Joseph Parker vs David Price negotiations for Joshua undercard

Price is better than Femi's last two bums and on par with buffet king. More risk for Parker here.

 

Parker is obviously a confident young man but no way would any Brit promoter put a puncher like Price in front of him when he has the mandatory slot already. Also possible to read to much into the Teper loss, given the guy was a huge ped abuser.

 

stiverne has still never beaten anyone. duhaupas has two vastly overrated guys he has beaten. molina has beaten no one, nor has szpilka.

 

ydksa anything.

 

Price has done nothing to deserve Parker and eliminator for Joshua or whatever Hearns wants to call it now.Parker at least has 1 solid win in his match vs Takam and is mando for Joshua now.Also match with Dimitrenko is secured i think for Parker.

Price has zero good wins,lost 3 times by KO,havent fought even C level fighter in years and is inactive,whats the point of all this ? Has no chin,no def,no stamina,all he can do is K.O in couple of rounds some journeymen to pad his record.Nobody cares if he knocked out Joshua in sparring once when he was a kid.

 

Parker needs to work on his stamina, if he gasses out like he did against Takam and leaves his defence wide open then it won't take many clean shots landed by Price before he knocks him out. Maybe Parker's stamina has improved since then or maybe he just had a bad training camp for that fight but either way I'm not 100% sold Parker wins this fight.

 

It's a good match, Parker is the clear favourite but if either Price's chin somehow holds up, or he lands a big shot early on, he has a good chance of winning. My opinion is that Parker has a superb chin (never been down afaik), but I don't think anyone can take Price's big bombs for too long.

I doubt the fight goes long enough for either fighter to gas.

 

How are people suggesting this is a good match? Price is shot to bits and those who know boxing at all recognise this for the, frankly dangerous farce it is. Price needs protecting from himself. Parker by muderisation clearly.

 

While it's true Stiverne has beat no top heavies, he did beat Arreola, who even as a gate keeper is still better than any win on Price's record. Stiverne also beat Price convincingly in the amateur ranks, landing right hands at will over Price's weak jab and hurting him repeatedly.

 

It's not a good match as you say. Parker/Takam was a good match.

Price is seen as damaged goods, his flaws have been exposed, no jab, poor movement, no head movement, weak chin, poor stamina and mentally after such brutal losses you have to question his mindset. Does he really believe he has what it takes?

But having said that, Parker is protecting a mandatory position and to face a puncher, even one with Price's weaknesses is a bold move and a small risk some others wouldn't take.

I expect Parker to win convincingly but Price does have a punchers chance even if it's a small one.

 

I agree you can't fault Parker for taking this fight, whatever you think about Price you can't deny he's a puncher so therefore Parker is taking atleast some risk with his mando position when most people would have just taken a far more easier fight before a big payday against Joshua.

 

I was looking at it from a Parker perspective. Beating Price gives him a name on his resume that UK fans recognize, meaning that even if AJ beats him next JP will still be known as a good HW.

Also at least Price has a puncher's chance ... I was expecting someone who didn't have ANY chance. Whether or not it's a good match depends on what you were expecting to some extent.