Fair play to parker

Eddie has repeatedly he gives offers to teams to decide to accept or reject. He has said AJ won't give Parker 35%.

 

Teams. Not AJ himself. He will have advisors that do this for him. Do you really think Eddie Hearn will let his prize asset fight for a cut price? They will sit down and agree what he is and isn't worth.

 

I would have thought Carlos Takam is a perfect example of why Parker and AJ's records are comparable. Parker beat the guy last year.

Also, maybe if AJ was in with Hughie "running man" Fury, AJ would have had a lot of trouble looking good too.

If winning Parker's WBO belt isn't worth much to AJ, AJ should just say that then. Instead of pretending he's trying to be the "Roger Federer of boxing".
If he beats Parker he holds the same set of belts Wlad Klitschko had.
And he can then go about holding onto them for years as Wlad Klitschko did.

To compensate for any "loss" he feels he makes from allowing Parker 35%, Joshua can always go and make his next fight David Price or someone like that, and give the opponent a token payment and the opportunity, in what will be an easy win for AJ.

See, AJ's pulling power works both ways, and most often to his gross advantage. For every qualified opponent who wants a reasonable 25% to 35% of the golden goose fight, there are dozens of unqualified opponents who can be brought in for routine mismatches and AJ walks away with easy money beyond all reason.

 

AJs advisers are not boxing men but people who solely work for AJ Boxing so he calls the shots not them. Eddie said AJ told him he wouldn't give Parker that during a phone call as they talk daily about business.

 

Fair enough if you believe that.

 

I think he should give him 35% but don’t give Parker a rematch clause. After josh KO’s him in 4 or 5 rounds who’s going to want to see that again?

 

It's a one way rematch clause incase AJ gets beat.