I know what you mean Pap, but Wlad was spent. His follow up after dropping him was woeful. He was allowed to recover as much as anything. I think Parker in the same position would've got more done with Joshua maybe stopped him. Whether he can get Joshua in to the same position Wlad did remains to be seen, I doubt it though
Very true. I think people have bought into the "best version" of Wlad that night compared to him against Fury, which I think showed more in regards to AJ's flaws as opposed to a "better" Wlad than that that Fury handled easily.
Defo agree with scissors. If he wins tonite he has to get the respect for it. I think he gets respect anyway. The klitchko nite sealed it. Till then no one really knew if breazeale, martin, whyte etc we,re much good. A pretty good/fit klitchko turned up but there will be guys that say he was 41. Even takam was older. But a parker win pretty much seals it. Parkers prime. Young. Fit and he's a good fighter regardless what people say on here. I still think Joshua's few flaws could get exposed tonite. The younger guys will deal with his much better athletism a little bit better. Always thought to beat him you,ve got to go forward punching in numbers and try to push him back. Inbetween frustrating him on the backfoot. Parker is capable of that. He closes the distance pretty well. His hands are fast. And he can throw in combinations. Obviously he has his flaws that suits Joshua. Reach. Slowish feet. Slowish defensive reflexes. Admires his work a bit too long. Etc. Again tho...Joshua is collosal. Hes the favorite against anyone in that division. But its never been about being the absolute best to beat him. Just the right style/attributes. Parker doesn't tick all the boxes. But he does tick some of them. I think hell give Joshua big trouble tonite. Hell take a beating but he might end up turning that fight on its head at some point. This fight will tell us if Joshua is the big superstar. Parkers a solid fighter. He's also had good preparation fights for it....for being 26/7. Ruiz, takam, fury. All tricky guys that people would prefer to avoid. Good solid progression. He's had to grind them out a bit...its good learning for joshua. If he gets tucked up tonite you know you,ve got something special on your hands in Joshua.
depends... if its a legit stoppage fine.. but its another takam or klitchko stoppage I will be pissed.
Klitschko stoppage? That was completely 100% fine lol, Klitschko was done and had nothing left, the Takam stoppage was awful though!
I wonder if that bald headed referee from Joshua's last fight is refereeing this one. Lol Parker's screwed if he slips down on the ring mat, the bodybuilder's referee will jump in and stop it, straight away.
AJ should win early .Parker is a very average fighter .I don't understand the hype with him .this fight will still leave many questions about AJ
Yeah Parker is not A class after all which makes me wonder why AJ was too cautious and couldn't even KD let alone KO Parker. It as a real long boring fight...
Lol it's hard to tell who's being sarcastic and who simply DKSAB on this forum to be honest. Sarcasm needs to be less subtle on here for it to be seen as sarcasm.