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Heck of a win.
Parker out worked Zhang with prety much 1-2's all the way through, nothing fancy, just guts and graft.

Joe is a boring mover who lost to Hughie - don't really see how he wins these close decisions ?

Maybe 'cos he's brave and likeable ?

A big well done to Joe. Massive career turnaround.

early we got after kev lerena for not following up on a hurt opponent enough

zhang said hold my beer......


man has serious power but just cant put much together before needing a rest

Is that a rematch i want to see? nope. I wonder if it will be in China? Saudi? If zhang fights that rematch like a 4 rounder i think he will get it done.

If its a saudi money rematch i wonder if they will convince em to change it up after that lackluster fight. zhang vs wilder, parker vs joyce 2 for example.... or parker vs whyte 2 if he is proper cleared. or parker vs ruiz 2....

Fuks sake. Rematch clause

skanksta wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 20:04 Joe is a boring mover who lost to Hughie - don't really see how he wins these close decisions ?

Maybe 'cos he's brave and likeable ?

Or could it be he actually won ? .

Draw-ish but Joseph ruled the last four rounds and Zhang squandered it like he did against Hrgovic. It could be too late for him to have a shot, meanwhile kudos to Chief Joe to his newfound determination

No thanks to a rematch, it wasn't good entertainment.

get parker a new opponent, he won legit

get zhang vs a more stationary opponent who will make for a funner fight

skanksta wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 20:04 Joe is a boring mover who lost to Hughie - don't really see how he wins these close decisions ?

Maybe 'cos he's brave and likeable ?

He won that fight.

skanksta wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 20:04 Joe is a boring mover who lost to Hughie - don't really see how he wins these close decisions ?

Maybe 'cos he's brave and likeable ?

shit take. just beat wilder coming forward, beat zhang coming foward. the 2 biggest punchers in the world arguably back to back... hard to have any argument with either decision, not even a little bit controversial.

gregregegg wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 20:07

skanksta wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 20:04 Joe is a boring mover who lost to Hughie - don't really see how he wins these close decisions ?

Maybe 'cos he's brave and likeable ?

shit take. just beat wilder coming forward, beat zhang coming foward. the 2 biggest punchers in the world arguably back to back... hard to have any argument with either decision, not even a little bit controversial.

he wasnt coming forward most of the zhang fight , mainly it was parker moving around the ring, zhang following, them pawing at each other over and over. joe ocassional jab, jab right.

still legit wins though

Lenny Cravats wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 19:52 Just tuned in to R5L.

Embarrassing commentary. 'How are you scoring it?'

Met with three commentators either saying they weren't scoring it (well then wtf are you doing?), or some non-committal rubbish.

Poor stuff.

It was painful at times. I could hear that punches were being thrown but Smith ignored them. He just kept prattling on about spurious stuff and bringing in each of the other three for comments, Very little blow-by-blow commentary occurred.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 20:05 Fuks sake. Rematch clause

Zhang is only going to regress at his age so given Parker will get well paid I'd be fine taking that if I was his advisor.

He's surely in line to take on AJ, Fury, Usyk now and I don't think he will be able to bridge that gap.

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 20:04 early we got after kev lerena for not following up on a hurt opponent enough

zhang said hold my beer......


man has serious power but just cant put much together before needing a rest

6-9 months time after an 'injury' to Joe he will be even slower.

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 20:08

gregregegg wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 20:07

skanksta wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 20:04 Joe is a boring mover who lost to Hughie - don't really see how he wins these close decisions ?

Maybe 'cos he's brave and likeable ?

shit take. just beat wilder coming forward, beat zhang coming foward. the 2 biggest punchers in the world arguably back to back... hard to have any argument with either decision, not even a little bit controversial.

he wasnt coming forward most of the zhang fight , mainly it was parker moving around the ring, zhang following, them pawing at each other over and over. joe ocassional jab, jab right.

still legit wins though

wasnt litraly marching foward, but he was the one moving foward into engagment more often than not.

Parker is racking up a resume now.
Wonder where the mighty boxrec algorithm sticks him in the division?

"the hurt business" and he didn't hurt Deeontay or Zhang in 24 rounds ?

I guess Parker deserved the wins, for being brave, in shape and turning up..

No need for a rematch. Wilder vs Zhang can fight now.

Tough to say what's next for Joe.
He probaly won't get a shot at Usyk, Fury or AJ next.

gregregegg wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 20:09

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 20:08

gregregegg wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 20:07

shit take. just beat wilder coming forward, beat zhang coming foward. the 2 biggest punchers in the world arguably back to back... hard to have any argument with either decision, not even a little bit controversial.

he wasnt coming forward most of the zhang fight , mainly it was parker moving around the ring, zhang following, them pawing at each other over and over. joe ocassional jab, jab right.

still legit wins though

wasnt litraly marching foward, but he was the one moving foward into engagment more often than not.

he was moving back and away very catiously most of the fight as zhang plodded forward. hardly a come forward win

Will the main event ever start. I need sleep

Is parker now a saudi prince? 3 wins in 4 and a bit months in the mighty kingdom of saudi arabia.

skanksta wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 20:10 "the hurt business" and he didn't hurt Deeontay or Zhang in 24 rounds ?

I guess Parker deserved the wins, for being brave, in shape and turning up..

Do you really think Parker lost those fights?

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