Parker v ??
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@kiwiinmelb I thought the same thing, looking at a weigh in pic.
Judging by the sheer amount (and similarity) of the mocking comments going around, sounds like it was a pretty awful fight to watch. Fury dancing around and Parker not landing anything of note.
Barry has to go. Seriously. Parker has been spinning on a hamster wheel for some time now. He's not progressing, and no one is going to be scared of him at this rate.
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I paid the £15 YouTube fee and it wasn't classic viewing (feed quality awful and loads of sound issues). Felt Parker did enough, 10 rounds to 2 from 2/3 judges was a bit lucky though. I'd gave given Joseph 8-4. Fury did fuck all and mostly backpeddled, that can't win you a title at age 23. Joseph didn't look that impressive physically, was expecting him to be more like Sonny Bill.
As an aside, holy shit Tyson Fury is a fat fluffybunny these days. At 6'10" with that rig he must be 150kg+.
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I had Parker winning but not by 10-2. All Hughie did was run around the ring flicking out jabs that were missing most of the time mixed in with the odd right.
Hughie is a nightmare to come up and look good against stylistically with his horrible negative style of fighting. I think Joe beats all the British heavyweights except for AJ.
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@dice said in Parker v ??:
I've thought this for awhile, but Parker really fights small for his size. Parker is what, 6'3? But the way he fights, you'd think he was 5'10.
That's because the fighters he's going up against are taller and have a longer reach. I'm assuming that's why he has his style, to cope with the bigger fighters.
Anyone got any memes about the early celebrations of the Fury camp?
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Watched the ppv thru sky and good enough quality. The whole setup was a bit lacking though. No singer for U.K. Anthem? No click clack sound for nearing end of round?
Thought it could have gone either way and was worried when first judge had draw meaning the other two did not as expected to side with fury and was happily surprised.
Fury is an awkward bugger and those flicky almost backhanded jabs could have picked up a lot of cheap points but thankfully the judges saw through it
Think they kept joe a bit heavier this time in hope of him retaining a bit more power but unfortunately again it was no where to be seen
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Would have been farcical if Fury had won a Heavyweight belt with that performance. He spent the first nine rounds going backwards around the ring, presumably hoping Parker would run out of gas and he'd pick him off at the end.
That didn't happen. He barely laid anything substantial on Parker - even when he started to engage a little bit towards the end - I reckon Joe will feel a bit like he's been on a 25km run through a forest - scratched on the face by a few branches.
Awful as a spectacle, but Fury was particularly bad.
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And Fury's promoter wants some answers about the decision.
To expand:
Mick Hennessy told BBC Radio 5 live: "I thought he skated it, it was an absolute masterclass, shades of Ali. It was beautiful boxing in the heavyweight division."Parker wasn't even in the fight, any punches he was throwing were either missing or hitting elbows or hitting gloves, it was very rare he got through with a clean shot. Hughie absolutely skated that fight.
"That is probably one of, if not the worst, decisions I've ever seen in my life, it was disgusting, absolutely disgusting."
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Another bullshit decision.
Fury outthought and outscored Parker IMHO.
On that performance Parker will get pummelled by AJ
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@mikethesnow said in Parker v ??:
Another bullshit decision.
Fury outthought and outscored Parker IMHO.
On that performance Parker will get pummelled by AJ
I agree the scorecards were bullshit , parker didnt win 118-110 , I thought it was close ,
But dont think Fury did much at all, you have to do more than that to take someones title ,
Both fighters didnt land much , Fury a few jabs with nothing on them , he did appear in large parts of the fight to have better movement etc, but simply didnt let the hands go enough ,
Parker did land the heavier blows although missed a hell of a lot too, when waiting for the scorecards I thought , how is this going to go ? both fighters could make a case ,
But agree AJ wont be losing any sleep over either of them
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@mikethesnow said in Parker v ??:
Another bullshit decision.
Fury outthought and outscored Parker IMHO.
On that performance Parker will get pummelled by AJ
You can't take the title by running like a girl and throwing little backhand taps.
Parker is the champ, boxing has always been adjudicated that way.
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@bovidae said in Parker v ??:
Even Hughie's old man said he needed to use his right hand more.
To answer my own question below, O'Connor scored the fight 118-110 so it was one of the yank judges that somehow thought the fight was a draw.
Must have been this judge
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@sammyc said in Parker v ??:
@mikethesnow said in Parker v ??:
Another bullshit decision.
Fury outthought and outscored Parker IMHO.
On that performance Parker will get pummelled by AJ
You can't take the title by running like a girl and throwing little backhand taps.
Parker is the champ, boxing has always been adjudicated that way.
Have to agree. JP may have lacked the ability to get close enough but when a guy is tapping and running away why risk charging in when it is up to him to take the title off you.
You want the belt Hughie, come and get it.
What Fury did may have taken skill but it wasnt going to win a title. This rubbish about being like Ali is just crap. Ali may have done that sometimes but he followed it up in later rounds by pummelling the tiring opposition. I don't think he ran away for the whole show.Edit: JP should have backed off and goaded Fury to come at him. A bit of 'bring it on boy, why are you running away?'
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@crucial said in Parker v ??:
@sammyc said in Parker v ??:
@mikethesnow said in Parker v ??:
Another bullshit decision.
Fury outthought and outscored Parker IMHO.
On that performance Parker will get pummelled by AJ
You can't take the title by running like a girl and throwing little backhand taps.
Parker is the champ, boxing has always been adjudicated that way.
Have to agree. JP may have lacked the ability to get close enough but when a guy is tapping and running away why risk charging in when it is up to him to take the title off you.
You want the belt Hughie, come and get it.
What Fury did may have taken skill but it wasnt going to win a title. This rubbish about being like Ali is just crap. Ali may have done that sometimes but he followed it up in later rounds by pummelling the tiring opposition. I don't think he ran away for the whole show.Edit: JP should have backed off and goaded Fury to come at him. A bit of 'bring it on boy, why are you running away?'
Mayweather made a career out of it.
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@crucial the risk with that approach is that JP and his camp didnt want to leave it to a points decision as they expected there to be some fury favouratism there. They were super keen on finishing it in the ring and removing that risk but JP couldnt find a way to do it.
Fortunately the judges didn't score it that way and it appears his aggression and moving forward got him through.
