Joshua v Parker for March

[Kalan]

Joshua v Parker in March.
Will still be about a 5 month layoff for Joshua.
How many fights will he have in 2108 ?
You know it's likely to be 2.

It'd likely to be 2 or 3 a year from now on... But AJ gets tons of excellent sparring, and he can afford it.

[Evander]

^ 3 ?

He's not scheduled till March.
That takes him out till May June at least, he squeezes 1 before the years out.

That 2 fights a year.

[Ossyrules]

Whoa there, this fight hasn’t been made yet. If it happens, we have a good fight. But it’s too early to think about that.

True it hasn't been made yet. Last I read team Parker agreed verbally to a 60/40 split in AJ's favor, but not sure if they will go for it.

It makes me laugh that Hearn was once again caught, denying that they had any negotiations or made any offer. Higgens claimed they lowballed a 20% offer. Now obviously they have been negotiating, so it is very believable they did make that offer. Decent fight if it gets made. It would be nice to see AJ fight out of his own country for once though.

Hearn was contacting the other champions (wilder and Parker) during his visit to nyc with Jacobs. That was no secret.

If America was still big for boxing we probably would have seen Joshua fight out of England already. He’s only 20 fights into his career there is still time. However England is the place to be for him right now

[Ossyrules]

^ 3 ?

He's not scheduled till March.
That takes him out till May June at least, he squeezes 1 before the years out.

That 2 fights a year.

The target is March, July, December

To fight wilder and Parker to get all belts and I suspect a wba mandatory possibly

[jamamb]

thats an optimistic schedule

[candyslim]

Parker in springtime and Wilder in summer or autumn. Call that a schedule, yer lazy git, only two fights?

At this rate he's going to be running out of people he can duck

[Ossyrules]

I Think Parker Should wait...
Fight Lucas Browne in Feb..... W KO 5
Let Joshua fight Wilder in March fo a Joshua Win
Parker fights Povetkin in Mandatory W 12 in July
While Joshua beats Breazeale KO 7
If Tyson Fury is Ready by Sept. This should be the fight Parker aims for as it's Fury's WBO belt on the line... Winner fights Joshua for Undisputed Title.
It's the way for Parker buts others will disagree.
After 2018 the HW division is f%@$ed as there is nobody left under 28 with a good record...

There’s no chance of this

[Ossyrules]

Been watching and studying boxing for 25 years and I think Parker will beat AJ by knockout.

VK knocked AJ down but didn’t have the youth to finish fight.
Whyte almost had AJ but lacked the ability to finish AJ.

Parker can knock AJ down and he CAN finish him.

Can AJ knock down Parker who has never been on the canvas
In his career or even in sparring.

AJ knocked down many times in sparring ..Parker never.

Parker is fast and is around 240 pounds .

The only advantage AJ has is his reach to be honest

Wlad could have finished Joshua but made a tactical error. He was getting advice from his corner to not take risks and drown Joshua by taking it long. Vitali admits this

Whyte didn’t almost have Joshua, but he did shake him causing his legs to stiffen up. He wasn’t ragdolling him like khan had to survive vs Maidana.

Parker has ok hand speed but very slow feet. I’d say he’s no quicker than Joshua in either department

Parker’s chin could see him take a sustained beating and he might be worse off for it. His defence is way too open to not get hurt in this fight

Sparring is sparring

Joshua has height, reach, natural size, power, ability over parker

[Ossyrules]

Parker passes as a legitimate warm up.
If Joshua were to win that buys him credibility to mid May 2018.

Parker’s another unification and one of the better fights that can be made in the division

But him credibility for what? He’s already the most respected active fighter is he not?

[Ossyrules]

thats an optimistic schedule

It probably is, but they are Joshua’s words

[amwsnw]

Interesting. I was only told a few days ago that Browne v Parker was a done deal for March 2018.

[candyslim]

Parker passes as a legitimate warm up.
If Joshua were to win that buys him credibility to mid May 2018.

Parker’s another unification and one of the better fights that can be made in the division

But him credibility for what? He’s already the most respected active fighter is he not?

Judging from the crap that's said about him by some on here I have to wonder

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Interesting. I was only told a few days ago that Browne v Parker was a done deal for March 2018.

According to Parker's manager Browne is 'plan B' if they can't land the unification with Joshua.

