Round-by-Round: Joseph Parker vs. Derek Chisora - 1 May 2021

[dr_devious]

Spider is doing well won at least one round but is starting to blow a bit.

[Boxing Prospect]

Bivol is an exceptional talent... but fornicating hell does he have a 4th or 5h gear?

[skanksta]

3-1 Bivol.
Richards doesn't look out of his depth which is something for him.

[Neil Gee]

Richards is boxing as well as he can I think but I’ve still got him losing the first 2 and Bivol seems to be moving through the gears. I think he’ll stop Richards before the end of the 6th.

Richards is making a credible effort but there is a big difference in level.
The Englishman is keeping his distance, with the jab.
However Bivol is biding his time and I feel he will go through the gears before long

Yeh you get the feeling Bivol is biding his time here

[MightyWarrior]

Good effort by the Brit, he’s kept his nerve and is hanging in there as well as you’d hope

[emallini]

Doing OK Richards

[Webbo911]

Bivol reckons he can make 168 for a Canelo fight. Is Richard's a big light-heavy?

Looks the much bigger man in there.

[Fightnight Scores]

Always feel like Bivol never quite gets going to his full potential.

[Coco]

Doing OK Richards

Yeah def

[MightyWarrior]

In terms of what to expect from the referee and judges, who is the house fighter here ?
it’s probably the Russian isn’t it ? with his looming mega fights and I imagine Eddie has got a hand in there somewhere

[dr_devious]

Always feel like Bivol never quite gets going to his full potential.

Maybe hes not as good as we think

[dookus]

Doing himself a credit here, Richards. Losing but does not looks out of his depth against a very good world champion.

Disgraceful that Ricky Hatton's mediocre son is higher up the card than this.

[MightyWarrior]

Bivol Showing Richards some respect here, good effort !

[dookus]

Always feel like Bivol never quite gets going to his full potential.

Maybe hes not as good as we think

A bit like Howard Eastman's oft-promised extra gears

[Neil Gee]

Bivol doing enough to win every round but not much more in the first half of the fight. Richards' conditioning looks good, he's strong, maybe he will surprise us all and go the distance here

[Boxing Prospect]

In terms of what to expect from the referee and judges, who is the house fighter here ?
it’s probably the Russian isn’t it ? with his looming mega fights and I imagine Eddie has got a hand in there somewhere

Judges are from UK, Poland and Russia... tbf I don't think even the British judge will have given Richards more than 2

[Coco]

I think Bivol is content winning and is waiting for Richards to get more ambitious so the gaps will open

[Ruthless-RKO]

Paul Smith just mentioned about him going to Russia next week, for Liam’s fight.

Hope DAZN pick it up.

[MightyWarrior]

In terms of what to expect from the referee and judges, who is the house fighter here ?
it’s probably the Russian isn’t it ? with his looming mega fights and I imagine Eddie has got a hand in there somewhere

Judges are from UK, Poland and Russia... tbf I don't think even the British judge will have given Richards more than 2

Yes but I think the unspoken understanding is that the promotion doesn’t want another upset here, unlikely as it is

[maverick23]

Doing himself a credit here, Richards. Losing but does not looks out of his depth against a very good world champion.

Disgraceful that Ricky Hatton's mediocre son is higher up the card than this.

It’s for Russian tv.

[MightyWarrior]

This is the making of Richards, assuming he holds it together for 12 rounds. Quite the step up

[Coco]

In terms of what to expect from the referee and judges, who is the house fighter here ?
it’s probably the Russian isn’t it ? with his looming mega fights and I imagine Eddie has got a hand in there somewhere

Judges are from UK, Poland and Russia... tbf I don't think even the British judge will have given Richards more than 2

Im sure Eddie has a part of Bivol, he will have more money to spend with daz too

[skanksta]

Bivol is class but I'd rather watch Courtenay vs Bridges.

[Kilburn]

I’ve been trying to think of what fight this reminds me of. Maybe it’s Golovkin v Jacobs.

Richards is looking sturdy so far.

[Deserter]

Always feel like Bivol never quite gets going to his full potential.

Maybe hes not as good as we think

A bit like Howard Eastman's oft-promised extra gears

Exactly the comparison that sprang to mind for me as well

Can’t fault Bivol’s skill-set, but he definitely seems to lack that ability to go through the gears and have that bit of spite that all the best fighters have.