The anti-Joshua agenda.

Spot on mate.

People ignore the fact some of AJs best work is on the inside too.

Look at Klitschko, look at Whyte.

 

It was like GGG Canelo in that Parker was backing up almost the whole fight. I thought GGG was a clear winner in that fight, but can see Canelo did a lot of good work in bursts and won rounds. Parker didn't. His jab just wasn't as effective, or connecting as regularly from what I could see - and he wasn't anywhere near as positive as he needed to be. Joshua fought a highly disciplined, Wlad minus fireworks kind of fight (including smothering and hanging on his opponent). KO's are great TV but I'd be happy to see him outbox Wilder in exactly the same way, just like I'd take Newcastle winning any kind of cup via an own goal off a defenders backside.

 

Takam fight too, despite being the longer, rangier fighter, Takam did not want to engage Joshua on the inside and was forced onto the back foot while Joshua looked to pressure Takam.

 

I had it 8-4 initially for AJ.

Rewatched it and oddly my scorecard came our 6-6.

I'm not a fan of either but AJ won the fight and he'd win the rematch.

 

Problem is, pre-fight, many AJ fans were saying AJ would brutally destroy Parker easily inside 7 rounds or less. Many AJ fans were calling this a horrible mismatch.

I give Joshua a ton of credit for beating Parker who I thought was good enough to pull an upset. Joshua won clearly but let's not pretend he controlled or dominated the fight from start to finish either. It was a good contest between two similarly able boxers.
I thought Parker won 3 or 4 rounds, maybe a couple of rounds were even. But Joshua bagged at least 6 rounds, maybe 8 or 9.
I can't see it anything other than a Joshua win.
But it was a competitive fight.

I was wrong about Parker. He wasn't good enough but he proved himself well worthy of sharing a ring with Joshua, despite what many here predicted before the fight.
I agree with Parker's team when they say Joshua improved himself for this fight.

 

In my opinion, the ref played a huge part of taking away part of Parker's gameplan, as many of the rounds were close enough that if he got in the inside more one flurry on the inside could've swung it in his favor. That ref was so corrupt. I have to say though that the overzealousness of AJ protectors/fanboys is fueling fan dislike of AJ. AJ was keen on never stepping on the gas, thinking if he doesn't use gas he won't gas out. It was like a driver who turns the car off at every stop light to save on gas.

 

There's no same argument that can give Parker this fight, only bias and agenda.

 

I'm a American fan and I couldn't agree more with the part in bold. Most US fans have gotten ridiculous since Wilder finally fought someone who could beat him in his 40th fight. I back AJ, imo Wilder makes not following the nationalistic line and backing the American/hating on the Brit easy.

 

Definetely. There is a misunderstanding where everyone says the scorecards were miles off... where in fact they were pretty accurate. AJ won a lot of rounds simply because you could not justify giving them to Parker. Staying on the outside, not landing much, and throwing half committed punches (pulling back before you find the target) does not win rounds. Neither guys landed much really but Joshua had the much better ring generalship.

I gave Parker 2 rounds, scored 1 even and gave the rest to Joshua.

I hate the hype surrounded by AJ however this fight has done him no harm whatsoever. Every boxer who has ever lived has had contests where it is just about getting the job done.
This is boxing.

 

even with him winning they felt they had to help him I like aj check my past post

 

No, I like AJ. His win is better for boxing than Parker. But, I watched it again, and tried to give him more rounds and just couldn't. And it is unusual for me, because I usually reward aggression alot and Parker was on the back foot.

Parker was throwing alot more. Compubox gave him credit for fewer connects, but neither fighter connected too effectively much. Parker was clearly landing more power punches to the extent they did land. And most importantly, those power punches were landing with more authority. I was really just about to give AJ a couple rounds, but for the fact he appeared hurt by a Parker punch. The 10th I believe comes to mind, where Parker and AJ landed blows about the same time near the end of the round. I was thinking "I can finally give another fairly clear round to AJ" just before then, but Parkers body shot clearly hurt AJ. In rounds where there wasn't alot to choose from, I reward the fighter who is hurting the other fighter.

I don't have a problem with AJ getting the decision, there are rational arguments to give him the win, but acting like it was clear cut, undebatable, or a wipeout is nuts.

 

The ref was correct in that. After a few rounds, there were too many fouls being committed. Best to keep them apart instead of having a DQ or something.

 

Just rewatched the fight today. The bodybuilder was alot more dominant in a second viewing, then I remembered when watching it live. He won double the rounds than Parker , and most of them were the earlier rounds. Didn't see alot of bad intentions in this fight, looked a bit like a glorified sparring session. Little clean punches landed. Both fighters were going through the motions. Parker was on the backfoot, a little more, so I couldn't score him generously. Hopefully Joshua gets a aggressive foe next. I wanna see a proper tear up.