Why is Joey 11 rounds Parker so overrated?

I often hear that this guy is Joshua's best win but I don't see it at all, I don't think he's even top 3:

Wlad: 41 yes, but he certainly gave Joshua his hardest fight outside of Ruiz/Usyk/Dubois, and he is clearly Joshua's most accomplished victim.

Povetkin: 39, but he did better against all of his other Parker mutual opponents (Takam, Hughie, Whyte), beating two of them after Joshua had KO'd him. Plus Parker lost to Whyte, whereas Povetkin was on the cusp of 41 and still killed him with one punch.

Whyte: he beat Parker and did better against a less worn Chisora.

Parker survived 12 with Joshua but so did 284 lbs rematch Ruiz and factory worker Franklin. They all showed less ambition than Joshua's three best victims, and hurt him less.

Parker went on to get KO'd by Joyce and Wardley, so his durability and defence was overrated. And besides a morbidly obese, one day notice, jet lagged Bakole, he never stopped anyone worth a nickel, so he lacks any proven KO threat above Simon Kean and past it Dimitrenko level (who was stopped in his prime on a Pulev jab).

What am I missing here?

 

I don't think Parker was faded when he lost to Joyce and Wardley. If anything, he was on his best career form around that time, beating Chisora 2, Zhang, blasting out Bakole. Joshua arguably got the easier version.

Parker scraped by Takam, Ruiz and Hughie, only got a belt because it was vacant (like Chuckles Martin) and on his home turf, lost it to Joshua without any real resistance and lost to Whyte one fight later.

How did Parker give Joshua a "tough night"? I dont recall it being much tougher than Franklin. Both came to survive, not to stop Joshua. Neither were going to get a decision unless they schooled Joshua, which they obviously lacked the ability to do.

I don't see a strong case for top 3, let alone above Povetkin and Wlad.

 

If Parker is better than Whyte despite losing to him, Wilder is better than Parker despite losing to him. At least Wilder was aging and had been KO'd twice by that point. What is Parker's excuse?

 

The fact that Povetkin beat Whyte on the cusp of 41, looking as shot as he did, was extraordinary. You'll almost never see a fighter at that level as shot as Povetkin was in the Whyte rematch. Parker lost to Whyte in his prime, which suggests a clear ability gap between Parker and a prime Povetkin. The Takam fights provide a prime for prime comparison.

Parker got a hometown New Zealand decision against Ruiz in a fight that could have gone either way or been a draw. Wardley won fair and square.

Parker has made loads of excuses, every loss there has been an excuse. I don't hold it against him though, most fighters are delusional.

 

Whatever asterisks people may want to add, Parker found a way to lose all of those fights. And his record could easily look worse: he was gifted the first Chisora fight. Ruiz deserved a draw. Even a fat old Zhang could have scraped one.

 

He lost to Wardley fair and square, he has always been overrated. His level is losing to Joshua, Whyte and Joyce, and needing a gift against Chisora 1.

After losing to Whyte he fought no one for years. I recall him ducking Hrgovic. He got Wilder, Bakole and to a lesser extent Zhang at the perfect time. I don't get the hero worship.