Joseph Parker vs. Kyotaro Fujimoto

[Cutman Scabbers]

Very surprised to see Kyotaro take this fight.

Thoughts? Predictions?

[TheBeast]

Kyotaro has no chance, should've sat on his good ranking and waited for a bigger payday. Props to him for facing this very big challenge

[Cutman Scabbers]

They must be paying him well

[Tony1244]

Kyotaro has no chance, should've sat on his good ranking and waited for a bigger payday. Props to him for facing this very big challenge

Why would he get a bigger payday? Fighters should accept challengers, that's why they're called fighters. Exception is a fighter's first 10 or so fights.

[crusader]

Disappointing opponent, though Parker is one of those fighters who is generally fun to watch even against overmatched foes.

I'd like to see him step up soon against someone like Duhaupas, Rossy, or Rekowski.

[Cutman Scabbers]

I'm really looking forward to watching this bout because Kyotaro tries to be slippery,
especially when he's up against bigger, harder hitters. Will be interesting to see
how Kyotaro performs in his first bout outside Japan, and how Parker handles Kyotaro's
lateral movement, which has frustrated some of his opponents.

All things considered, it's still hard to imagine an ending much different from this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zT2J3iXJJ8

[TheBeast]

Kyotaro has no chance, should've sat on his good ranking and waited for a bigger payday. Props to him for facing this very big challenge

Why would he get a bigger payday? Fighters should accept challengers, that's why they're called fighters. Exception is a fighter's first 10 or so fights.

In a perfect i'd fully agree with you... But Fighters now fight for money, and The WBC ranks Kyotaro Fujimoto #15- that means he's actually "qualified" to challenge Wilder!!! he could adds easy stoppages from now on and wait for a payday that would be 10 times more at least of What Parker's team is offering Kyotaro... I'm glad he is taking on the challenge. But he has absolutely no shot at beating one of the best emerging heavyweight fighter. So no big payday for him.

[TheBeast]

Disappointing opponent, though Parker is one of those fighters who is generally fun to watch even against overmatched foes.

I'd like to see him step up soon against someone like Duhaupas, Rossy, or Rekowski.

Duhaupas is the only step up in these names... i'd like to see it

[TheBeast]

I'm really looking forward to watching this bout because Kyotaro tries to be slippery,
especially when he's up against bigger, harder hitters. Will be interesting to see
how Kyotaro performs in his first bout outside Japan, and how Parker handles Kyotaro's
lateral movement, which has frustrated some of his opponents.

All things considered, it's still hard to imagine an ending much different from this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zT2J3iXJJ8

Parker KOs him pretty easy imo

[crusader]

Disappointing opponent, though Parker is one of those fighters who is generally fun to watch even against overmatched foes.

I'd like to see him step up soon against someone like Duhaupas, Rossy, or Rekowski.

Duhaupas is the only step up in these names... i'd like to see it

Has he beaten anyone as good as the other two?

[Gnome]

Given that his only loss, against 19-1-2 Haumono, was only his sixth fight and he is on a seven fight winning streak I am going to give Parker a pass here - statistically, Fujimoto is his best opponent since Minto.

[Cutman Scabbers]

Kyotaro has no chance, should've sat on his good ranking and waited for a bigger payday. Props to him for facing this very big challenge

Why would he get a bigger payday? Fighters should accept challengers, that's why they're called fighters. Exception is a fighter's first 10 or so fights.

In a perfect i'd fully agree with you... But Fighters now fight for money, and The WBC ranks Kyotaro Fujimoto #15- that means he's actually "qualified" to challenge Wilder!!! he could adds easy stoppages from now on and wait for a payday that would be 10 times more at least of What Parker's team is offering Kyotaro... I'm glad he is taking on the challenge. But he has absolutely no shot at beating one of the best emerging heavyweight fighter. So no big payday for him.

I can't understand why Kyotaro didn't take this route.

[cold187]

Disappointing opponent, though Parker is one of those fighters who is generally fun to watch even against overmatched foes.

I'd like to see him step up soon against someone like Duhaupas, Rossy, or Rekowski.

Duhaupas is the only step up in these names... i'd like to see it

Has he beaten anyone as good as the other two?

he beat charr and was robbed vs teper

[Sids]

Parkers multi million dollar Hydr8 Zer0 deal probably enables him to pay just as much as Wilder... Maybe even more as he has fewer financial obligations.

[Boxing Prospect]

Given that his only loss, against 19-1-2 Haumono, was only his sixth fight and he is on a seven fight winning streak I am going to give Parker a pass here - statistically, Fujimoto is his best opponent since Minto.

Don't be confused by that winning streak, he could reasonably have lost both fights with Ishida....the same Ishida that Golovkin iced...

[Cap]

Lets hope Parker doesn't disrespect this son of Nippon the way we seem to.

[crusader]

he beat charr and was robbed vs teper

I know that Duhaupas beat Charr and lost to Teper, but I was talking about Rossy and Rekowski not being steps up: has Parker beaten anyone as good as them? I'd say that his best opponent is Minto, but I think each part of the trio I listed are better than him.

[Cutman Scabbers]

Given that his only loss, against 19-1-2 Haumono, was only his sixth fight and he is on a seven fight winning streak I am going to give Parker a pass here - statistically, Fujimoto is his best opponent since Minto.

Don't be confused by that winning streak, he could reasonably have lost both fights with Ishida....the same Ishida that Golovkin iced...

I could see GGG as a heavyweight gatekeeper

[Leonid]

Given that his only loss, against 19-1-2 Haumono, was only his sixth fight and he is on a seven fight winning streak I am going to give Parker a pass here - statistically, Fujimoto is his best opponent since Minto.

Don't be confused by that winning streak, he could reasonably have lost both fights with Ishida....the same Ishida that Golovkin iced...

I could see GGG as a heavyweight gatekeeper

Golovkin was once sparring Mike Perez (K2 stablemate) and Mike acknowledged GGG hits pretty hard. Nonetheless I can hardly see him keeping the gate off such sh***y prospects as Fujimoto or Haumono.

[Lackeos]

Parker's best opponents have been Minto and perhaps Costa Junior, so I'm not opposed to him getting Fujimoto on his record as his new second best win, or something like that. IMO, there was more room to criticize his two previous opponents in Pettaway and Saglam. So yeah, I approve of this fight. I just hope that Parker notches a new career best win within the next 12-15 months or so. As a 23-year-old with a win over a top 50 opponent, it may be difficult for him to progressively outdo the Minto win without the competition getting too good, too fast for him; so I don't think you could ask him to fight a new best opponent every time out.

[lowlefthand]

Fujimoto not fighting Parker. Dean Lonergan cussing Fujimoto, but I bet they never had his signature on the bottom line and jumped the gun. Looking like Bowie Tupou will be announced in the next couple of days. Better fight

[Cutman Scabbers]

Lets hope Parker doesn't disrespect this son of Nippon the way we seem to.

Now it appears no respect was warranted.