Parker v ??

*Barry took offence at one reporter's questioning of his ongoing role.

"I'm a little insulted you even ask that question. I can't get in the ring and throw the punches for Joe. I give every ounce of energy I have to this man. I love this man and my mission is to make him as good as he can possibly be and I'm totally dedicated to Joe."

I thought this was a bit weak from Barry. Compare that with what you get from many rugby coaches when they lose big matches - taking almost excessive responsibility, but definitely it's the whole team that lost - not just the players.

Think Barry would have been a lot better to have gone with the, "Look we'll review everything that we've done and what's happened in the fight and we're not going to leave any stones unturned in getting Joe to being the very best he can be - if that means bring other people with additional expertise, we'll do it".

Barry's car salesman demeanour doesn't help matters. I remember thinking this when he was all over Tua back in the day

@chris-b and maybe that is the problem right there, their relationship is too close and Barr isnt able to give him the required kicks up the arse, or when he does, JP doesnt take it as seriously as he should

@taniwharugby Seems a bit "I know everything that needs to be done".

I haven't seen the fight, but reading the Stuff commentary it seems like the expected fitness advantage to Parker didn't materialize.

Most pundits were saying that the longer the fight went, the more it would favour Parker. But, the commentary was talking about Parker looking tired in about Round 7.

So if Whyte is bigger, more aggressive and almost as fit, that's a lot in his advantage.

Doesn't sound like Joe was prepared perfectly.

@chris-b Anthony Joshua last week was predicting Parker would run out of puff - what would he know eh?

It pretty much went as I expected. It has been apparent for a long time that Parker couldn't make the step up from fighting bums to being competitive at the upper echelon.

He's simply a journeyman who got lucky then got found out.

Not helped at all by Barry's obvious limitations as a trainer and the fact that Team Parker is the gravy train for Barry and Higgins. Not accusing them of being the traditional scum leeches boxing attracts but they are way to close to JP.

Higgins has actually managed Parker to two good paydays - time to retire and count the millions

I always felt joe was more a manufactured boxer than a natural one ,
You get the same thing in rugby , where you get natural footballers that play the game in front of them , instinctive , it all comes natural ,
Joe never quite had that look about him for me ,not at the higher level, had some good athletic traits but the boxing skills didn't flow out of him, and when in deep water , he looked confused.
But he fought at the top level and won a world title , not many kiwis have achieved that , so still deserves credit for achieving that .

@kiwiinmelb said in Parker v ??:

I always felt joe was more a manufactured boxer than a natural one ,
You get the same thing in rugby , where you get natural footballers that play the game in front of them , instinctive , it all comes natural ,
Joe never quite had that look about him for me ,not at the higher level, had some good athletic traits but the boxing skills didn't flow out of him, and when in deep water , he looked confused.
But he fought at the top level and won a world title , not many kiwis have achieved that , so still deserves credit for achieving that .

I hope he's been smart enough to salt some of his winnings away

@dogmeat Still young enough to have a good rugby league career, before a shift to the ABs!

And with Jeff horns humiliating defeat to Terrence Crawford a few weeks back ,

Duco must be feeling like they have gone from the penthouse to the shithouse almost over night .

How much of this analysis is being done without watching the whole fight?
I haven't seen it either but from some of what I have read the headbutt JP took certainly had an effect of the way the fight went after that.
I'm not saying he was robbed just that comments about his abilities should maybe take that into account.
One thing apparent about the preparation of JP is that there always seems to be hindsight reasons after a loss or tough fight. It's like there isn't enough contingency and mental training for when things don't go to plan which is bizarre when you consider how rarely a fight matches the pre-fight predictions and how often outside factors such as refs can influence how it goes on the night.
They knew Whyte was a brawler but didn't appear to plan for the inevitable low blow or accidental head clash.

The headbutt imho would have had bugger all impact. Looked more like a clash of heads than a full on head butt

I watched the fight pretty closely and big thing for me in this fight, and a lot of previous Parker fights was the inability to adapt during the fight. I’m not sure whether it’s Kevin Barry not being able to identify the need to make changes mid fight, not being able to communicate it, or JP being able to execute what he’s being told.

Was a pretty good fight to watch tho despite Parker’s frustrating performance. Would have been interesting to see him open up in the 10th or 11th round like he did in the 12th but hell both he and Whyte were pretty dam tired. Who knows how it would have panned out

Was 90th anniversary of Tom Heeney's challenge against Gene Tunney last Thursday.

RNZ has some pieces from the Sound Archives. Commentary around NZ (3,000 outside the YA station in Heeney's native Gisborne) was a relayed morse code report!

