Joseph Parker - Young man going places.
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<p>Agree with all that is said about him, I know a few folk who have met him and yeah, sounds a really nice bloke.</p>
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<p>I've always found the whole mentality of boxing promoting amusing though......imagine if Rugby was the same instead of clichés about taking each game as it comes and "We're the All Blacks but we really respect Outer Mongolia as a Rugby nation and take this game seriously"</p>
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End of the day money is what will talk loudest , They have already missed opportunities because of a lack of cash. Joseph has to get himself known overseas , being a favourite son in NZ will only get him so far . <br><br>
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<p>End of the day money is what will talk loudest , They have already missed opportunities because of a lack of cash. Joseph has to get himself known overseas , being a favourite son in NZ will only get him so far .<br><br>
Boxing is a sport where people will support you no matter what country you are from if you appeal to them .</p>
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<p>That is true but I do recall the country being at a stand still when our very own David Tua got his shot at Lennox Lewis. Some big bandwagon jumpers that day that we're seeing with Lydia Ko nowadays.</p> -
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<p>That is true but I do recall the country being at a stand still when our very own David Tua got his shot at Lennox Lewis. .</p>
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<p>Raises hand!</p>
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<p>We caught the Euro star to watch us play Fance in Paris. Spent a couple of hours after the game trying to find a french pub that would show the fight. Finally found one.</p>
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<p>I dunno, I think NZers are genuinely interested in seeing Kiwis do well (some if only to chop them down if they fail) at almost anything, I'm not into boxing, but me and a group of mates got together to watch the Tua-Lennox fight.</p>
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Kiwis will get behind Joseph , but my point is he may need a bigger support base .<br><br>
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<p>Kiwis will get behind Joseph , but my point is he may need a bigger support base .<br><br>
id be trying to promote him in Australia as well for starters. Aussie fight fans would support him no problem , like they are doing with Mark Hunt, he is very popular here.</p>
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<p>No need to do that ~ I'm pretty sure the Aussies will start doing that themselves ~"Australasian boxer Joseph Parker wins his fight".</p> -
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<p>I dunno, I think NZers are genuinely interested in seeing Kiwis do well (some if only to chop them down if they fail) at almost anything, I'm not into boxing, but me and a group of mates got together to watch the Tua-Lennox fight.</p>
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<p>I do hear ya but social media makes things easy for bandwagon jumpers. People who wouldn't know a putter from a driver inanely sharing on facebook how proud they are of Lydia Ko winning and how awesome it is to be a kiwi. Mind you the absolute peak of this horrific behaviour is during the Americas Cup especially if they're up against anyone remotely Australian....</p> -
Resurrecting this old thread as no one seems to have a new one running.
Ignoring the spread about clusterfuck of belts in the heavyweights at the moment (the filtering of these bouts will eventually bring them back together) whaddayareckon? Is JP going to claim his first world title?
Considering stumping up to watch this (around £10 on BoxNation in the UK) depending on what I am doing at the time.
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A good read here..
Southside warrior: Four months inside Team Joseph Parker
Lupesoliai La'auli Joseph Parker is the greatest boxing hope New Zealand and Samoa have produced since David Tua. But can he win a world championship title? Don Rowe spent four months embedded in Parker’s inner circle as he prepared for the most important fight of his career so far.
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@Crucial said in Joseph Parker - Young man going places.:
Resurrecting this old thread as no one seems to have a new one running.
Ignoring the spread about clusterfuck of belts in the heavyweights at the moment (the filtering of these bouts will eventually bring them back together) whaddayareckon? Is JP going to claim his first world title?
Considering stumping up to watch this (around £10 on BoxNation in the UK) depending on what I am doing at the time.
I think he will win , Joe is the much better athlete , but Ruiz is cagey so needs to be careful , has a few clever tricks , has a few nice in close combinations, and throws an over hand right that looks a bit dodgy the way he follows through with the elbow,
Ruiz is an unusual fighter, mexican fighters are legendary, but not as heavyweights , hence the less than impressive build, but he is mexican drilled , he is ring smart and has surprising hand speed.
For kiwis in Aus, its free on foxtel ,pay per view in NZ, bonus for us .
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@kiwiinmelb if it's free for you, you should live stream it 😀
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@Bovidae Ruiz has very good head movement and trains specifically to avoid the jab being a shorter guy in this division. Still the way to go for Parker no doubt about that but it'll be interesting to see how effective it is. Tua is on another level compared to Ruiz as a puncher but the boxing ability favours the Mexi-merican. Lewis could have had it a bit harder against someone that could actually box.
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Who caught that shit from Weirdo Barry earlier in the week about the "Animal will be released" ?
Fuck he weirds me out man. He's so serious and thinks people still buy that machismo type shit from the rocky films. Although he looks more like the bad guy in Cobra.
