Anthony Joshua (WBA, IBF, IBO) vs. Joseph Parker (WBO) - March 31st 2018

[wesshaw1985]

So apart from the 2 names above, who else has had a fight for The ring title only? no other titles at stake?

Linares/Crolla had the RING magazine title on the line if I'm not mistaken...

[wesshaw1985]

Joshua-Parker: Principality Stadium in Cardiff Confirmed Site - http://www.BS.com/joshua-parke ... te--124096

[Boxerbeetle]

Joshua-Parker: Principality Stadium in Cardiff Confirmed Site - http://www.BS.com/joshua-parke ... te--124096

If true

[jameswilson]

Joshua-Parker: Principality Stadium in Cardiff Confirmed Site - http://www.BS.com/joshua-parke ... te--124096

If true

Given the capacity and fact it has a roof I can see a lot of Joshua’s uk fights taking place there. Wembley and the other English stadiums will only be realistic for Summer dates.

[nitro5912]

Thank god for that, get the fight deal signed and sorted.

yep, its dragging on abit now. Needs to get signed and announced.

Ring Magazine could potentially be on the line also.

Does this now mean he will no longer be the lineal champion (that has never defended his belts).

And all the facebook experts who have turned his close win v wlad into a Floyd masterclass will stop banging on about it?

How great must it be to be a lineal champ of 2 succesions.

[KiwiRider]

Well, it looks like it all go. Thursday will be the official announcement.
In order to sell this, I expect Eddie will put together a decent undercard. Here's hoping anyway.
Parker has been underwhelming enough to deserve a decent undercard to sell the PPV. That to me is the main thing to look out for now.

[dirk2686]

Well, it looks like it all go. Thursday will be the official announcement.
In order to sell this, I expect Eddie will put together a decent undercard. Here's hoping anyway.
Parker has been underwhelming enough to deserve a decent undercard to sell the PPV. That to me is the main thing to look out for now.

Sadly I think the opposite is true.

If Joshua can shift over 70k tickets for a nobody opponent and a poor undercard then a unification world title fight, even against an opponent as poor as Parker, will do the same.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Thank god for that, get the fight deal signed and sorted.

yep, its dragging on abit now. Needs to get signed and announced.

Ring Magazine could potentially be on the line also.

Does this now mean he will no longer be the lineal champion (that has never defended his belts).

And all the facebook experts who have turned his close win v wlad into a Floyd masterclass will stop banging on about it?

How great must it be to be a lineal champ of 2 succesions.

Lineal and Ring are still 2 different things. TBH, he isn't recognised as the lineal by TBRB.. probably due to inactivity. Assuming he gets active asap, he may regain that position.

[Ruthless-RKO]

So apart from the 2 names above, who else has had a fight for The ring title only? no other titles at stake?

Linares/Crolla had the RING magazine title on the line if I'm not mistaken...

Yeh, Crolla vs Linares I was for the vacant title. Didn't know the Ring ranked Crolla highly at the time. Hearn may have pushed them to it because he was trying to build it as a unification fight. Also Linares held the WBC Diamond belt.

[KiwiRider]

Well, it looks like it all go. Thursday will be the official announcement.
In order to sell this, I expect Eddie will put together a decent undercard. Here's hoping anyway.
Parker has been underwhelming enough to deserve a decent undercard to sell the PPV. That to me is the main thing to look out for now.

Sadly I think the opposite is true.

If Joshua can shift over 70k tickets for a nobody opponent and a poor undercard then a unification world title fight, even against an opponent as poor as Parker, will do the same.

For sure AJ can put the bums on seats, I was thinking more of selling the PPV outside the UK. He wants to promote AJ and Matchroom USA into America. My optimistic side had me thinking he may put something to appeal to the Americans besides monter truck battles.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Apart from Tyson fury who else from the UK has held it in recent times?

Im sure Lennox Lewis did.

Calzaghe and Haye held it. (10 years ago)..

Hatton at 140 pounds from 2005-2008..

I have a feeling the final of the 168 WBSS Will be for the vacant title. Ramirez is highly regarded but couldnt be bothered entering. So who knows, Eubank, Groves or Smith could be next..

DeGale vs. Jack was for the vacant title..

[Andrew]

Thank god for that, get the fight deal signed and sorted.

yep, its dragging on abit now. Needs to get signed and announced.