Heeney retired to Miami where he bought a bar and used to go fishing with Hemingway

@dogmeat said in Parker v ??:

Was 90th anniversary of Tom Heeney's challenge against Gene Tunney last Thursday.

RNZ has some pieces from the Sound Archives. Commentary around NZ (3,000 outside the YA station in Heeney's native Gisborne) was a relayed morse code report!

Heeney retired to Miami where he bought a bar and used to go fishing with Hemingway

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....and of course Tunney is famous for beating Jack Dempsey on two occasions! That's legendary.

@mn5 said in Parker v ??:

@dogmeat said in Parker v ??:

Was 90th anniversary of Tom Heeney's challenge against Gene Tunney last Thursday.

RNZ has some pieces from the Sound Archives. Commentary around NZ (3,000 outside the YA station in Heeney's native Gisborne) was a relayed morse code report!

Heeney retired to Miami where he bought a bar and used to go fishing with Hemingway

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....and of course Tunney is famous for beating Jack Dempsey on two occasions! That's legendary.

And played against the 1921 Boks ....

@nepia said in Parker v ??:

@mn5 said in Parker v ??:

@dogmeat said in Parker v ??:

Was 90th anniversary of Tom Heeney's challenge against Gene Tunney last Thursday.

RNZ has some pieces from the Sound Archives. Commentary around NZ (3,000 outside the YA station in Heeney's native Gisborne) was a relayed morse code report!

Heeney retired to Miami where he bought a bar and used to go fishing with Hemingway

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....and of course Tunney is famous for beating Jack Dempsey on two occasions! That's legendary.

And played against the 1921 Boks ....

No he didn't

@mn5 said in Parker v ??:

@nepia said in Parker v ??:

@mn5 said in Parker v ??:

@dogmeat said in Parker v ??:

Was 90th anniversary of Tom Heeney's challenge against Gene Tunney last Thursday.

RNZ has some pieces from the Sound Archives. Commentary around NZ (3,000 outside the YA station in Heeney's native Gisborne) was a relayed morse code report!

Heeney retired to Miami where he bought a bar and used to go fishing with Hemingway

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....and of course Tunney is famous for beating Jack Dempsey on two occasions! That's legendary.

And played against the 1921 Boks ....

No he didn't

Whoops, my bad, I just skim read and thought it was still Heeney being discussed.

@nepia said in Parker v ??:

@mn5 said in Parker v ??:

@nepia said in Parker v ??:

@mn5 said in Parker v ??:

@dogmeat said in Parker v ??:

Was 90th anniversary of Tom Heeney's challenge against Gene Tunney last Thursday.

RNZ has some pieces from the Sound Archives. Commentary around NZ (3,000 outside the YA station in Heeney's native Gisborne) was a relayed morse code report!

Heeney retired to Miami where he bought a bar and used to go fishing with Hemingway

View embedded content

....and of course Tunney is famous for beating Jack Dempsey on two occasions! That's legendary.

And played against the 1921 Boks ....

No he didn't

Whoops, my bad, I just skim read and thought it was still Heeney being discussed.

We're both right.

I bet Tunney went his whole life without even seeing a Rugby ball.

@dogmeat said in Parker v ??:

Was 90th anniversary of Tom Heeney's challenge against Gene Tunney last Thursday.

RNZ has some pieces from the Sound Archives. Commentary around NZ (3,000 outside the YA station in Heeney's native Gisborne) was a relayed morse code report!

Heeney retired to Miami where he bought a bar and used to go fishing with Hemingway

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That was very cool. Cheers.

Better footage than my internet feed last weekend.

The change in size of the heavyweight fighters has been extraordinary.

Now if only Heeney had opened a Cafe not a bar

@mikethesnow said in Parker v ??:

@dogmeat said in Parker v ??:

Was 90th anniversary of Tom Heeney's challenge against Gene Tunney last Thursday.

RNZ has some pieces from the Sound Archives. Commentary around NZ (3,000 outside the YA station in Heeney's native Gisborne) was a relayed morse code report!

Heeney retired to Miami where he bought a bar and used to go fishing with Hemingway

View embedded content

That was very cool. Cheers.

Better footage than my internet feed last weekend.

The change in size of the heavyweight fighters has been extraordinary.

Now if only Heeney had opened a Cafe not a bar

I don't think the change has been as noticable as other sports. The heavyweight division has always thrown up a few freaks. I reckon Jim Jeffries (fighter, not comedian) would do ok nowadays. He fought at 6 2 and about 100kg over a hundred years ago although obviously today he'd be considered merely big as opposed to gigantic.

Higgins is considering appealing the result. If Joe is serious about continuing his career this is not the way to go.

