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Looking at the fight being made for Australia.

at this stage its an interesting fight tbh, parker hasnt looked good forever

Parker's early career was explosive, then after losing the bauble he established himself as one of the toughest and most durable heavies around.
Unfortunately the battering by Joyce has probably ended his hopes of anything higher. I wouldn't like to see him slide anymore

I've not seen McKean yet.

Parker struggled a lot with Junior Fa. McKean seems a bit better in most departments than Fa.

I don't hate it, it's probably a good fight for Parker really. Parker needs a few good fights outside the top 10. In the past 5 years he's been in with Joshua, Whyte, Chisora x2 and Joyce among all the lower level fights and has taken some serious shots in all of those, especially in the Joyce fight.

I see this as similar to his fight with Fa. An unbeaten regional "rival" who is currently a fringe top 50 guy but is unknown to most so has a bit of intrigue surrounding him. I wouldn't even mind Parker facing Browne after this one as another regional fight if he beats Miller. He didn't look great against Massey so needs to mix things up if he wants a final push at getting another title shot and it's clearly been difficult for him to do that against the best.

If he can pick up the commonwealth belt when Joyce inevitably drops it then he could have quite a range of opponents of that level that he could choose from to get some more half decent wins without getting his head caved in in the process (Ajagba, Wardley, Kean, Terzievski/Opelu, Barriere, Akpejiori). Alternatively there's tougher fights with Zhang, Gassiev or Kossobutskiy for the Asia side of things.

jameswilson wrote: ↑12 Mar 2023, 09:42 Parker struggled a lot with Junior Fa. McKean seems a bit better in most departments than Fa.

I think that's Parker's main problem. He fights to the level of him opponent and therefore looks like he struggles with almost anyone regardless of their level. He also hasn't look awful in his losses. The Joyce fight is the only fight where he looked like he didn't have a chance at all.

Mckean is absolutely average, if Parker can't beat him he should hang them up.

not very interesting frankly for a guy who " talks" about getting back to challenging for a belt .

samwbr wrote: ↑12 Mar 2023, 10:14 Mckean is absolutely average, if Parker can't beat him he should hang them up.

He is very average - good safe find for Parker I`d say

Parker looked like he was almost totally washed against Massey, but tbf he took that fight way too quickly after that terrible beating off Joyce.

So this fight will be good to gauge if there is anything left. McKean is a fairly standard/average southpaw, so I would make Joseph a narrow favourite.

Parker seems desperate for some traction on his career. Sadly, I think he's done.

A fight where Parker should dominate, but struggles almost every time he steps in the ring these days.

Parker in a close one, where he underperforms as usual.