Parker v ??
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@kiwiinmelb I'm not trying to make excuses for him, but I wonder how much of an effect the headbutt in round 2 had on Parker? He was doing it easy until then.
Oh well that's Parker finished at the top for a little while. Whyte will get his rematch with AJ just as Eddie Hearn wanted and get smashed again. At this rate we might get AJ v Wilder in 2022.
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@african-monkey It's hard to say, but Parker tends to lack game plan discipline the longer the fight goes on. He tends to lose focus after the first few rounds and wastes too many rounds doing nothing.
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I suspect that might be it for joe ,
That loss will set him back a fair way in the pecking order ,
Back to fighting bums in manukau , which will be a struggle fgenerating ppv sales , kiwis were complaining about paying for this fight .
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@kiwiinmelb said in Parker v ??:
I suspect that might be it for joe ,
That loss will set him back a fair way in the pecking order ,
Back to fighting bums in manukau , which will be a struggle fgenerating ppv sales , kiwis were complaining about paying for this fight .
Unfortunately he just isn't quite at the elite level which is a hell of a shame.
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@dice Barry needs to take some blame for that and yes, he did bugger all for large parts of the fight and bought Whyte back into it by allowing him to bully him with lots of grappling etc. Whyte was there to be countered a lot as he swung and missed like a drunk a lot, but Parker doesn't look like he's been taught how to.
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@african-monkey He probably needs to move away from Barry, but unfortunately, I think he's too close to Barry and his family to do that.
I think the Parker camp had become a bit complacent, probably thinking Joe could win fights on hand speed alone, but the higher the level Joe has gone, the less his hand speed has been much of a factor because of his disadvantage in reach and not having the upper hand in height. The fighters are just able to see his punches better and are able to negate his advances and flurries more easily.
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@dice said in Parker v ??:
@african-monkey He probably needs to move away from Barry, but unfortunately, I think he's too close to Barry and his family to do that.
I think the Parker camp had become a bit complacent, probably thinking Joe could win fights on hand speed alone, but the higher the level Joe has gone, the less his hand speed has been much of a factor because of his disadvantage in reach and not having the upper hand in height. The fighters are just able to see his punches better and are able to negate his advances and flurries more easily.
Spot on.
And whilst every country wants their champion to be Champion, reality has to set in somewhere / sometime and accept that their best isn't good enough.
Cracking finish from Chisora though.
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Highlights the lack of quality in the heavyweight divison
Scottish fighter Lee McAllister has become the first lightweight champion to win a heavyweight world title after boxing Danny Williams into retirement.
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I think Parker is young enough to have a second coming but everyone as well as me just drank too much Parker kool-aid.
His power at 22 was good but not devastating. I thought it would come but it never has. He hit Whyte a hand full of times on the button and if he had real power hed have gotten the w.
We saw again, a trainer who means well and has obvious nous, but lacks the ability to motivate his fighter to follow the plan.
We also saw well and truly that Parker is not strong enough to deal with a fighter that wants to body him. He got man handled.
Whats really worrying is how often that happened and he looked back at his corner. Like "why is he doing this Kevin? ". Parker is just not smart enough and committed enough to stick to the game plan.
I dont think he'll fight again. If he does it wont be for a while. I think 18-24 months and if he does It will be with a different trainer.
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@raznomore said in Parker v ??:
I think Parker is young enough to have a second coming but everyone as well as me just drank too much Parker kool-aid.
His power at 22 was good but not devastating. I thought it would come but it never has. He hit Whyte a hand full of times on the button and if he had real power hed have gotten the w.
We saw again, a trainer who means well and has obvious nous, but lacks the ability to motivate his fighter to follow the plan.
We also saw well and truly that Parker is not strong enough to deal with a fighter that wants to body him. He got man handled.
Whats really worrying is how often that happened and he looked back at his corner. Like "why is he doing this Kevin? ". Parker is just not smart enough and committed enough to stick to the game plan.
I dont think he'll fight again. If he does it wont be for a while. I think 18-24 months and if he does It will be with a different trainer.
I think you could be right mate. But then again, his crew is probably stupid enough to get another fight lined up quick smart!
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*Barry took offence at one reporter's questioning of his ongoing role.
"I'm a little insulted you even ask that question. I can't get in the ring and throw the punches for Joe. I give every ounce of energy I have to this man. I love this man and my mission is to make him as good as he can possibly be and I'm totally dedicated to Joe."
I thought this was a bit weak from Barry. Compare that with what you get from many rugby coaches when they lose big matches - taking almost excessive responsibility, but definitely it's the whole team that lost - not just the players.
Think Barry would have been a lot better to have gone with the, "Look we'll review everything that we've done and what's happened in the fight and we're not going to leave any stones unturned in getting Joe to being the very best he can be - if that means bring other people with additional expertise, we'll do it".
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@chris-b and maybe that is the problem right there, their relationship is too close and Barr isnt able to give him the required kicks up the arse, or when he does, JP doesnt take it as seriously as he should
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@taniwharugby Seems a bit "I know everything that needs to be done".
I haven't seen the fight, but reading the Stuff commentary it seems like the expected fitness advantage to Parker didn't materialize.
Most pundits were saying that the longer the fight went, the more it would favour Parker. But, the commentary was talking about Parker looking tired in about Round 7.
So if Whyte is bigger, more aggressive and almost as fit, that's a lot in his advantage.
Doesn't sound like Joe was prepared perfectly.
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@chris-b Anthony Joshua last week was predicting Parker would run out of puff - what would he know eh?
It pretty much went as I expected. It has been apparent for a long time that Parker couldn't make the step up from fighting bums to being competitive at the upper echelon.
He's simply a journeyman who got lucky then got found out.
Not helped at all by Barry's obvious limitations as a trainer and the fact that Team Parker is the gravy train for Barry and Higgins. Not accusing them of being the traditional scum leeches boxing attracts but they are way to close to JP.
Higgins has actually managed Parker to two good paydays - time to retire and count the millions
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I always felt joe was more a manufactured boxer than a natural one ,
You get the same thing in rugby , where you get natural footballers that play the game in front of them , instinctive , it all comes natural ,
Joe never quite had that look about him for me ,not at the higher level, had some good athletic traits but the boxing skills didn't flow out of him, and when in deep water , he looked confused.
But he fought at the top level and won a world title , not many kiwis have achieved that , so still deserves credit for achieving that . -
@kiwiinmelb said in Parker v ??:
I always felt joe was more a manufactured boxer than a natural one ,
You get the same thing in rugby , where you get natural footballers that play the game in front of them , instinctive , it all comes natural ,
Joe never quite had that look about him for me ,not at the higher level, had some good athletic traits but the boxing skills didn't flow out of him, and when in deep water , he looked confused.
But he fought at the top level and won a world title , not many kiwis have achieved that , so still deserves credit for achieving that .I hope he's been smart enough to salt some of his winnings away
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And with Jeff horns humiliating defeat to Terrence Crawford a few weeks back ,
Duco must be feeling like they have gone from the penthouse to the shithouse almost over night .