[greg]

...even aware of Joshua's problems in the ring, still think it to be a one-sided fight in his favour..

[Bard of Boxrec]

Parker is going to take a beating in this one. His toughness is not going to bode well for him.

I hope this fight is on. Wilder strikes me as difficult to negotiate with. Once Joshua gets Parker's strap Hearn should just go back to Wilder and say 4 million or no fight. Joshua can make some defences in packed out stadiums and do fine. Wilder can fight bums for peanuts.

[Ossyrules]

Parker is going to take a beating in this one. His toughness is not going to bode well for him.

I hope this fight is on. Wilder strikes me as difficult to negotiate with. Once Joshua gets Parker's strap Hearn should just go back to Wilder and say 4 million or no fight. Joshua can make some defences in packed out stadiums and do fine. Wilder can fight bums for peanuts.

I haven’t read any announcement but I have read Parker is favourite for the next Joshua fight

[candyslim]

Parker is going to take a beating in this one. His toughness is not going to bode well for him.

I hope this fight is on. Wilder strikes me as difficult to negotiate with. Once Joshua gets Parker's strap Hearn should just go back to Wilder and say 4 million or no fight. Joshua can make some defences in packed out stadiums and do fine. Wilder can fight bums for peanuts.

I haven’t read any announcement but I have read Parker is favourite for the next Joshua fight

I think Eddie would pay Wilder $4m to face Whyte. I think you could probably double that for Joshua. I'm not saying Hearn couldn't squeeze him to accept less, but fighters facing Joshua have done pretty well so far, and most since Martin have I believe, more than matched Wilder's highest payday (earned in the ring).

I like Parker. He's a good fighter. He doesn't lack for guts and he's not interested in ducking challenges, however daunting.

Given his struggles with Takam, Ruiz, and Fury (even discounting the Cojanu fight) I don't see him presenting Joshua with too much of a problem. I just hope his pride and toughness don't allow him to take a sustained beating.

[Bard of Boxrec]

Been watching and studying boxing for 25 years and I think Parker will beat AJ by knockout.

VK knocked AJ down but didn’t have the youth to finish fight.
Whyte almost had AJ but lacked the ability to finish AJ.

Parker can knock AJ down and he CAN finish him.

Can AJ knock down Parker who has never been on the canvas
In his career or even in sparring.

AJ knocked down many times in sparring ..Parker never.

Parker is fast and is around 240 pounds .

The only advantage AJ has is his reach to be honest

Are you an Antipodean person?

[funso banjo baby]

this is a good fight if it happens.

Parker could cause problems especially if Joshua continues to tire during fights

[Kalan]

Been watching and studying boxing for 25 years and I think Parker will beat AJ by knockout.

Whyte almost had AJ but lacked the ability to finish AJ ... The only advantage AJ has is his reach to be honest.

You're not trying to be honest... You're looking for every partisan reason you can come up with to justify your biased pick.

Parker hasn't been knocking top fighters out... He hasn't been knocking them down... He hasn't been getting rid of them... He's been getting biased decisions in New Zealand.. Povertkin and Joshua got Takam out and put him down.. Hughie Fury jumped 40 slots to fight Parker.. He hasn't beaten anybody, and he sure as Hell isn't a real good boxer.. Ruiz hasn't faced anyone that good.. He scored more solid punches than Parker.

Whyte nailed Joshua with a hard left hook, and DIDN'T shake him up, put him down, make him grab, or make him retreat.. Joshua came right back and took control.. I don't see how anyone can view that as a negative because of the way Joshua took Whyte out.. He murdered him.

Wladimir decked Joshua and had him hurt.. Klitschko tried every trick in the book to finish him off and he couldn't nail him with another telling shot -- although he ripped him pretty good.. Joshua got out of the round and the next round and turned the fight around in his direction.. He showed a veteran's poise and didn't turn a hair when he was in imminent danger.. That shouldn't be viewed as a negative because almost every ATG fighter is going to be on the verge of defeat at some point in his career.. How he responds is how you measure his resourcefulness.

[KiwiRider]

Been watching and studying boxing for 25 years and I think Parker will beat AJ by knockout.

VK knocked AJ down but didn’t have the youth to finish fight.
Whyte almost had AJ but lacked the ability to finish AJ.

