v ??:

So what is Parkers future?

Can he realistically expect another shot anytime? From what I saw and read, he didn't really come close to causing Joshua any trouble.

If this had been a rugby match it would have been

NZ (AJ) v Wales (JP)

Wales / JP deserves to be in the contest; at times makes NZ / AJ look uncomfortable and vulnerable; but ultimately finishes the gallant loser.

But on their day, Wales / JP can beat Australia, SA, Ireland, England - Wilder et al, designate country to boxer at your leisure - and will have subsequent matches / bouts.

I think AJ needs to beat Wilder and Fury first then we can call him the ABs ,

All on track for him , but so far he has only beaten Wales and South Africa ( Vlad , used to be good but not any more )

@kiwiinmelb said in Parker v ??:

@mikethesnow said in Parker v ??:

@majorrage said in Parker v ??:

So what is Parkers future?

Can he realistically expect another shot anytime? From what I saw and read, he didn't really come close to causing Joshua any trouble.

If this had been a rugby match it would have been

NZ (AJ) v Wales (JP)

Wales / JP deserves to be in the contest; at times makes NZ / AJ look uncomfortable and vulnerable; but ultimately finishes the gallant loser.

But on their day, Wales / JP can beat Australia, SA, Ireland, England - Wilder et al, designate country to boxer at your leisure - and will have subsequent matches / bouts.

I think AJ needs to beat Wilder and Fury first then we can call him the ABs ,

All on track for him , but so far he has only beaten Wales and South Africa ( Vlad , used to be good but not any more )

Not sure if there are many MMA fans on this thread, but the AJ v Wilder match up & hype up reminds me of the recent Stiope Miocic v Francis Ngannou fight.

I think the boxing version will go the same way, with AJ in the Miocic role.

@kiwiinmelb agree entirely. Joshua did catch Joe with a couple of glancing blows - but he didn't show crazy power or anything. Maybe he'd have gone harder if Joe had shown more aggression or rocked him earlier. Joshua is a talented dude, no doubt, but his ring craft isn't quite as exciting as he looks.

@paekakboyz said in Parker v ??:

@kiwiinmelb agree entirely. Joshua did catch Joe with a couple of glancing blows - but he didn't show crazy power or anything. Maybe he'd have gone harder if Joe had shown more aggression or rocked him earlier. Joshua is a talented dude, no doubt, but his ring craft isn't quite as exciting as he looks.

There is only one current boxer i look at and think , how do you beat this bloke ? with a gun perhaps , and that is triple g at middleweight.,

Joshua deserves his top ranking , I don’t see that same level as invincibility I see in golovkin though , not yet anyway .

This surprised me a bit , didnt see it coming , Parker v Whyte , July 28

A mate of mine is pretty close to JP and mentioned this as most likely option a couple of weeks back. As a result I was quite surprised to see One News mention Jennings as next opponent.

Both fighters with the one and only loss, and to Joshua. Whyte currently slight fav in early betting markets,

Apparently they were in negotiation with Jennings ,

Likewise Whyte with Ortiz ,

But both were having difficulties coming to final agreements , Hearn and Higgins got talking , and made this happen instead , they say it wasnt long term planning , but because they know each other well , they were able to get it happening quickly .

Hey Fern pugilist fellas.

Ain't there a fight tomorrow?
What's the low down?

@siam said in Parker v ??:

Hey Fern pugilist fellas.

Ain't there a fight tomorrow?
What's the low down?

There’s a fight. It is on tonight. There could be a winner and a loser, maybe even both, maybe neither.

Whyte with a little trash talking, JP says he’s coming in as the angry man.

Could be duelling windmills.

Hoping Parker can sit this guy on his ass. Needs to throw some bombs to be a risky but compelling option for Joshua.

@paekakboyz said in Parker v ??:

Hoping Parker can sit this guy on his ass. Needs to throw some bombs to be a risky but compelling option for Joshua.

Whyte wants an open, loose fight. Could be fireworks

Parker should win comfortably but don't be suprised to see Whyte win by robbery as you usually see on Matchroom run shows.

@african-monkey said in Parker v ??:

Parker should win comfortably but don't be suprised to see Whyte win by robbery as you usually see on Matchroom run shows.

Based on what?

Will be fireworks early...hopefully!

Parker there to make a statement, well so they say. Let’s see what happens once the bell rings

@mn5 Based on Whyte being very over-rated, coming in overweight and the fact that Parker is better than him in every department. Whyte hasn't beaten anyone decent (won a robbery against a past it Chisora) and if he wasn't promoted by Eddie Hearn he'd be nowhere.

