Wins over: Takam, Ruiz, Hughie(for whats it worth), Chisora, Wilder and Zhang. If Parker sucks, then who doesn´t? Name 10 current heavyweights that don´t suck.
Member Since: Jun 3, 2019 C'mon man... you've been following the game long enough to know that good fighters sometimes lose to inferiors. "Off nights", "Styles make fights", "X has Y's #", etc.
This is why The story of the fight, he was just walked down into oblivion, and didn't have the type of power to dent Joyce
There aren’t 10. There are 2 1/2 that are almost complete, or at least can beat all the other hw who suck. And I say suck in the context of the skill level they possess, compared to what a top level hw should be.
Styles and Parker obviously not coming in at his best (he was 10-15 lbs from where he's most effective).
I’m perfectly aware. I’ve been evaluating hw talent since the 70s. I know what a skilled one looks like and does. These guys are below average in comparison.
Same as how he almost lost to Zhang. Parker couldn't keep the stick and move for 12 rnds and eventually got caught. Difference was Joyce has a gas tank and can apply pressure and punches for 12. Zhang picks and choose. Waiting for that perfect counter. Even when Zhang had Parker hurt he gassed bad trying to finish Parker. As others have stated, Parker doesn't do well with pressure fighters.
Big Joe Joyce beat a lot of very good fighters in the amateurs too. They really struggled with his relentless pressure both physical and mental, high volume, power, and toughness and slow-fast speed too and that was over 3 rounds. Now try dealing with that over 12 rounds from a prime Big Joe. It ain't no joke. It's extremely draining Big Joe is the only man in history to stop J-Park. He didn't outpoint him or edge past him he systematically beat him up, broke him down and knocked him senseless This content is protected
That extra weight seemed to be by choice at the time. Think they just got the game plan badly wrong. It was a great win for Joyce
Because Joyce was better than him on that day. Parker didn't have nearly enough power to keep him honest and was never defensively good enough to avoid being clobbered by Joyce. I've noticed that Parker tends to struggle with bigger more physical fighters such as Whyte, Chisora and Joyce aswell. Of his recent big wins, one was against Wilder who was lighter and fought on the back foot, and the other against Zhang who was bigger but not active enough. The version of Joyce that Parker fought would've always been a VERY tough fight for him.
Parker is incredibly overrated and very limited, relative to how some people think he is. His victories over two old men have pulled the wool over everyone's eyes. He's been exposed at the elite level. He's no more than a world level gatekeeper. He lost because he has no power at all and isn't as slick as he's made out to be. With the damage he's received over his long career, and in particular, Joyce and Zhang, I reckon his chin (one of his best attributes) is cracked too.
