Joseph Parker - Young man going places.
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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.
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Looking good so far - both throwing some good combos
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then it all gets wild!
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yeah, sounds like he can take fights deep too. So he'll be dangerous throughout
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bit of a concern , joe looks a bit lost here
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More action in those last two rounds - Parker needs to get a few more runs on the board.
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Keep the comments coming pal.