@african-monkey said in Parker v ??:

@mn5 Based on Whyte being very over-rated, coming in overweight and the fact that Parker is better than him in every department. Whyte hasn't beaten anyone decent (won a robbery against a past it Chisora) and if he wasn't promoted by Eddie Hearn he'd be nowhere.

Righto.
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Here's hoping then ?

Parker getting torched. No defense at all in this fight. Whyte well ahead at this point.

Wow looks like the ridiculous KD in round 2 has really affected Parker mentally.

Unless Parker flukes a knockout in the last couple of rounds, he is done and will never get another big fight again

@african-monkey said in Parker v ??:

Wow looks like the ridiculous KD in round 2 has really affected Parker mentally.

If that's all it takes, Parker has no business being in these fights.

For a fighter with t-rex arms, fighting on the back foot is not the way.

@sammyc Yeah long way back for him after this. He'll either have to spend a year or 2 fighting low level journeymen or become a gatekeeper similar to Chisora/Takam.

Whyte going roughouse seemed to affect Parker.

@hydro11 Agreed, I thought he was better than this. Still not massive on Whyte personally but Parker has been extremely disappointing.

If Parker is to continue, he needs to get a completely new approach. When he is in a fight and he is down on points, I just don't see the hunger to do whatever it takes to win. Maybe he just doesn't have anything to give I don't know. He needs to realise THIS IS HIS CAREER.

after all the smack talk, was expecting he might, well you know, back it up.

Glad I got off the wagon a couple of stops back.

Parker needed to do what he did in the 12th, in the 10th and he probably would have won.

Why Parker left it so late against this fat slob I'll never know.

Parker might have done enough to win anywhere else but not in the UK. He only has himself to blame.

I watched a shitty stream on an iPad in a hotel room in Thailand,

Always lacked confidence in joe when the going gets tough , he has got through up to this fight, but he does give you the impression he would rather be somewhere else once he gets tired .

@kiwiinmelb I'm not trying to make excuses for him, but I wonder how much of an effect the headbutt in round 2 had on Parker? He was doing it easy until then.

Oh well that's Parker finished at the top for a little while. Whyte will get his rematch with AJ just as Eddie Hearn wanted and get smashed again. At this rate we might get AJ v Wilder in 2022.

@african-monkey It's hard to say, but Parker tends to lack game plan discipline the longer the fight goes on. He tends to lose focus after the first few rounds and wastes too many rounds doing nothing.

I suspect that might be it for joe ,

That loss will set him back a fair way in the pecking order ,

Back to fighting bums in manukau , which will be a struggle fgenerating ppv sales , kiwis were complaining about paying for this fight .

@kiwiinmelb said in Parker v ??:

I suspect that might be it for joe ,

That loss will set him back a fair way in the pecking order ,

Back to fighting bums in manukau , which will be a struggle fgenerating ppv sales , kiwis were complaining about paying for this fight .

Unfortunately he just isn't quite at the elite level which is a hell of a shame.

@dice Barry needs to take some blame for that and yes, he did bugger all for large parts of the fight and bought Whyte back into it by allowing him to bully him with lots of grappling etc. Whyte was there to be countered a lot as he swung and missed like a drunk a lot, but Parker doesn't look like he's been taught how to.

I think what is most frustrating with Parker, we've seen the glimpses of power and genuine talent, but he stalled in terms of progress a while back, and that is fucking sad.

@african-monkey He probably needs to move away from Barry, but unfortunately, I think he's too close to Barry and his family to do that.

I think the Parker camp had become a bit complacent, probably thinking Joe could win fights on hand speed alone, but the higher the level Joe has gone, the less his hand speed has been much of a factor because of his disadvantage in reach and not having the upper hand in height. The fighters are just able to see his punches better and are able to negate his advances and flurries more easily.

@dice said in Parker v ??:

@african-monkey He probably needs to move away from Barry, but unfortunately, I think he's too close to Barry and his family to do that.

I think the Parker camp had become a bit complacent, probably thinking Joe could win fights on hand speed alone, but the higher the level Joe has gone, the less his hand speed has been much of a factor because of his disadvantage in reach and not having the upper hand in height. The fighters are just able to see his punches better and are able to negate his advances and flurries more easily.

Spot on.

And whilst every country wants their champion to be Champion, reality has to set in somewhere / sometime and accept that their best isn't good enough.

Cracking finish from Chisora though.

Highlights the lack of quality in the heavyweight divison

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