Joseph Parker reveals plan to make London home

[Ruthless-RKO]

oseph Parker has plans to dominate the United Kingdom boxing scene after announcing he is going to make England his "home base".

Parker is currently training in England as he prepares to defend his WBO belt against Hughie Fury on September 24 (NZ time) in Manchester.

The fight will be his second title defence since claiming the belt late last year.

Speaking to Sky Sports UK, the 25-year-old said he is looking forward to the challenge of being based in the United Kingdom.

"I'm going to make this my home base," Parker told Sky Sport s UK.

"The heavyweight division is booming over here at the moment so I want to be part of it, I want to fight all the heavyweights out there. Heavyweight boxing is exciting again so it's great to be part of it.

"This bout is very important and we wanted to come to the UK and fight. I feel like this is the fight we're going to establish ourselves here that we're going to come here and establish ourselves here and look at fighting other bigger names that are here."

With the fight only 10 days away, Parker has been working very hard and is determined as ever to improve his record to 24-0.

To help prepare for the bout, Parker has been training at David Haye's gym. Haye is a former two-time world champion, and has been impressed with what he has seen ahead of the fight.

Haye is currently rehabilitating a torn Achilles suffered a defeat to Tony Bellew back in March.

Parker admitted he would like to face Haye after he gets past Fury.

"I've got to get past Hughie first, obviously down the road, got to look at what fights are out there and what fights there are to have.

"I feel like David can be a fight in the future. He's still in good shape, he's still fighting hard, you know, you never know what can happen.

"I followed him ever since I started boxing, I've watched a lot of his fights, I like his speed, his movement he's real agile so, it would be an interesting fight.

"I've got to get past this next fight and then hopefully see what makes sense you know. I feel like Bellew and David could be other options for me to fight in the future."

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I initially thought he'd relocate to the States, and fight there, seeing as he is also co-promoted by Bob Arum..

But this is good news, he's see's $$ fights here in the UK. I hope to see a lot more of him in the near future. He's still young as well.

[Stuarty]

He's actually been saying this for a couple of years now. I thought he'd have moved here by now and tied in with Hearn or allegedly

[Covfefe]

I initially thought he'd relocate to the States, and fight there, seeing as he is also co-promoted by Bob Arum..

But this is good news, he's see's $$ fights here in the UK. I hope to see a lot more of him in the near future. He's still young as well.

Yeah, I read he spent a lot of time in Las Vegas. Surprised to see he's moving here.

[Taansend]

He's going to live in a house with 37 other Antipodeans in Earls Court

[KiwiRider]

He's going to live in a house with 37 other Antipodeans in Earls Court

And tending bar in Camdon on his off weeks?.
Poor bugger. He is making some real sacrifices for his career. Seems weird given that he lives in Vegas with Barry who owns a house there.

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He's going to live in a house with 37 other Antipodeans in Earls Court

And tending bar in Camdon on his off weeks?.
Poor bugger. He is making some real sacrifices for his career. Seems weird given that he lives in Vegas with Barry who owns a house there.

His training will go to pot he'll be in The Walkabout every night...

[mickey1975]

He's bought a 100kg of weed from Peter Fury with his purse and has asked AJ to knock it out for him.

[nmhz]

JP is based in Las Vegas, not NZ. Im surprised he hasnt fought more in the US to build his profile there

[Tanzio]

Parker has not fought more in the USA because the HW scene is so pathetic here. There is exponentially more money at HW in Europe and specifically the UK.