Joe Parker: “Derrick is in there right now trying to get a fight. **** OFF! I’m next!”

Not trolling, this is a genuine question - which holes exactly are you talking about that Parker can exploit?

 

The problem Kabayel has is he lacks depth to his resume big time... And Parker really doesn't.

It's fine to say Kabayel beat Zhang more decisively - but that was an (even) older Zhang, and the problem with lacking depth is that there's no other proper frames of reference... Unless you want to go back to Chisora as a common opponent, but Kabayel's fight with Chisora was way back in 2017, and he spent the next 7 or so years feasting on absolute bums.

He's on an okay run at the moment, compared with 2017-2023... But Sanchez and Makh are overrated wins with very little behind them, which leaves you with pretty much Zhang and ancient history with Chisora.

From Usyks point of view, does it make sense to fight the guy who has a deep resume and getting on for a decade of relevance (Parker was WBO champ in '16) or to fight the guy with only two serious wins who might go on to do more, or might disappear from view for years like he did before?!


I don't think it's close in terms of who deserves it more and even less so in terms of who makes sense for legacy.

 

Parker has earned his shot.

It ideally should have been him in there against Usyk instead of Dubois, who Usyk had already beat.

But let's have Parker-Usyk in New Zealand or Saudi Arabia in December.