Parker UD if he boxes smart and moves around. Rahman was slow on his feet and Parker could take advantage of that. Still, Parker has struggled with some fairly average or slightly above average fighters so i can't count Rahman out.
This would be a wonderful fight, really good. But I pick Rahman. The clubbing right that Joyce repeatedly landed on Parker's head tells me that Rahman has the exact punch required to run interference on Parker. I think Rahman lands it enough to win a great fight, maybe on points.
Parker close decision win. Rahman would pose some challenges for sure. But I think Parker has the brain and tools to outbox him.
Rarely? He was down on the cards against ancient Holyfield. Exactly the same version of Holyfield that lost almost every round to Chris Byrd. He was down on the cards and lost clearly to John Ruiz. He barely beat (96-94) ancient Al Cole while being 10 years younger than him. Parker would win this fight quite easily, probably stops Rahman
The Holyfield and Ruiz fights were bs wrestling matches. In straight boxing matches he rarely went down on the cards—with the Lewis rematch being a notable exception. I don’t see Parker head butting and using Ruiz’s tactics or boxing like Lewis.
