Joseph Parker, Jimmy Young, the sluggers and some parallels

We were wrong about Parker.

Before the Wilder fight we sort of assumed that he had found his level, and would slowly slip into obscurity.

Turned out that he had other plans.

 

Parker has shown a lot of game through out his career .. he's not great but solid, well conditioned, has a good chin, can put combinations together , has a ton of heart and in his comeback has been well matched ... he exposed Wilder ( and put Fury into perspective at the same time) and now beat Zhang who is too old and slow ... style wise he's not like Young but a much bigger, better conditioned Quarry ... interesting to note the Parker, at 6' 4" and 240 plus is bigger than George Foreman in his prime ...

 

Maybe Parker will have a rematch with Joshua and lose a controversial decision like Young did with Ali and Norton. Well within the realm of possibility.

 

Young was treading on the defensive wizard territory, Parker is not. Two great wins, but ultimately it comes down to how grossly overrated Zhang and especially Wilder were.

Jimmy hardly let Lyle win a round in two bouts and that was a fierce, condition two-handed fighter who could fight inside and threw much more than Zhang. He gave Norton fits, and did what he had to do against Clancy Foreman which I don't see Parker replicating.

Joseph is more of a what-if-Bugner cared. Needless to say I am huge fun. Much love to New Zealand.

 

Joshua would either scare him into an UD or stop him if Parker comes foreward. He is simply a far more complete package than Zhang, even if he doesn't score as high in certain categories.

 

This blew my mind. I may have to steal it.

Great take.

"Aussie" Joe. One of the great boxing rebirths.

 

Cheers Dubble.

 

Parker certainly has heart, I will give him that. But, I still do not see much of a fighter. Last night's bout was awful. When the winning fighter throws less than 30 punches a round, and, lands less than 9 punches per rounds, it can hardly be called impressive. Especially against someone as ponderous as Zhang was last night. There are fights when the better man wins, and fights in which someone just fights a terrible fight and loses. Zhang brought very little to the table last night. Jimmy Young would box circles around Parker, and, Quarry would eat Parker for lunch.

 

Parker boxed well enough against Wilder to warrant this comp. I do not think he boxed well yesterday. I think Zhang lost that fight. Parker boxed for 12 rounds, Zhang boxed for 2. If you box like that you have no one to blame but you.

 

Certainly Joshua winning is the most probable outcome but on the right night I could see Parker winning a decision, getting a draw, or losing a controversial decision.