Did Parker REALLY dominate without the knockdowns?

The General in one.

 

Thank you,, I don't elevate Parker after this win one iota, if anything it only confirms my original opinion.

 

I felt there was one fairly clear round for Chisora and maybe one more that could be given to him. But I don't know where I would find another four.

You'd have to do your scoring after Compubox to find anything remotely like six rds for Chisora. Compubox seems to have counted cuffing and partially blocked punches without full leverage as equal to properly leveraged clean hits. But it's the latter that should really count in the scoring and Parker landed the vast majority of those.

 

Chisora is shot and Parker could not take him out. You think this version of Chisora goes the distance with the top guys.

 

I think Chisora has actually gotten better in his later years and more durable. He's a good pressure fighter and would make a tough fight for any heavyweight not named Tyson Fury.

 

Have we watched the same match? I felt sorry for Chisora because he was hurt and he was trying to hide in the corners.

 

Hrgovic, Wilder, Makhmudov, Joshua knock him clean out!!! True punchers. Parker obviously showed average power. Fast hands average power..

 

Those stats seem accurate. However, Chisora’s power punches (any punch that isn’t a jab) were a lot of him answering back after being stunned and on weak legs or being a bit gassed.
Parker’s on the other hand, were crisp blows that were having a real impact.

 

Yes, even if you don't count any of the knockdowns Parker still won by a landslide. What exactly did Chisora do in the entire fight that would have swung it for him? He looked slow, sloppy, inaccurate, was frequently rocked and forced to retreat to the ropes, while Parker looked sharp, in control, and landed the vast majority of the scoring shots. Parker actually reminded me a bit of Povetkin in this fight, the way he ripped in the crisp uppercuts off both hands, and doubled and tripled his left hook. Some really nice work from him that we haven't seen in years. I hope he continues to work on that aspect of his game, because if he does he'll finally live up to some of his early potential.

 

Wilder and AJ might, but then again they're not used to fighting someone like Chisora. Hrgovic and Makhmudov haven't fought anyone of note, let alone knocked them out.

 

Without the knockdowns I would not say Parker dominated but he still would have won the fight easily. I gave Chisora three rounds. Without the knockdowns and the ensuing punches I would have given Chisora four. I also had an even round so I would have had it 116-113 for Parker.

 

I suspect if Parker worked on his timing and setup his punching power would radically increase. He's basically got the same sort of raw power as someone like Povetkin, but lacks the skill, use of angles and punch variety to make it work for him. He looked a lot better last night than he has in years though, so I hope it's something he and his coach continue to work on.

 

Makmudhov is a beast. I don't need to see him fight anyone decent to know he packs real venom in his shots. Chisora would do well to stay the hell away from him. He's at that stage where even an inexperienced guy like Mak could potentially Sam Peter him.

 

Disagree, based purely on ability he is a top 10 heavyweight.

There's just other factors to being a top 10 boxing heavyweight outside of ability alone.

 

In some ways, I can see it being close because Chisora was throwing and landing quite a bit, it just didn't seem to effect Parker much at all. Parker was throwing little, but what he did throw appeared to cause real damage. So if you saw it as Parker just being better at hiding the pain/absorbing the blows, then you might score for Chisora a lot more.

On the other hand, I don't think that's consistent with Parker getting 3 knockdowns. If one fighter gets 3 knockdowns and the other fighter gets 0 -- and was never even close to getting 1 -- it should be pretty undeniable who is dishing out more damage.