Joseph Parker is overrated

Decent prospect but looks too easy to hit and has very short arms. Both Whyte and Joshua would iron him out

 

i agree keep building up parker where his fanbase is.
it does not take mega money to get even top ten opponents and even less to get proven trialhorses to showcase parker.

i think he is a good enough talent to be a threat to everyone in the division and if he keeps winning and being stepped up he will make a world title shot in 2017 .

 

He is clearly a very good prospect - just about to start his run towards the very top rankings.

Speed, size, power, aggression, intelligence. What's not to like?

-Kiwi

 

Would you say HWs have gotten even bigger since Lewis?

Parker was 237.6 lbs against Martz.

Joshua was 249 lbs against Whyte.

 

Parker camp says Briggs, Browne, Glazkov, Arreola, Wach, Teper, de Mori turned down offers

By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing

WBO #5, IBF #10, WBC #11, WBA #12 Joseph Parker (17-0, 15 KOs) scored a sensational KO victory in round one over Daniel Martz (14-3-1, 11 KOs) on Saturday in Hamilton, New Zealand which was his fifth victory in 2015. Other wins included KOs over former world rated Kali Meehan and Bowie Tupou.

Stuart Duncan who is the matchmaker for Parker’s promoter, Duco Events has talked to Fightnews.com® to say there have been several world rated heavyweights who have rejected very good offers to travel to New Zealand and clash with the 23-year-old Parker. “Shannon Briggs rejected a substantial offer to fight Joseph Parker,” Duncan said. “We also made a good offer to current IBF #1 Glazkov for a bout with Parker, before he was the IBF mandatory, that was rejected.”

“We have made substantial offers to the management of Chris Arreola, Mariusz Wach, Erkan Teper, Mark de Mori and Solomon Haumono. All offers were rejected. There was a four-fight million dollar offer made to the management of Lucas Browne that included a bout with Parker that was rejected. Edmond Gerber was given a very good offer that was rejected. Arnold Gjerjaj who is 29-0 and European champion – rejected a very good offer to fight Parker.”

Jason Bergman (25-11-2, 16 KOs) will be Parker’s next opponent when they clash over twelve rounds at the Faleata Sports Complex, Apia on January 23rd.

 

And yet they say they have a plan to become 'Mandatory' with at least one belt (WBO or IBF?)

So there must be some way for Parker to get decent fights.

 

Parker's team has offered those top HWs good-$$$$ to fight him. To no avail. So how can he get the decent fights he needs?

-Kiwi

 

I'd say them insisting on holding all the fights in NZ is probably not helping anything. Also "good money" is probably a relative term, especially when it is likely to mean a bad headache an a +1 to their L count for at least the majority of those guys.

 

Ustinov makes a lot of sense for NZ. Others maybe not.

-Kiwi

 

The "suitable" opponents all getting thinned out and Ustinov is certainly still left over, as well as the fact his name has been in the hat for a year now (at least) - guessing he's a very possible opponent for next year. That would be an awesome test, and being 6ft7-8 and reachy it should shut some people up... he is no mug.

 

Very durable giant - Ustinov. Not easy but beatable if Parker is on song.

Let's hope this fight gets made

 

Then how do you rate Parker vs AJ or Whyte?

 

Yeah, a lot of people would like that but Browne's camp have been turning down offers for some time - guessing when he gets beaten by Chagaev he'll come up for a fight but by then I'm guessing Parker will have stepped up and beyond.

 

How do you know he has offered good dollars, were you at the negoatation table?

He is fighting nobodies and the NZ people are falling for it getting charged 40NZD for 30 seconds of a round. I don't blame his people for rdoing it, must be making good money off him, but needs to step it up.

On another note, he is talented but he is not tall enough to mix it with the best in the division. Top 10 fighter but I don't see him winning a world title.

 

Saying not tall enough etc is weak. It is a disadvantage but the fact he is one of the fastest and most powerful HWs there among other things mean the balance of strengths weigh up different.

You can't know this early in the piece what's going to happen. There certainly is no hint his height etc is any problem right now.