What is a good realistic next fight for Parker?

It is a disgrace how he has been treated
Dubouis should have been made to fight Parker, or Parker should have skipped the queue

Although it is unfair to Parker, I would like him to fight Agit and the winner of the undisputed is forced to fight the winner of this fight, rather than waiting for Fury/AJ

 

Joshua II, Ajagba, Itauma, Hrgovic.

 

Ajagba would be a good fight,,,so it won't be made

 

Ajagba was picked for the IBF title eliminator against Sanchez. But after that, why not?

 

100%. This should be the event. Co-main event is Parker-Kabayel, with the winner getting the winner of Usyk-Dubois. Could even do a faceoff at the very end. If the winner of Parker-Kabayel is well off enough, have them join the mic for providing commentary on Usyk-Dubois.

Did Parker commit some faux paux to Saudi or something? He's clearly the most deserving of a title challenge and he can't even get a fight? The ****?

 

Ituama? Lol. You trying to ruin Ituama? Way, WAY too early for him to go up against Parker.

 

Couldn't agree more

 

He's number 1 in the WBO rankings, so if he deserves this spot, why not test him?

 

Itauma after he destroys Whyte, Parker is vulnerable to counter punchers, and Itauma will be the first person since Ruiz who is faster than him, and unlike Ruiz Itaumas has faster feet. To top it off Parker isn't a puncher. I believe he is all wrong for Parker

 

In a world where the best fight the best?
Considering Dubois and Usyk are tied up Agit Kabayel is head and shoulders above the rest for me, so that's the fight to make. I think we know both these guys would take the fight too. Top blokes they are.

As a Parker fan I don't like that fight though. Agit is a bad man. Not saying he beats Parker ten times out of ten or anything, but I wouldn't want any part of that fight unless Agit is bringing a belt to the table, I dont think the risk reward makes sense when you're next in the alphabet rotation without a belt on the line.

As a stay busy I actually quite like the Bakole rematch. A win in a rematch goes a long way to removing what is quite reasonably an asterix next to the KO from their first encounter, and to me at least Bakole doesn't pose quite the risk he used to as he looks to be enjoying the life after his first big payday ala Andy Ruiz post the first AJ fight, if not quite to the same degree.
It's marketable (unfinished business, revenge, good guy Joe giving Bakole a fair shot etc. etc.) lowish risk, probably ends up being a good scrap. Just kind of ticks all the boxes.

 

Test him sure, but throwing him against the top end of the best in the division now risks ruining him when he probably has a long and potentially great career ahead of him.
Itauma is potentially all wrong for Joe, fast hands and feet and great counterpunching and all, but he's green as grass.
We all want to see him step up and take on the best, but patience is rewarded here imo.
If nothing else the heavy breathing after a single round in his last outing should be cause for pause on his development imo. Can he go 10? Not a clue. So why throw him in with someone that will probably make him fight more rounds than he ever has before, and is also the best fighter he'd have faced in career best form? Makes no sense to me.

As for the ranking, well he doesn't deserve that, plain and simple - he hasn't earned it.
He's got it because of the hype and his marketing and because he represents big, fat, sanctioning fees. Not because he's shown himself to be the top ranked contender in the ring.

 

He holds an interim title and a fight with Parker is nominally a title shot. After Usyk v Dubois he will be the 3rd most important HW champion He should be getting way better fighters than Dave Allen who I think might have the most losses of anyone in the top 150 not named Derek Chisora.

Look at the WBO rankings since those fighters are paying the WBO sanctioning fees and are more likely to fight for the organizations belt. The problem here seems to be all the options already have fights. Almost the whole WBO HW rankings are booked with the only fighters who aren't being Zhang, Chisora and Gassiev. And Chisora is a mandatory for another sanctioning body who Usyk has expressed interest in fighting. So that leaves Zhang and Gassiev. They were supposed to do a Zhang rematch if he wants a top opponent to pass the time that seems the logical choice.

Parker should be able to get a good fight at the end of the year but right now there don't seem to be options for him.

 

winner Usyk vs Dubois imo

 

Dave Allen lost to Yoka and Price