Doesn't really make sense for Parker but would sell moderately well at home whilst they are waiting for a bigger fight. I mean really everyone ahead or around him is tied up for the next few months..and Parker isn't at the front of the line to fight them. Unless Fa access some sort of internal Tongan tiger to combat the Uce Samoan power of Parker he is getting toweled up.
Did you hear his interview after the Winters fight? He seemed to say he wanted to fight three times this year with the last fight being a big one. I may not have that right, but that's what I thought I heard. In which case, it seems he's happy to have a relatively easy ride and then come into a bigger fight near the end of year with a couple of wins and momentum restored. Maybe this is a Hearn plan that he's following?
Would have been better before the Winters fight, though I'd kinda enjoy it a bit from the stupid tall-poppy BS you see in NZ with Parker being called a bum more often than not and Fa being talked about as our real hope. If Fa himself had been more respectful of what Parker's achieved I wouldn't find the idea of Parker smashing him around the ring so appealing to shut some of these guys up. Needless to say, I view it almost as a step down from Winters.
I thought maybe Eddie is looking to do AJ/Fury in December. Maybe AJ will give up the WBO belt to make the fight and Usyk/Parker will contest it.
Fa is highly ranked by the orgs so would be a smart move by parker I like parker, kinda good at everything but not elite (maybe chin?) but I think his only hope now is getting a shot at a vacant title. He’s frozen out for the time being unless something weird happens with the WBO
Makes sense from a domestic point of view. Would do good numbers in New Zealand. Could put it on at a rugby stadium. Much better that fighting the likes of Winters. Pretty much every other big name HW is tied up at the moment so why not? Chisora is fight Parker, Whyte is fighting Povetkin, Joshua v Pulev, Fury v Wilder, Kownacki v Helenius, Dubois v Joyce. If he wants to be active, then Fa is one of the few guys in the top 30 thats even available.
Haha yeah I saw what his manager wrote. He'll have to get plenty for it though will team Fa as his manager has always told us he won't chuck him in unless they get paid well for it.
