Klitschko, Fury, Parker, Takam & Joshua
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<p>Great finish. He was gone after the first punch.</p>
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<p>So Parker wins by TKO last night vs Haumono after dropping him with an uppercut. Some controversy as ref appeared to call the fight off early as Haumono wasnt that clear in whether he was up from the count or not. I'm fairly sure Joseph would have finished the fight fairly quickly after then anyway but yeah....</p>
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<p>Fight itself was fairly underwhelming. Defence again a bit lacking, especially in the 3rd round but I guess by then that Joseph had realised that Haumono wasnt really going to hurt him despite him coming forward at him pretty much all the time. In fact Joseph got hit a fair bit, too much again for my liking. Seem to get less and less confident in Josephs abilities and potential each time he fights.</p>
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A mate pointed out an interesting point ,<br><br>Nearly all the top ranked fighters in the world who are considered more advanced than Joseph , are taller than him with a longer reach,<br><br>yet they have ( whether by choice or coincidence)hand picked fighters smaller than him
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<p>A mate pointed out an interesting point ,<br><br>
Nearly all the top ranked fighters in the world who are considered more advanced than Joseph ,<strong> are taller than him with a longer reach,</strong><br><br>
yet they have ( whether by choice or coincidence)hand picked fighters smaller than him</p>
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<p>JP is 193cm in height and reach....forget Canes4Life bullshit, these stats are extremely accurate and fighters are weighed in before each fight as everyone knows. Some blokes his height are well over 200cm in reach so perhaps that will be telling as he doesn't appear to have the ferocious power that "short" fighters like Tyson, Tua, Marciano, Frazier etc had in abundance.</p> -
Its interesting how the heavyweight fighters have evolved into these tall fighters , current world champion Fury is 6 foot nine , in previous eras that wouldve been for basketball not boxing,<br><br>Dadid Haye of the top ranked fighters is considered small at 6 foot 3 , still a bit taller than Ali
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<p>But Tyson wasn't tall at 1.78 and in his prime I'd wager he'd hold his own against the overgrown contenders of today.</p>
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Tyson would , some of the others would too, that want my point so much , just the massive change in dimensions,<br><br>Tyson did say though, he thinks he would struggle to beat Klitsccko , with his ability to keep fighters of his size on the outside
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<p>Tyson did say though, he thinks he would struggle to beat Klitsccko , with his ability to keep fighters of his size on the outside</p>
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<p>That was the way to beat Tyson, keep him out of his range and hug him as soon as he came in. Frustrate him.</p>
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<p>Of course no one was good enough until he came out of prison. I'm sure Cus would have addressed that.</p>
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<p>On the Lesnar doping; this has starkly highlighted the real problem - dope and get paid. Then deal with the fallout by wiping your tears away with Benjamins.</p> -
<p>So expecting an announcement tomorrow for Parker to be fighting Alexander Dimitrenko next up.</p>
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<p>The guy is a big unit at 2.01m and has a record or 38-2-0 with his losses coming against Chambers and Pulev.</p>
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<p>So expecting an announcement tomorrow for Parker to be fighting Alexander Dimitrenko next up.</p>
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<p>The guy is a big unit at 2.01m and has a record or 38-2-0 with his losses coming against Chambers and Pulev.</p>
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<p>A step in the right direction for sure</p>
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<p>Definitely channeling the spirit of Dolph Lundrgren with his 'do.</p>
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<p>That's a fine record, scanning the list of his fights in Wikipedia there doesn't seem to be too many "names" there ( although to be fair I'm no expert on todays fighters )</p> -
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<p>Yeah not a lot of real names in there was my thinking too.</p>
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<p>Flip side of that is, despite us proud kiwis building him up, JP is hardly a real "name" either in all honesty. A loss to an ex leaguie like Soloman Haumono would have been a fucken disaster.</p> -
<p>It's a good opponent for him at this stage of his career. Definitely the 2nd best opponent for him after Takam and should be able to get some rounds in without being troubled too much.</p>
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<p>It's a good opponent for him at this stage of his career. Definitely the 2nd best opponent for him after Takam and should be able to get some rounds in without being troubled too much.</p>
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<p>Also good for him to come up against a bloke with a huge reach advantage too, just like the others further down the line in his "journey"</p> -
<p>He posesses a goodish jab which should keep Parker's questionable defence but has a very slow right hand and doesn't have a lot of power. Was in a good battle with Pulev before being knocked to the canvas late on with a jab so his chin is also questionable. </p>
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