Joshua vs Parker, IBF championship 2016

Going to to br greater than the great LL

 

If joshua takes on parker if he disposes of breazeale, he's taking it back to the old days of boxing, fighting guys sooner rather than later, not allowing fights to marinate, instead electing to fight guys when interest is fresh, and also fighting guys who call him out. He's probably my favorite fighter on the scene at the moment.

 

I don't like Breazeale as his next opponent either, it does nothing for him in terms of development, it's just another quick KO win for AJ.

The only reason why I think they may have chosen Breazeale is because they are trying to grow AJ's profile in the US, to tap that US TV money. The list of opponents they had were all US fighters and Brezeale being undefeated makes a marketable opponent for casual sports fans who don't follow boxing and who don't realise what a mismatch it is.

Looking at the other options, Stiverne is fat and lost badly to Wilder and isn't undefeated, Scott is known as a quitter against Wilder and Jennings has lost his last 2 fights. Breazeale has a nice looking undefeated record and will no doubt get spectacularly KO'ed to help build the AJ hype.

 

Chin rating 9??? LOL :roflatsch:nut

 

There isn't a fighter in history who beats Joshua in those departments. I highly doubt Parker should be as close as you make him. And some of Joshua's power should be 11/10, if not 12. Again, you can't say that about any other fighter's power throughout history. He is a beast.

 

Joshua beats Parker then haters put all their faith in the next hype job after Parker joins Martin under the bus. Even if Joshua has a very similar career to Lewis- say he gets chinned by two guys he's favoured to beat then immediately avenges the loss- they will claim they was right all along and Joshua is a hype job.

 

The only choices were Breazeale, Jarrell Miller, Andy Ruiz, Duhaupus & Molina- you have to fight someone ranked in the top 15 and these are the only guys available.

Duhapus and Molins have journeyman records.
Ruiz would look a joke in press conferences stood next to Joshua.
Miller is less known than Breazeale, so from a commercial stand point they went with the right option, but I doubt any of them give Joshua a fight.

 

Parker shocks Joshua and shocks the WORLD.

 

Do you think people weren't saying the same things about Lennox for the majority of his career? It was only in 1999 that people, on both sides of the Atlantic, took him seriously.

Joshua has far more fanbois now than Lewis ever had.

 

And people hate that. The very fact that an unproven fighter has fans ****es some people off. Joshua will have career long detractors simply because he is a well liked fighter. It doesn't matter how humble a fighter is or how exciting their fights are. If they have fans before they're proven at the top they're on the hitlist for some people.

 

I think Joseph Parker will be paid to step aside this year or whenever he's mandated to challenge.

Eddie Hearn will give us AJ v Whyte 2 instead.

 

OK, with that. Parker, sees to have a good fanbase

 

True. Look at Golovkin.

 

Very true

But Parker may still surprise. Watch this space...