Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker, who you got?

Okay... fine, Parker looked bad against Fury, that's because Fury is a slick defensive backfoot counter puncher who everyone looks bad against. He didn't look all that swell against Ruiz Jr. and Takam, well they both were pressure fighters against Parker at least, because they knew they needed to go all out to get the decision against him in Australia.

Tell me, is AJ that fleet footed if Parker charges him like a bull throughout? Can his chin hold up to non stop flush overhand rights? Is AJ a Salido like pressure fighter? Is he willing to be and risk eating a counter from Parker?

AJ can fight in 2 ways, cautiously walking down his opponents behind his jab using one twos looking for the KO, and standing in the middle of the ring landing his jab and one twos on a fighter coming forward, not too many wrinkles is it?

Parker can box off the backfoot effortlessly, and throwing volume while doing so, he can hold his own in the middle of the ring, fight coming forward behind his jab using one twos, or like a violent marauder looking to bomb his opponent out of the ring. That's at least two more wrinkles than AJ. However.... he knows he's not going to get the nod in the UK against AJ From The UK, that eliminates the first three options, in theory, and forces Parker to be the come forward marauder. But wait, how about this? Parker plays the role of the counter puncher for the first 4 or 5, until AJ starts gassing, then he turns into the come forward marauder and bombs AJ out.

AJ's power isn't all that, that should be pretty obvious by now, so in theory,Parker, who seems to have a solid chin can probably take his best shots, which won't be landing all that flush, for at least as long as Breazeale did, maybe even Takam, and that leaves a lot of room for error on AJ's part against a young, fresh, athletic fighter like himself.

This fight truly is fascinating, and will not be easy for either man, that being said.



Parker KO5.