Ring Magazine could potentially be on the line also.

As per their own rules Fury should have been stripped of the ring magazine belt many months ago.

The Champion does not schedule a fight in any weight class for 18 months.

. The Champion tests positive for a performance-enhancing substance.

[Boxerbeetle]

Joshua-Parker: Principality Stadium in Cardiff Confirmed Site - http://www.BS.com/joshua-parke ... te--124096

If true

Given the capacity and fact it has a roof I can see a lot of Joshua’s uk fights taking place there. Wembley and the other English stadiums will only be realistic for Summer dates.

Certainly hope so. It’s a great venue, pisses over Wembley as it’s bang in the city centre.

[ElJefe]

Well, it looks like it all go. Thursday will be the official announcement.
In order to sell this, I expect Eddie will put together a decent undercard. Here's hoping anyway.
Parker has been underwhelming enough to deserve a decent undercard to sell the PPV. That to me is the main thing to look out for now.

Sadly I think the opposite is true.

If Joshua can shift over 70k tickets for a nobody opponent and a poor undercard then a unification world title fight, even against an opponent as poor as Parker, will do the same.

You're probably right, although the novelty will wear off soon enough and good cards will be required. Hearn would be wise to put those cards on before it feels a bit same old same old. The main event was crap last time out, as was the chief support. The only fight on that card that you could have called anything like a 50/50 was Buglioni vs Johnson and that was cancelled.

[Ruthless-RKO]

As per their own rules Fury should have been stripped of the ring magazine belt many months ago.

The Champion does not schedule a fight in any weight class for 18 months.

. The Champion tests positive for a performance-enhancing substance.

To be fair, he did schedule in that time. So i'm guessing that particular rule would restart when the fight was called off.

As for the drugs, the way UKAD dealt with it, i'm not sure any of us know what was going on..

[Taansend]

Well, it looks like it all go. Thursday will be the official announcement.
In order to sell this, I expect Eddie will put together a decent undercard. Here's hoping anyway.
Parker has been underwhelming enough to deserve a decent undercard to sell the PPV. That to me is the main thing to look out for now.

Sadly I think the opposite is true.

If Joshua can shift over 70k tickets for a nobody opponent and a poor undercard then a unification world title fight, even against an opponent as poor as Parker, will do the same.

For sure AJ can put the bums on seats, I was thinking more of selling the PPV outside the UK. He wants to promote AJ and Matchroom USA into America. My optimistic side had me thinking he may put something to appeal to the Americans besides monter truck battles.

They only show the Joshua fights on US tv. Don't even mention the undercard.

Boxing very much a niche sport over here.

[Taansend]

If true

Given the capacity and fact it has a roof I can see a lot of Joshua’s uk fights taking place there. Wembley and the other English stadiums will only be realistic for Summer dates.

Certainly hope so. It’s a great venue, pisses over Wembley as it’s bang in the city centre.

Why does that make it better

[nitro5912]

Given the capacity and fact it has a roof I can see a lot of Joshua’s uk fights taking place there. Wembley and the other English stadiums will only be realistic for Summer dates.

Certainly hope so. It’s a great venue, pisses over Wembley as it’s bang in the city centre.

Why does that make it better

Millennium stadium is far easier to get to than Wembley.

For wembley you habe to get into london tjen on the right tube to end up one of the 3 tubes nearby. It has very few bars and pubs near it, so you end up on wembley way paying a fortune for food.

In cardiff, tou get the train to cardiff central and it is right in town, so there are plenty of pubs and bars, plus all the normal food outlets so saves you a bit of cash.

If the undercard is underwhelmimg, you can stay outside in a nearby pub, whereas at wembley the vast majority of fans will be insife by the 2nd to last undercard fight.

[wesshaw1985]

[Taansend]

Certainly hope so. It’s a great venue, pisses over Wembley as it’s bang in the city centre.

Why does that make it better

Millennium stadium is far easier to get to than Wembley.

For wembley you habe to get into london tjen on the right tube to end up one of the 3 tubes nearby. It has very few bars and pubs near it, so you end up on wembley way paying a fortune for food.

In cardiff, tou get the train to cardiff central and it is right in town, so there are plenty of pubs and bars, plus all the normal food outlets so saves you a bit of cash.

