He's a great fight for Joshua. It's a shame for both that it's coming so soon. Another year or two and they can both add a few million more to their purse perhaps.
Maybe they gel brilliantly and it's the start of a trilogy?
Dimitrenko was pathetic last night but having said that, Parker was lucky not to be disqualified.
Joseph Parker vs Alexander Dimitrenko - Auckland NZ - October 1st
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WBO official: Dimitrenko tried to fool referee
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Alexander Dimitrenko isn't likely to receive much sympathy from the boxing authorities after protesting that he was hit while down by Joseph Parker last night.
Dimitrenko, dropped once in the first round and twice in the second, failed to get up midway through the third round after being hit by the New Zealand heavyweight while he had a knee on the canvas.
Dimitrenko, who was outclassed by the impressive Parker throughout their short fight at Manukau's Vodafone Events Centre, complained afterwards and said he would make an official protest, but WBO Australia representative Danny Leigh felt Parker had little to worry about.
"I watched the fight live and on a replay and it looked to me as if Dimitrenko copped a flogging and was looking for a way out," Leigh told the Herald. "I don't think he fooled [referee] Marlon [Wright] in any way.
"In that regard I don't see it as a controversy. If the fight had been a competitive fight... but it wasn't like that. I saw it as a guy looking for a way out, he [referee] called him on it. The guy was rolling around like he was [a footballer] in a penalty box trying to get a penalty."
Leigh attended the fight but wasn't in a supervisory role and said he wasn't speaking in an official role. But in his opinion the fight, awarded to Parker by TKO, a result which extends the heavyweight's undefeated professional record to 21 victories, was clear-cut.
"He was bashed from pillar to post," Leigh said of the 2.01m Dimitrenko. "It wasn't a competitive fight. I think a controversy would be the other way. I think we were lucky to have a very competent and experienced professional, internationally, in there. A lesser referee might have been fooled.
"You can slow it down and ask did a punch land while he had a knee down, but in the heat of the moment he made the right decision. We were lucky to have Marlon there."
Wright, a Canadian, is a vastly experienced official, having refereed the recent Kell Brook v Gennedy Golovkin blockbuster in the United Kingdom.
"I back Marlon, the sole arbiter of the fight, and the way he called it," Leigh said.
http://boxingnews.com.ua/en/news/17579- ... ajzer-boja
Alexander Dimitrenko isn't likely to receive much sympathy from the boxing authorities after protesting that he was hit while down by Joseph Parker last night.
Dimitrenko, dropped once in the first round and twice in the second, failed to get up midway through the third round after being hit by the New Zealand heavyweight while he had a knee on the canvas.
Dimitrenko, who was outclassed by the impressive Parker throughout their short fight at Manukau's Vodafone Events Centre, complained afterwards and said he would make an official protest, but WBO Australia representative Danny Leigh felt Parker had little to worry about.
"I watched the fight live and on a replay and it looked to me as if Dimitrenko copped a flogging and was looking for a way out," Leigh told the Herald. "I don't think he fooled [referee] Marlon [Wright] in any way.
"In that regard I don't see it as a controversy. If the fight had been a competitive fight... but it wasn't like that. I saw it as a guy looking for a way out, he [referee] called him on it. The guy was rolling around like he was [a footballer] in a penalty box trying to get a penalty."
Leigh attended the fight but wasn't in a supervisory role and said he wasn't speaking in an official role. But in his opinion the fight, awarded to Parker by TKO, a result which extends the heavyweight's undefeated professional record to 21 victories, was clear-cut.
"He was bashed from pillar to post," Leigh said of the 2.01m Dimitrenko. "It wasn't a competitive fight. I think a controversy would be the other way. I think we were lucky to have a very competent and experienced professional, internationally, in there. A lesser referee might have been fooled.
"You can slow it down and ask did a punch land while he had a knee down, but in the heat of the moment he made the right decision. We were lucky to have Marlon there."
Wright, a Canadian, is a vastly experienced official, having refereed the recent Kell Brook v Gennedy Golovkin blockbuster in the United Kingdom.
"I back Marlon, the sole arbiter of the fight, and the way he called it," Leigh said.
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Re: Joseph Parker vs Alexander Dimitrenko - Auckland NZ - October 1st
Duco chief executive Martin Sneddon has stated that between 40 and 50 unapproved live streams were pulled down over the course of the Joseph Parker vs Alexander Dimitrenko match.