FURY vs PARKER - May Be Next

Parker is a top opponent, but pretty annoyed the rematch is not happening.
From what I have seen of Parker, he does not really stand much of a chance at all.

 

OH so Parker cruising to an easy descion as Fury runs all night???

 

How ccan he be a top opponent if he doesn't stand much of a chance?

He's the definition of average no risk opponent.

 

fury has dodged every risk possible his entire career.

 

Well some say fighting Wilder and wladimir was a risk, yet people forget the fact that he had no pressure and no expectation on him to win.

The pressure was all on them.

When he is expected to win a 50/50 fight he bails out.

 

I might be among the very few (outside maybe fans of Fury not confident he could avoid the KO again) that would prefer this over a Wilder rematch. That fight was overrated, and not that great outside the late drama. Nothing about most Wilder fights really appeals to me. The purist in me can appreciate the chess match that Fury vs. Parker will be, although it certainly won't be a fireworks display.

At least this is something new that we haven't seen before, and there's a question mark as to whether Fury can outbox someone much closer to him in skill than Wilder is.

 

Top five opponent is a top opponent obviously.

 

Well it seems as though Tyson does not want to fight Parker after all. Yesterday he was quoted as saying "me and Parker are like brothers, do you fight your own brother? No". So it looks as if that fight is also off the table. But when it comes to Fury, it's hard to take anything that comes out of his mouth seriously.

 

Is Earnie Shavers on the same level as Larry Holmes? Aside from the KD Wilder was thoroughly outclassed in every category you care to name, and should rightfully have a loss on his record now.

 

Is Parker that much more skilled than Wilder? He's got tighter technique and generally keeps his form a lot better, but he's predictable and machine-like in his attack patterns, and lacks some of that craftiness that Wilder sometimes displays. Wilder occasionally (very occasionally!) employs rudimentary tactics like feinting and blind-siding, as well as changing his attack angle or attack rhythm to catch fighters out. The proof of this is in his ability to knock down every fighter he's shared the ring with, including some very good and elusive boxers like Fury and Ortiz. With Parker you know exactly what he brings, which is why relatively low-quality opposition like Cojanu can survive his attacks.

I like that it's something new, but really I don't see the result being in question, whereas with Wilder there's the remote possibility that he catches Fury clean again and knocks him out. With Parker the only chess match it'd resemble would be me against Gary Kasparov.

 

Parker isn’t top 5

 

Unfortunately for you he is.

 

He’s the worst guy who’s arguably top ten. He’s not top 5 on anyone’s list.

 

Not a good comparison, Holmes-Shavers was a different dynamic and Shavers was stopped well inside the distance.

The bookies have the rematch nearly even, I favor Fury but a Wilder KO wouldn’t be shocking in the least.