Parker can knock AJ down and he CAN finish him.

Can AJ knock down Parker who has never been on the canvas
In his career or even in sparring.

AJ knocked down many times in sparring ..Parker never.

Parker is fast and is around 240 pounds .

The only advantage AJ has is his reach to be honest

Are you an Antipodean person?

He's just mental, there Blowie mate. Even the most sun cooked brains down here would have to disagree with him.
If you have even seen the two of them side by side you would realise it's a monumental task for Parker, who is small by today's standards.

[Kalan]

Whoa there, this fight hasn’t been made yet. If it happens, we have a good fight. But it’s too early to think about that.

True it hasn't been made yet. Last I read team Parker agreed verbally to a 60/40 split in AJ's favor, but not sure if they will go for it.

It makes me laugh that Hearn was once again caught, denying that they had any negotiations or made any offer. Higgens claimed they lowballed a 20% offer. Now obviously they have been negotiating, so it is very believable they did make that offer. Decent fight if it gets made. It would be nice to see AJ fight out of his own country for once though.

He fought in Wales for his last fight... That's part of the same island England sits on but it's a different country.

[asdfjkl]

Parker is going to take a beating in this one. His toughness is not going to bode well for him.

I hope this fight is on. Wilder strikes me as difficult to negotiate with. Once Joshua gets Parker's strap Hearn should just go back to Wilder and say 4 million or no fight. Joshua can make some defences in packed out stadiums and do fine. Wilder can fight bums for peanuts.

I haven’t read any announcement but I have read Parker is favourite for the next Joshua fight

I think Eddie would pay Wilder $4m to face Whyte. I think you could probably double that for Joshua. I'm not saying Hearn couldn't squeeze him to accept less, but fighters facing Joshua have done pretty well so far, and most since Martin have I believe, more than matched Wilder's highest payday (earned in the ring).

I like Parker. He's a good fighter. He doesn't lack for guts and he's not interested in ducking challenges, however daunting.

Given his struggles with Takam, Ruiz, and Fury (even discounting the Cojanu fight) I don't see him presenting Joshua with too much of a problem. I just hope his pride and toughness don't allow him to take a sustained beating.

4 mil and Wilder may chose whoever he wants to fight, since everybody wants to fight Wilder, while he keeps ducking and acting like that ain't true.
Sounds like a good deal to me for Wilder.

[Wales]

Whoa there, this fight hasn’t been made yet. If it happens, we have a good fight. But it’s too early to think about that.

True it hasn't been made yet. Last I read team Parker agreed verbally to a 60/40 split in AJ's favor, but not sure if they will go for it.

It makes me laugh that Hearn was once again caught, denying that they had any negotiations or made any offer. Higgens claimed they lowballed a 20% offer. Now obviously they have been negotiating, so it is very believable they did make that offer. Decent fight if it gets made. It would be nice to see AJ fight out of his own country for once though.

He fought in Wales for his last fight... That's part of the same island England sits on but it's a different country.

Yeah but only a fool would class fighting in Wales as AJ fighting outside his own country . Geographically accurate mind

[Ossyrules]

True it hasn't been made yet. Last I read team Parker agreed verbally to a 60/40 split in AJ's favor, but not sure if they will go for it.

It makes me laugh that Hearn was once again caught, denying that they had any negotiations or made any offer. Higgens claimed they lowballed a 20% offer. Now obviously they have been negotiating, so it is very believable they did make that offer. Decent fight if it gets made. It would be nice to see AJ fight out of his own country for once though.

He fought in Wales for his last fight... That's part of the same island England sits on but it's a different country.

Yeah but only a fool would class fighting in Wales as AJ fighting outside his own country . Geographically accurate mind

The way we work in the UK is, if you’re good/successful, you’re British, if you’re not or you’re a bit of a twat, you’re English/Welsh/Scottish/Irish (delete as applicable)

[candyslim]

True but for the sake of clarity should explain that if you're Scottish for example, then the succesful fighter from your land is a Scot as far as you're concerned whereas an Englishman or a Welshman would regard him as British. Once he is no longer successful he reverts to being Scottish (or English or Welsh as applicable, in the eyes of the other nationalities).

This is said by way of a joke, but as the saying goes ... "There's many a true word spoken in jest"