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Interested to know where people rank Joshua compared to New Zealand's heavyweight prospect Joseph Parker. Parker has useful size although nowhere the muscular bulk of AJ.

He's currently world ranked by 2/3 of the major sanctioning bodies. Has a nice fast crisp jab, and a decent right hand. Argument could be made that he's fought slightly better level of opposition ?

He's been 10 rounds against granite chinned Sherman Willimas so has proven fitness and conditioning over the long route, chin still perhaps suspect was hurt against brazilian Nasimento.

Two guys who must fight each other at Some point in time in my opinion

I will grab the issue by the throat here and say that the tall southpaw comment is a reference to the American Tony Thompson who has just come a rematch win against the Cuban Odlandier Solis, and has those two upset wins against David Price.

If I was Eddie Hearn I wouldn't even consider Tony Thompson for quite along time, and Price shouldn't have been put in with Thompson when he was only 15-0 and not yet cleared out the heavyweight division domestically. Frank Maloney (as was at the time) took a massive gamble of trying to make a big splash by. Having Price defeat a former two time world title challenger in a much quicker time than Wladimir Klitschko took with Thompson. And we all know what happened next don't we gentleman?