Joseph Parker - Young man going places.
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Great achievement by Joe. Ruiz was always going to have to do a lot more than Joe to win it down here and almost did enough.
Still not convinced at all on Joes power. Other fighters above him won't be shaking in their boots based on his recent performances
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close fight eh. i had parker winning, but i'm no expert, and not by much. thought he landed a few more scoring punches overall, after losing the first few rounds.
early on he looked hesistant, maybe nervous, and ruiz kept backing him up nicely while parker was hitting nothing but gloves. as ruiz slowed a touch, parker was able to slide out of his way a bit more, and hit him with a few more jabs. didn't throw enough though.
both have pretty quick hands for big boys, but most of the shots landed weren't from really strong positions.
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It doesn't sound like it was a terrible decision to give the fight to Parker. That is the problem with boxing though. People can watch a fight and think either guy won unless it was a one sided fight. You sort of don't want a fight to be close because it brings the judges into it but you also want a good contest. It seems like Parker would need to really step it up if he was fighting someone a lot better.
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@Billy-Tell said in Joseph Parker - Young man going places.:
Can any aficionados tell me, is WBO more or less prestigious than WBC, IBF etc??
They're all on par especially with all the champions in the division now apart from the WBA which would be the worst going around in the division as it is a complete mess.
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@mimic said in Joseph Parker - Young man going places.:
Well done Parker, you've done Samoa proud. Also a big thank you to the NZ government for missing the bus and giving Samoa the chance to be advertised to the world.
Dunno how true that is. Everyone under the sun on social media is proud of 'their boy' Joe doing the business for NZ. Easy to become experts on the sweet science when Lydia Ko and Team NZ are quiet I guess.
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@mimic said in Joseph Parker - Young man going places.:
Well done Parker, you've done Samoa proud. Also a big thank you to the NZ government for missing the bus and giving Samoa the chance to be advertised to the world.
The mystique around his Samoan heritage was completely undone by walking out to Phil Collins.
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@Wurzel said in Joseph Parker - Young man going places.:
@mimic said in Joseph Parker - Young man going places.:
Well done Parker, you've done Samoa proud. Also a big thank you to the NZ government for missing the bus and giving Samoa the chance to be advertised to the world.
The mystique around his Samoan heritage was completely undone by walking out to Phil Collins.
Easy now. King Kapisi and Che Fu can't exactly compare with anything PC has done.
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@MN5 said in Joseph Parker - Young man going places.:
@Wurzel said in Joseph Parker - Young man going places.:
@mimic said in Joseph Parker - Young man going places.:
Well done Parker, you've done Samoa proud. Also a big thank you to the NZ government for missing the bus and giving Samoa the chance to be advertised to the world.
The mystique around his Samoan heritage was completely undone by walking out to Phil Collins.
Easy now. King Kapisi and Che Fu can't exactly compare with anything PC has done.
Che Fu also isn't Samoan.
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be interested to see where they go from here ,
My gut feeling is Duco will be trying to hang onto it as long as possible and doing their best to avoid guys they think Joe may struggle with ,
But the WBO could easily throw a spanner in the works and dish up a mandatory like Haye ,
There is a bit of talk Tyson furys Brother Hughie could be on the cards , which could be a bit of fun in a circus kind of way
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@Nepia said in Joseph Parker - Young man going places.:
@MN5 said in Joseph Parker - Young man going places.:
@Wurzel said in Joseph Parker - Young man going places.:
@mimic said in Joseph Parker - Young man going places.:
Well done Parker, you've done Samoa proud. Also a big thank you to the NZ government for missing the bus and giving Samoa the chance to be advertised to the world.
The mystique around his Samoan heritage was completely undone by walking out to Phil Collins.
Easy now. King Kapisi and Che Fu can't exactly compare with anything PC has done.
Che Fu also isn't Samoan.
This is the fern. Facts should never interfere with perpetuating stereotypes.
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@mimic The only thing is that the ad they replayed over and over hardly advertised Samoa as anything more than a swing bridge and a swimming hole. Malielegaoi spent all that money but I'd be surprised if there is a massive jump in Samoan tourism.
That fat c@nt just wants to play big dog. I noticed he made good on his promise to get the Rock there too.....on the big screen....
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I managed to watch the last 7 rounds at a pub but couldn't hear the commentary from the cheap seats. Rounds 6-12 looked fairly even to me and neither fighter looked that confident at the final bell.
Does anyone know where the judges were from? I know they couldn't be from NZ/Aust or USA/Mexico so I assume Canada, Latin America or from Europe. Ruiz did mention pre-fight that home advantage was worth 2 pts and so it proved with the scorecard of 2 of the judges.
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I think I heard there were two thais but I mightve heard wrong,
Was a difficult one to score , I had Ruiz up due to his early rounds , but he did fade with the amount of pressure he applied through the middle stages which allowed Joe to score off his jab, so its possible some would see him pinching more rounds than others
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Ruiz looks more beat up than Parker, if that is any indicator
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I rewatched the fight and there were a shit load of body shots from Parker. That double and triple jab really helped too. Ruiz counter punched for most of the back end of the fight and usually after Parker had already landed 2 shots. So Parker was throwing on average 2-1 from about round 6.
As to the facial damage people take hits differently. Shane Cameron just needed his opponent to look at him and he'd start bleeding. But in this case I think it was a fair indication of who got hit the most.
Ruiz came to the ring with a shiner though. I noticed it straight away.
For anyone who cares Tyson Fury is a prize c@nt. When he was champ he was singing Parkers praises now hes on the outside looking in hes calling him a bum. Shannon Briggs even felt the need to hold an impromptu intervention ringside about his ballooning weight. Fury had it out with Joshuas promoter too. He was unhappy at being made to pay for his £200 ringside ticket. To that I say "who the fuck do you think you are?" You disgraced yourself and the sport so don't expect any favours you git.
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Bob Jones has had his rant on RS this afternoon...
Starts about 7.15
http://120.138.20.16/WeekOnDemand/radiosport/2016.12.12-17.00.00-D.mp3
http://120.138.20.16/WeekOnDemand/radiosport/2016.12.12-17.15.00-D.mp3 -
Bob Jones is a bitter man that very seldom has anything positive to say about boxing , makes you wonder why he bothers following it
kind of strange he is held in such high regard , in international boxing circles he is a nobody
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