Parker can do what Jerry Forrest did

I'd argue Parker is more durable than both. Parker has one TKO loss and it took 11 rounds. Joyce has two stoppages at rounds 3 and 6.

Hrgovic was lucky to not have his fight waved off as he stumbled around dazed against Zhang. Apart from that his chin hasn't really been tested enough.

 

People are claiming Canelo was much bigger than Khan and Floyd, although they are exact same size (Canelo has shorter reach than Floyd),
or they say that Zhang's biggest win will be Parker, although Zhang destroyed Joyce, who destroyed Parker.
Or they say it's fair to match a 6'2'' fighter to a 5'7''.

Why should I bother myself debating such non logical claims? Everything is clear as day.

 

Parker lost to Whyte and Chisora.

 

Classic triangle theory... And those have never been wrong?

Spoiler alert - they often are.

The reason Parker would be clearly Zhang's best win is because Parkers resume is much deeper than Joyce's.
Joyce has beaten one contender and a bunch of gatekeepers, which is good.
Parker beat Wilder, would've beaten Whyte if a dodgy KD had been scored correctly, beat Ruiz Jnr... Yes he lost to Joshua and Joyce, but he's had far more fights at that level and done well for the most part.

Perhaps if you looked at it in more depth, you'd be able to understand just how logical this is - and how it's clear as day in completely the opposite direction to what you currently think.

 

But this time Big Bang hasn’t got low level kidney failure, liver damage, and isn’t anaemic.

Parker is getting ragdolled KO’d

 

This is too funny.

On paper:
Parker lost to Whyte.
Parker beat Chisora - twice.

If you watched the Whyte fight, you'd know Parker was concussed by a headbutt, resulting in one of the KD's - despite that, it was still a very close fight... And Whyte at his best was a clear top 5 fighter, that's why Deonkey Wilder ducked him throughout his WBC reign.

Chisora gives anyone a tough fight, even Usyk - he did very well in the first fight, even won on some peoples cards (including one of the judges)... There's no shame in having a close fight with him.

 

@BubblesUK Parker lost to Ruiz Jr too, in my opinion.

Parker can't beat Zhang. He's not cut for this.

 

The Ruiz fight was close - Ruiz at his best was very good... Hasn't been that fighter since Joshua 1, though.
Respectable 50/50, Parker shaded it though I think.

"Can't" is a strong word.
Anything can happen in boxing, especially at heavyweight... And especially when the guy you're giving no chance to is by far the more proven of the two involved.

 

@BubblesUK OK. Just 2 weeks left. We'll see what happens. I say Zhang wins by KO.

 

You may be asking too much...

 

And here was me thinking you were the only person who was a realist AND a Wilder fan

 

We will see on March 8th.

 

I see this somewhat like Tommy Morrison vs. George Foreman.

Like Foreman, Zhang stalks and is relatively immoveable. You go toe-to-toe with him at your risk.

I don't see Parker pushing Zhang around and I certainly don't see him kayoing Zhang. But if Parker sticks and moves, and surprises the older, slower man with the occasional aggressive burst, just to keep Zhang slightly off-balance, then he can pull out a UD.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to a good fight. Might Parker get momentarily careless and get caught in an early round? Always possible. But I think he knows enough by now to fight Zhang smartly, so I expect this to make it into late rounds.

 

I know, I know, just couldn't help cracking that joke

 

Parker is far stronger and better than Forrest and unlike Forrest Parker is an elite fighter, Forrest looked good because Zhang was dehydrated and that caused the draw, if Zhang was hydrated enough he would have beaten Forrest easily, Parker has the skills to bring Zhang in trouble and we are expecting a great fight which should be the main fight of the evening...