Why is Parker such a heavy favourite over Wardley?

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  1. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sure thing, buddy. Fight is a month and some change away, so you can say, "I told you so."
     
    catchwtboxing, Sep 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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    Your trust in Wardley will fail.
     
    like a boss, Sep 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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  3. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't need to trust Wardley Parker is just overrated. Dude lost to Joyce
     
    MarkusFlorez99, Sep 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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    Makes zero sense.
     
    like a boss, Sep 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    Wardley has 0 chance. He can’t box at a world level, Molina was up 4-0 vs him. Huni won every round too. His run ends here, but sadly not his hype
     
    JunlongXiFan, Sep 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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  6. Kiwi Fish

    Kiwi Fish Active Member Full Member

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    Parker is definitely the clear favourite, but Huni has good skills and fights a bit different to Parker.

    Wardley getting schooled by Huni means Huni is far more skilled than him, but I'd put Huni as one of the most skilled in the division.
     
    Kiwi Fish, Sep 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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    Parker's skills are not to be underrated either and he has more power than Huni and is vastly more experienced. Parker stylistically, is an even worse matchup for Wardley than Huni.

    Parker has the defence and evasiveness to avoid Wardley and unlike Huni, the power to put him away, after he has softened him up sufficiently.
     
    like a boss, Sep 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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  8. Kiwi Fish

    Kiwi Fish Active Member Full Member

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    I suppose what I am trying to say is that if Huni had Parker's power and chin he would have put Wardley away pretty quickly.

    Just as quickly, if not quicker than Parker would.
     
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    Kiwi Fish, Sep 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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    I see it as a 70/30
     
    OddR, Sep 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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  10. Kiwi Casual

    Kiwi Casual Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Because Wardley is a poor man's Wilder
     
    Kiwi Casual, Sep 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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    I sympathise very much with your main point (and in fact am one of the few picking Wardley for the upset in the poll here - I just can't shake the sense it turns into a war at some point, and youth and freshness wins out).

    However in the interests of consistency, if you are counting Chisora 1 as a loss for Parker you also have to acknowledge that Parker should have got a draw or better vs Whyte if the ref haven't indisputably botched the headbutt knockdown call in round 2.
     
    KiwiMan, Sep 8, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    To Parkers credit he beat Chisora wide in the second fight
     
    Wizbit1013, Sep 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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    They saw a lesser pay day
     
    Wizbit1013, Sep 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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    Why wouldn't he be such a big favourite given how poor Wardley looked in his last fight and Parker being a former world champion and having operated at world level for almost a decade with success and being in his prime right now.

    Only a fool would have Wardley having anything other than a punchers chance based on what both have achieved. It should be an interesting fight because Wardley is dangerous but he has only an outside chance of upsetting the odds, hence why Parker is such a big favourite.
     
    Brighton bomber, Sep 8, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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  15. Kiwi Fish

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    Have we consider the Ben Davison factor? The guy's philosophy is all about building towards the quicker KO for his guy.

    Apparently the Huni KO was exactly what they had planned, it just took him 10 rounds to get there.
     
    Kiwi Fish, Sep 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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