Round-by-Round: Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker - 31 March 2018

[Fearful_Freddie]

8 rounds x 2 and 10 rounds x 1 is unfair. He won but not by that margin,

[jamamb]

SMFH.

And people complain about German judges, and the Wilder-Ortiz judging.

lmao why shouldnt ppl complain about those cases? there complaining about this already too

mate your laughably biased

[paddy chavez]

AJ wasn't great

[Neil Gee]

I could only give Parker 3 rounds in the end

[Mighty Atom]

You know what I saw in Parker...

SHADES OF FRAZIER

I liked Cheers too. The spin-off wasn't bad either...

[Loftgroov]

8-4.

Not sure how anyone could give Parker more than 4 rounds. He ate jabs and missed all night. Was in no way a decent performance from Joshua but it wasn’t close either.

I agree with this.... Joshua was sub-par tonight, but Parker didn't "win" more than 3 rounds for me. Flicking out a jab out of range and missing most of the time doesn't win rounds.

[rossij8]

Right result, had it closer

AJ would get through Wilder at that weight but not Fury

[jamamb]

8-4.

Not sure how anyone could give Parker more than 4 rounds. He ate jabs and missed all night. Was in no way a decent performance from Joshua but it wasn’t close either.

i know right, the guys here scoring for parker or draw were doing there best to not give it to aj

[lillywhite14]

Parker won 3 rounds. He was too passive.

Ref was poor but Parker looked happy to be split every time it got close too.

Some people here just have an agenda against Joshua imo. Landed more jabs, more power punches and just ticked over doing what he had to. Very disappointed in Parker

[Shirow]

The thing is if there are close rounds mostly being won by one boxer you get a correct but lopsided decision. Even if many rounds are close if you can score them to one boxer that's what you should do and not to share some out to make the scorecard more representative of the action in each round.

[milpool]

8-4.

Not sure how anyone could give Parker more than 4 rounds. He ate jabs and missed all night. Was in no way a decent performance from Joshua but it wasn’t close either.

Yep, pretty much agree with this.

[Neil Gee]

8 rounds x 2 and 10 rounds x 1 is unfair. He won but not by that margin,

It's not that far out. I only gave Parker 3 rounds and he didn't win those clearly.

[oogiebe]

Right result, had it closer

AJ would get through Wilder at that weight but not Fury

I am so much more confident that Wilder will blast AJ out.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Too wide

[handsofstone]

118-111 Joshua for me a difficult night for him, he won wide but he struggled with his timing a bit, could never really find a home for the right hand, Parker done a great job of making him miss with it, Joshua's jab was great at times and his lead left was his best shot of the night, he never really went through the gears and was a bit one paced and too relaxed sometimes

I feel sorry for Parker, that fool of a referee ruined his chances, he was getting through with some nice body shots andgetting on the inside would've benefited him but the ref broke them up every time they got close, like Cortez in the Mayweather/Hatton fight, fvcking bafoon of a man

Still 12 rounds under Joshua's belt and the WBO title

[jameswilson]

The judges clearly scored Parker down for falling in and holding the same way they scored Hughie down for running backwards at high speed.

Even without marking him down for the holding I had Joshua wining 8 rounds.

[Boxing Writer]

I had Joshua winning 116-112. Lennox Lewis had him winning 118-110

[Oiky]

Right result, had it closer

AJ would get through Wilder at that weight but not Fury

I am so much more confident that Wilder will blast AJ out.

Wilder might be technically sh*t but he's heavy handed and with aj's bad lateral movement and non existent head movement them wild swings could smash him to bits

[Nightmare Roy]

Shitty score cards but the right man won, didn't have it easy though, can't see them going into Wilder next fight.

[dookus]

Shit judges, shit ref. Fury, if he can get close to what he was, will absolutely clown AJ.

[Mighty Atom]

If the ref went into politics he'd separate Britain and the EU in seconds...

[jameswilson]

Parker won 3 rounds. He was too passive.

Ref was poor but Parker looked happy to be split every time it got close too.

Some people here just have an agenda against Joshua imo. Landed more jabs, more power punches and just ticked over doing what he had to. Very disappointed in Parker

You didn’t give 4 even rounds???

Ya mad??

[ShadrachSimmo]

You know what I saw in Parker...

SHADES OF FRAZIER

I liked Cheers too. The spin-off wasn't bad either...

[tiny_acres]

I had it 7-5 Joshua
I can see 8-4 but that's as far as I can go

[danconnollyeire]

Ain't no super man in there

This is why people should never anoint a fighter an all time great until their career is nearly over

Different when it’s like Manny PAC or Ali beating everyone but not when you can’t KO Takam no