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Not seen the fight yet but I have been reading all the comments and it sounds like Parker does have a chin.
I really wasn't sure about the quality of his chin if the truth is told, I think I had a good understanding of his style and thought he could go more than a few rounds and obviously he did better than I thought judging by the result and community and press opinions I have read so far.
There feels like a slight feeling of disappointment in the air as many were expecting the stoppage, but for the better of boxing with this fight we now have Joshua, Wilder, Fury, Ortiz, Whyte and Parker in the mix which sure beefs up the competition in the division and makes it very interesting.
I'll wait to see the fight and how it played out but in the big scheme of things it sounds like the Heavyweight division is on the march again with an attractive selection of fights and opponents to choose from, it's building up very nicely.

yes, the chin is good, he proved it vs a top puncher

He showed a good chin tonight, coupled with decent head movement and Joshua being a bit predictable coming forward.

We cant really judge this fight on who has a good chin because the REF stopped the action when any sort of fight started happening .

It was basically a long range boxing match in favour of Joshua who had the reach .

Worst REF ever , he controlled the fight to the point there was no fight just a man standing on ropes and 1 person throwing a few long range jabs . Every now and then the short guy would come in with a right bodyshot and chase the big guy into ropes and then REF almost paniced and stopped action before the big guy got hurt badly .

Grailer wrote: ↑31 Mar 2018, 22:28 We cant really judge this fight on who has a good chin because the REF stopped the action when any sort of fight started happening .

It was basically a long range boxing match in favour of Joshua who had the reach .

Worst REF ever , he controlled the fight to the point there was no fight just a man standing on ropes and 1 person throwing a few long range jabs . Every now and then the short guy would come in with a right bodyshot and chase the big guy into ropes and then REF almost paniced and stopped action before the big guy got hurt badly .

Agreed...no one got hit with a bomb tonight. Ref was getting too much "air time." He truly sucked moose cocks.

............And still, we don't know a lot about Parker's chin. It seems we will have to wait for Wilder to test this.............

Grailer wrote: ↑31 Mar 2018, 12:21

the_doctor wrote: ↑31 Mar 2018, 03:24 We will know about Parker's chin after tonight. He hasn't been in against an elite level pro yet so we'll see how he responds if he takes a big shot.

Of course, he could have a granite chin and still get stopped on his feet if he is taking a pummeling.

Rather than relying on having a head like a breeze block, he'll presumably be trying to stay out of AJs way and aim to stop him late if he tires.

If you consider AJ an elite level pro lol. Who has AJ beaten ? A 44 year old man Klitschko who was 2 years out of ring and coming of a terrible loss vs Fury is Joshua’s best win lol.

AJ beating Parker would be a step towards being elite but Parker isn’t even a top 5 fighter by boxrec and Klitschko wasn’t even ranked he was INACTIVE

If AJ isn't elite level then who in the heavyweight division is? None of them?

Grailer wrote: ↑31 Mar 2018, 12:21
If you consider AJ an elite level pro lol. Who has AJ beaten ? A 44 year old man Klitschko who was 2 years out of ring and coming of a terrible loss vs Fury is Joshua’s best win lol.

AJ beating Parker would be a step towards being elite but Parker isn’t even a top 5 fighter by boxrec and Klitschko wasn’t even ranked he was INACTIVE

Who has he beaten? How about ...

5 fighters who had never been beaten before.
6 fighters who were either now and/or at the time of the fight, top ten in the world.
3 fighters who held at least one world championship belt.
1 fighter who who is a generally recognized ATG and future Hall of Famer.

All in his first twenty-one contests.

ps Did I mention 'The aquaduct'?