Parker by KO at 7/1

Worth a punt I just think his relatively short arms will make it hard for him to get those combos off. It should be easy for Joshua to keep Parker at range. AJ will need to make a mistake for Parker to capitalise for the KO. Either that or he needs to gas. Parker needs to prove that he has this elite chin that higgins speaks of.

 

Joshua is way faster than Dimitrenko.

 

Barely won against h Fury who is crap

AJ is the real deal

 

Hughie Fury’s elusiveness and defensive skill would frustrate any heavyweight in the world, including AJ. He’s not crap at all, definitely offensively negative but he has plenty of boxing skill.

Parker could potentially cause an upset, if he can stay away from those big bombs and outbox AJ. However, any heavyweight can gas if he doesn’t control his emotion and throws lots of heavy shots. He’s proven that he can get his second wind and finish the job. I’ve not seen any glass chin signs. If you get hit in the heavyweight division, anyone can get sparked. His power is proven. He hits very very hard, not only with his straight right but he can muster an awful lot of power on the inside. Them uppercuts are just tremendous. He’s knocked a few fighters out with that shot already. So trying to fight him in the pocket is not recommended. Neither is fighting him on the outside cos his jab is solid. The lad can box.

 

7 to 1 is good money

 

Save your money.

 

Ortiz was good money also. I got burned on that beotch.

 

Parker could be 100/1 to win by KO however when AJ wins you still win nothing. This will be finished in 4 rounds.

 

Don't think Joshua will blow him away like many are predicting... when he has stepped up in class, fighters have taken him into the second half of the fight. This is gonna be one of those fights! This is a live opponent and a fellow champ! So people that are completely dismissing Parkers chance of a KO are just being ignorant.

 

Parker was buzzed by Takam. Was AJ? Despite having a broken nose the whole fight?

 

Good odds imo. We know Joshua's vulnerable. Think the tactics from parker will be similar to takams but he,ll commit to his attacks a little bit more. I still say parker has the power to get to Joshua. Its just getting into a position to hit him with something clean thats the big problem. But parker does close the distance pretty well...and his hand speeds quite hard to detect.

People point to parker not knocking out guys as he,s went up the level but I think this fight will be slightly different to them fights in that...the tactics we,re more about breaking the opponent down bit by bit. Against Joshua it will more likely be frustrate him and land something big.

I think at this stage its worth punting on any Joshua opponent for the stoppage. Joshua is a class above all of them IMO. But and its a big but its been a long time since I,ve seen someone shut down for as long as he does when he does take a big shot. His gas tank goes. His speed goes. His power goes. For rounds. Luckily for him tho his mind stays on and his sheer size keeps him in there. But after klitchko I think everyone learned...if you hurt him......you,ve got to put it on him. He does have a very good second wind if he gets enough time to recover.

On top of that...Joshua becomes more open as a fight goes on. Them big arms start to come down more. His minds not as sharp to pull off the very good tactics he uses in them first four or five rounds. He starts slowing down a bit and becomes a bit more predictable. I don't buy into parkers chin all that much....not that its not very good but if Joshua starts hitting you clean it will go eventually. But with the talk of a granite chin he can maybe outlast him for long enough to capitalize on it. I think ill take that 7/1 tbh. Nothing crazy maybe ten or twenty on it.

Be interesting to see how parker handles the crowd. Its great having 80,000 in your corner but at the same time...it can become a bit of a double edged sword. Them 80,000 are basically there to see Joshua smash up another guy a lot of them probably don't even know much about. They turn up looking for the big knockout reel highlight. And their impatient about it. They,ve jamp on a bandwagon of seeing him smash guys without breaking a sweat in a round or two. You can sometimes see the disappointment in Joshua as the end of round bell goes and he's not KO,d someone. Anyone that takes him past five or six thats not named klitchko is starting to be labelled a bad performance.

I fancy parker to grow into that fight if he does get through them first couple of rounds. If he starts getting somewhere that 80,000 start to become...not as much as an advantage as they,ve all been saying.