What the hell is up with Joseph Parker?

Isn't it going through a legal process? He denied it when it first came out. I'm also slightly sceptical about it too. Parker had positioned himself for a big-money fight against Usyk, and suddenly, he tests positive for cocaine? Win or lose, Wardley would end up in the position he is in now if Parker tests positive, so I think there's a broader, and potentially more sinister force at play here.

Why would Parker choose to come to the UK to fight Wardley in a dangerous eliminator he did not need to take, travelling all the way over from New Zealand with his family for a 6-week training camp, and then test positive for cocaine? It makes no sense at all.

 

How was he defending his undisputed sparring champ of the world title then?

 

Sheeeeeeeet

Bakole is lazy af and he should know better

 

Hope he comes back and makes one more good run. He's young enough, and its not like its his first loss. He could be right back in this thing.

 

Sounds like a Bakole problem. Nobody forced him into that ring

 

Bit worried about the silence, I was expecting at least some traction by now. Hopefully they get this sorted so inactivity doesn't kill off any hope of a comeback.

 

that’s how I feel about it

 

Common sense?

 

I always got mixed vibes off Parker

 

he’s calling for the Whyte rematch.

not the worst comeback opponent, I don’t reckon he looks too good in it either honestly.

 

If Fury had tested positive for cocaine nobody would doubt it.
They shouldn't doubt this either. It's probably impossible to get this test wrong. What vitamin pills are going to be contaminated with it etc.
When Fury tested for it, he absolutely had been doing it.
The reality is that Parker went to the UK for an eliminator to fight Usyk, and did coke either while partying or for a PED to fight on.
He thought he'd get away with it, maybe got told he would, but didn't.
He now has a legal team and NZ media trying to smother the damage, no doubt, that's why it isn't out there.

 

Parker wouldn't have had the run he did pre-Wardley if he were a coke addict.

 

Nobody doubts Fury's positive test because he was renowned for his alcohol and drug usage; it was the worst-kept secret in the sport for years. Parker has always projected the image of a very level-headed family man and has consistently come across as rational and collected in interviews, which is the complete opposite of a cokehead.

I'm not ruling out that he had cocaine, but something really doesn't add up, either. He was doing vlogs with his family on YouTube a few times a week in the weeks leading up to the Wardley fight, and he came across as very measured and content. I definitely think there's more to this one, I could be wrong though.