Parker v ??
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@Catogrande said in Parker v ??:
@kiwiinmelb said in Parker v ??:
@Crucial Ive got no idea of the details of his contract , but my thoughts were
if it was related to sales of PPVs and that was not looking as good as planned , maybe they pulled the pin ,
There are a lot of good fights coming up internationally , outside of NZ , this one has been getting little to no coverage ,
Could be a combination of things ,
One thing is for sure , the Furys are
dodgyPikeysIn certain circumstances words such as dodgy are redundant.
There's just way too much other shit around this to believe it as a simple late injury.
They will have a doctor's note though, which they will hope lets them off.
Talk is that the doping hearing will now be brought forward if his isn't going to be fighting.- reluctance to travel
- doping test results hanging over them
- travel requirements due to Peter Fury's convictions
- no friendly UK judges
- not attempting to turn up in time to deal with jet-lag
- contradictory readiness statements before and after pulling out
Hopefully the b tests will come back + and the whole Fury clan will have to retreat to their corner for a while. Wilder can step in to fight Klitscho/AJ and JP can fight the winner of that.
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@kiwiinmelb According to Kevin Barry's son, Breazeale only wants to fight in September so it won't be him.
Having said that, Breazeale is a tough nut. He's very slow and lacking somewhat in skill but he does have a lot of heart and will go to the very end.
I read that they want someone tall similar to Hughie as they have prepared for a tall opponent which only really leaves Razvan Cojanu and Zhilei Zhang out of those rankings. Zhilei Zhang is scheduled to fight this week so I would be suprised if it was anyone other than Cojanu from what Parker's camp have said.
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Razvan Cojanu a 6 foot 7 virtually unknown Romanian will be the replacement fighter , ranked 78th
Watched a bit of you tube footage, looks slow and sluggish ,
A no win situation for Joe, in fairness not his fault though
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Interesting that Higgins has been the sole voice from Duco, at least as far as I've seen. Maybe it's too risky to let Dean of his chain - they must be fuming, esp when the Fury's started mentioning Duco wanted to move the fight to the UK.
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@Paekakboyz I'm sure I read that Duco have split their roles so Higgins is solely in charge of Parker now.
Lonergan is responsible for the Auckland nines and Brisbane 10s.
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ah, I had wondered what was keeping Deano quiet!! cheers!
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They're moving the venue from Vector (sorry, Spark) Arena to the Vodafone Events Centre, which only has 25% the capacity of the former. I understand the need to reduce costs without the UK interest and loss of some sponsors but does this mean that less than 3000 tickets had been sold for the Fury fight to date?
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if you compare that to Joshua v Klitchcko ,
90,000 tickets sold out in 20 minutes ,
ringside seats are being sold for 50 grand
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@Bovidae said in Parker v ??:
@Paekakboyz I'm sure I read that Duco have split their roles so Higgins is solely in charge of Parker now.
Lonergan is responsible for the Auckland nines and Brisbane 10s.
And kicking down doors chasing low life scum who stream the fights...
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@Bovidae and yet, by all accounts they haven't reduced the PPV price....
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@taniwharugby I thought they had reduced it by $10.
Still $15 more expensive than Joshua v Klitchcko.
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@Bovidae ah ok, musta mis-heard the thing I was listening to on TV while doing something else...
On the Joshua Klitchko fight, Klitchko is paying about $2.80 to win....Parker said yesterday his experience will probably get him through.
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Deontay Wilder is a shit boxer but IMO anyone who says they will fight anyone, anywhere and already has a belt with a larger following than someone they are challenging you should stay clear of them.
He has more to lose that Parker. He is starting to get a following finally in the states. He's being asked to front clothing labels and make guest appearances on US TV. Money is coming in for him. So when a guy says he will come to your backyard(homecourt advantage and judges potentially in the home fighter pocket...) for a fight that will not yield much in the way of world wide attention or PPV (unless they fight at 11am in the morning in NZ) he must have some fucken massive balls and self belief.
He can't box but he hits like a mule kicks. He'll break his hands to knock to out if thats what it takes. To me I think he is the most dangerous fight out there. King Long is there too but he doesn't seem to be on anyones raider. Parker should stay away from Wilder.
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Atmosphere looks great at Wembley
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Klitchko looks like he is toying with Joshua, but getting some shots put on him.
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probably wont go 12, someone will go down, surely
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what a round this is
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Best heavyweight title fighti for some time
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@kiwiinmelb I dont watch alot of fights, but this has been pretty good, JOshua looked the business early, Klitchco then showing his class and it even out again
Comms said Klitchco just ahead so far
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wow what a hit by Joshua