If the undercard is underwhelmimg, you can stay outside in a nearby pub, whereas at wembley the vast majority of fans will be insife by the 2nd to last undercard fight.

Gotcha. Thanks Mate. I was thinking views of the fight, not the piss up before/after

[Boxerbeetle]

Why does that make it better

Millennium stadium is far easier to get to than Wembley.

For wembley you habe to get into london tjen on the right tube to end up one of the 3 tubes nearby. It has very few bars and pubs near it, so you end up on wembley way paying a fortune for food.

In cardiff, tou get the train to cardiff central and it is right in town, so there are plenty of pubs and bars, plus all the normal food outlets so saves you a bit of cash.

If the undercard is underwhelmimg, you can stay outside in a nearby pub, whereas at wembley the vast majority of fans will be insife by the 2nd to last undercard fight.

Gotcha. Thanks Mate. I was thinking views of the fight, not the piss up before/after

The views are much better too, as the Millennium is a lot more compact - its upper tier sits right over the middle tier, whereas Wembley just expands outwards. The top tier of Wembley feels miles away from the pitch.

[Taansend]

Millennium stadium is far easier to get to than Wembley.

For wembley you habe to get into london tjen on the right tube to end up one of the 3 tubes nearby. It has very few bars and pubs near it, so you end up on wembley way paying a fortune for food.

In cardiff, tou get the train to cardiff central and it is right in town, so there are plenty of pubs and bars, plus all the normal food outlets so saves you a bit of cash.

If the undercard is underwhelmimg, you can stay outside in a nearby pub, whereas at wembley the vast majority of fans will be insife by the 2nd to last undercard fight.

Gotcha. Thanks Mate. I was thinking views of the fight, not the piss up before/after

The views are much better too, as the Millennium is a lot more compact - its upper tier sits right over the middle tier, whereas Wembley just expands outwards. The top tier of Wembley feels miles away from the pitch.

Cheers. Only ever went to old Wembley

[jamamb]

parkers okay but i only have him 7th at hw. ppl overrate him because of that belt. aj s a truly legit #1 , the best hw since lewis, and will destroy him.

aj can bust him up with longer punches at distance or just walk through his shots and bust him up closer in.

parker has no power really at this level. basically hes got quick hands and that about it. average at best everywhere else. his accuracy especially was awful vs hughie and ruiz and even cojanu and has jab is very short. like hes got short arms for a hw and also doesnt fully extend his shots for some reason.

[nitro5912]

Millennium stadium is far easier to get to than Wembley.

For wembley you habe to get into london tjen on the right tube to end up one of the 3 tubes nearby. It has very few bars and pubs near it, so you end up on wembley way paying a fortune for food.

In cardiff, tou get the train to cardiff central and it is right in town, so there are plenty of pubs and bars, plus all the normal food outlets so saves you a bit of cash.

If the undercard is underwhelmimg, you can stay outside in a nearby pub, whereas at wembley the vast majority of fans will be insife by the 2nd to last undercard fight.

Gotcha. Thanks Mate. I was thinking views of the fight, not the piss up before/after

The views are much better too, as the Millennium is a lot more compact - its upper tier sits right over the middle tier, whereas Wembley just expands outwards. The top tier of Wembley feels miles away from the pitch.

Feels dangerous at wembley if your pissed hanging over the rails to help hang a flag over the side. But agree ive sat on the lower tier right at the front for football, about halfway up for froch v groves, and on the top tier twice for football. Never again will i go top tier as it is poor view even for football. God knows what they saw at the boxing

[nitro5912]

Why does that make it better

Millennium stadium is far easier to get to than Wembley.

For wembley you habe to get into london tjen on the right tube to end up one of the 3 tubes nearby. It has very few bars and pubs near it, so you end up on wembley way paying a fortune for food.

In cardiff, tou get the train to cardiff central and it is right in town, so there are plenty of pubs and bars, plus all the normal food outlets so saves you a bit of cash.

If the undercard is underwhelmimg, you can stay outside in a nearby pub, whereas at wembley the vast majority of fans will be insife by the 2nd to last undercard fight.

Gotcha. Thanks Mate. I was thinking views of the fight, not the piss up before/after

The view will be not the best at either ground unless your ringside or middle tier