The headbutt should not have been scored as a knock down and Joe should have won that round 10-9. Allegedly...They are claiming it should have been a draw.

Meanwhile Whyte is pouring salt on the wound, that big Himalayan shit with the bit of pepper in it too, by saying his ribs were broken and his hand was fucked a few weeks out from the fight. He claims to have beaten Parker while broken.

@raznomore Lets be honest everyone moans about injuries after fights.

@african-monkey Usually its when they lose or when it was a grudge match.

Parker is fighting Alexander Flores in December. If you are having trouble working out who that is so is Google....

I can not even find a fight video of his.

@raznomore said in Parker v ??:

Parker is fighting Alexander Flores in December. If you are having trouble working out who that is so is Google....

I can not even find a fight video of his.

.....and to think I thought SBW fighting a reality TV star was a fall from grace.

This guy?

Not really a fair fight is it

Here you go

v Charles Martin

@mikethesnow

JP may not be a champ at the moment but he's a damn sight better than either of those two.
I guess he has to keep on plugging away until another chance comes his way.
Someone new will eventually come on the scene at he will be on their radar as they try to prove their worth.

Wilder fights Fury on December the 1st ,

That will be a bit more interesting

@kiwiinmelb hell yeah. Have been hearing Wilder talking for so long I want to see what he can deliver against Fury. Is Fur the ultimate wildcard? If he's fit and genuinely focused he's gonna be tough for Wilder. But Wilder has real stopping power. Just hoping it'll be an active and aggressive fight, rather than them dancing around trying to land a single punch to finish it. Def want to see a KO though!!

@raznomore said in Parker v ??:

Parker is fighting Alexander Flores in December. If you are having trouble working out who that is so is Google....

I can not even find a fight video of his.

When you are ranked 140th in the world , there isnt much footage I guess '

True story

As a not huge boxing fan, does one loss to a higher ranked fighter really drop your standing that much?

@nepia said in Parker v ??:

As a not huge boxing fan, does one loss to a higher ranked fighter really drop your standing that much?

Not JPs standing as such. His ranking is still respectable (depending on the organisation) but his ability to get a fight with others that are ranked highly. Not only did he lose his matches he didn’t perform in a manner that has fans wanting a rematch
It’s all about climbing up to a point then waiting out your chance. He’s had his shot for the moment and now needs to wait again.
If he can hold back newcomers trying to get up with the big boys (be a gatekeeper) until others retire or get beaten down, eventually he may get another chance as a fill in fight.
When there are a few deserved candidates around though, it’s all about positioning and waiting.

Parker needs to develop that "old man" power. Right now he is quick and not much else.

I have a good mate, cousin actually, that is always correcting me on my boxing nous(me and my brothers are the non boxers in the family). I said he needs a new trainer. My cuz(who has a good amateur record and 5 pro fights so knows a bit) reckons Parker can't switch trainers at this point. He thinks he's too far gone and Barry is his guy.

I say "fuck that". Get this guy on Fury's team and we'd see a marked improvement. Get him John David Jackson or fucken anyone at this point.

Without knowing too much about him, I always just thought Tyson Fury was a bit of a buffoon, but really enjoyed this:

Hughie Fury just lost on points to Pulev so Pulev jumps into contender for one of AJs belts.

@crucial said in Parker v ??:

Hughie Fury just lost on points to Pulev so Pulev jumps into contender for one of AJs belts.

Bore fest

@mikethesnow said in Parker v ??:

@crucial said in Parker v ??:

Hughie Fury just lost on points to Pulev so Pulev jumps into contender for one of AJs belts.

Bore fest

Yep. Even after Fury started throwing there was no dynamism in the fight.

I was disappointed in Hughie. I thought he could get up here but his movement which was so good against Parker was missing, and his right hand has got to be one of the most telegraphed shots I've seen. Pulev found a home with his famous jab and Hughie went into survival mode once his stamina failed him.

I can't say I'm excited at the prospect of Joshua v Pulev as Joshua hammers him.

@raznomore said in Parker v ??:

Parker needs to develop that "old man" power. Right now he is quick and not much else.

I have a good mate, cousin actually, that is always correcting me on my boxing nous(me and my brothers are the non boxers in the family). I said he needs a new trainer. My cuz(who has a good amateur record and 5 pro fights so knows a bit) reckons Parker can't switch trainers at this point. He thinks he's too far gone and Barry is his guy.

I say "fuck that". Get this guy on Fury's team and we'd see a marked improvement. Get him John David Jackson or fucken anyone at this point.

Raz what is it about Fury that makes him so highly ranked? To me he looks like a bloke with a massive reach and enough skill to keep out of harms way but not a great deal else. Also his conditioning at times speaks for itself.