Itauma would obliterate Parker

Itauma could win but y'all got to slow your roll with the obliterate. Parker is if nothing else is durable af. Thats his whole thing surviving fights. Its possible Itauma is the most gifted fighter hes ever fought. Hes not the most dangerous not by a longshot.

 

270 pound Parker is too slow and hittable for Itauma, doesn’t last long imo

 

This forum never, ever over reacts, only for the claims to age like milk in the sun. Does it?

Who could forget Joe Joyce having the best chin since Chuvalo? Some were saying all time! LOL!

Zhang being the biggest puncher since Foreman 1 and perhaps all time was another recent classic. LOL!

Keep a lid on it kids.

 

Parker was almost taking into deep waters by Jack Massey and nearly drowned so do me a favour.

Unless Itauma has an awful engine then he beats the **** out of Joe Parker from start to finish as the speed and faints would be an absolute nightmare for old man Parker to keep up with so he would get absolute blitzed. dancing around a washed Wilder and a 77-year-old 291 POUND Zhang is all well and good but he can't dance around and outpoint the most inherently talented prospect since that Canadian lad who beat Riddick Bowe in the Olympics.

Kabayel would be a good fight as he's someone who can methodically come forward with constant pressure and try to get the young stud out of his majestic ultra fast Cruiserweight like rhythm and try and slow him down in the process. would still favour Itauma but it's a very good fight.

 

I hope so

 

Parker is in the form of his life, coming off career-best wins, and has deserved his shot, paid his dues, and beaten three dangerous guys in a row. How is he an old man? He's one year older than Kabayel and 5 years younger than Usyk. Itauma beats a painfully washed Dillian Whyte, who fought like he'd been on the ale all day, and suddenly he's the next Joe Louis? Na, not having it.

Itauma is special, but I've seen nothing from him that suggests he beats anyone in the top 5 convincingly. If he beats a Bakole, Hrgovic, Kabayel, or Parker in that manner, then I'd change my tune. Obviously he gives them all nightmares, and he is definitely going to be the next king of the division in a few years, but I think people are getting carried away from one win against an absolute shell of Whyte. In the same way, Dubois knocking out a PTSD version of AJ had people getting carried away, we're now seeing it with Moses.

 

And out of the winderness comes some commonsense.

 

I like this fight

And I want it next

 

Are you sure? A totally shot wilder, an obese bakole on a few days notice. The only good win was zhang. His recent run is way overrated. He was a better fighter years ago.

 

Wilder was a 1/6 favourite with the bookies against Parker, then Parker won every single round, and suddenly he's totally shot? Wilder has always been overrated, but he was a top 5 name when Parker smoked him. His run might be slightly overrated, but they are his best career wins, and there's nobody else in the top 10 who can make a case for being Usyk's next opponent better than Joe can. He loses every round, most likely, but what's the point of fighting your way to the #1 contender spot if you just get ignored when you get there?

 

Beat him, possibly, obliterate him, I highly doubt it. Parker is anything but durable and seems to be in his prime and has defused many huge punchers recently, Wilder, Zhang and Bakole. Itauma's speed could be an issue if Parker comes in heavy again but a Parker in the 240's has enough speed of his own to not be overwhelmed and keep Itauma from simply blitzing him.

I kind of see Itauma as a southpaw version of the fighter Parker should have become. He's still not learned to really counter effectively, which Itauma has. It would potentially be a tough fight for Parker but we haven't seen Itauma's chin or stamina tested.

Itauma needs a gut check type of fight like Parker had with Takam and Ruiz. Itauma so far seems to have all the physical attributes needed to be great but we all know that the mental side is a huge part of what makes a great athlete special. Will he fold or rise to the occasion when he's put in hard situations where he isn't in full control. He might have it, he seems very relaxed and calm outside of the ring, maybe he'll be the same in high pressure moments.

 

Apparently Parker and Itauma had wars in sparring in the build up to Zhang vs Parker. I think this would be a competitive bout but we haven't seen enough from Itauma to say that he would beat Parker easily.

Parker won't give Itauma much to work off, he isn't go to bite hard on the body feints, he isn't going to rush in with his chin in the air. He will look at timing Itauma's body jab with an overhand right or something similar.

But one thing is for sure, Parker isn't a completely washed Whyte, and he has a decent chin, it took 300 punches, over 200 power punches, landing from a heavy handed Joyce to put a sickbed Parker down.

 

So, if Wilder was shot, why was he the overwhelming favourite at 1/6 and nobody outside of New Zealand actually picked Parker to win? Zhang was coming off two knockout wins over Joyce, who had positioned himself in the top 5 with two different governing bodies, so again, how was he shot to pieces? Joyce was ranked in the top 5 before Zhang cracked his chin, then in the very next fight, he lost to Parker, and suddenly, he's shot to pieces? How does that work? People were literally comparing his power to George Foreman after that 2nd fight.

The reason Joshua has PTSD is that before the Ruiz 1 fight, he was a completely different fighter; it's glaringly obvious how the Joshua who fought Whyte and the Joshua after the first Ruiz fight is a complete shell of what he used to be. If you can't make that basic distinction, then saying anyone else has little boxing knowledge is a bold claim.

I'm sure that last paragraph sounded much smarter in your head than it does in this forum, but I'll address it anyway. Believe it or not, I base my opinion on boxers usually from two or three solid fights where they have had to show something, whether it's heart, chin, elite skills, something that goes beyond bulldozing cannon fodder, which Itauma hasn't done yet. He's impressive, but the jury is still out until he does it to someone who is remotely near the top 10. That's not a **** scout, it's someone who doesn't base their entire opinion on a highlight reel.