Joseph Parker vs Justis Huni

Think Joseph Parker wins by UD. I don’t rate Huni/Goodall level guys all that high

 

Parker by KO, huni not ready for Parker yet.

 

Given Parker is the Interim WBO champ & Huni is the #1 contender, I'm updating my pick to reflect the fact that any fight between them would likely be over 12 rounds.

Justis Huni UD12 Joseph Parker. And the...NEW!

 

Too early for Huni imo
I haven't seen enough to be sure but Huni looks like his ceiling could be higher than Parkers, but he's much further away from that than Parker at the moment and doesn't offer enough to consistently keep Parker guessing yet.
Fairly pedestrian UD12/10 for Parker imo

 

I'm just going to say that when Parker was in Huni's place career wise and fighting at that level of competition, he looked just as good if not better than Huni, and he was knocking a lot of those guys out as well.

You can look on this forum and see plenty of people saying the same things about Parker years ago and Parker has only gotten better since then.

 

Yep it's easy to look impressive and flashy at a lower level. You then step up and struggle a bit, like Huni did vs Lerena and Parker did vs Takam. Both talented prospects at this stage, Parker was able to make the transition to the top level, Huni is yet to get there.

Right now you have to go with the experience and proven ability of Huni. But give Huni time and he might very well prove to be the better fighter, but then again maybe not.

 

Exactly... You're not proven until you are...

And it's simple enough maths - these guys are at the sharp end of the bellcurve, so the higher up the levels you go, the fewer will (or even "can") make it...

Which means when you have a huge gap between what two fighters have proven, the odds are strongly against the much less proven guy (and that's before you consider how much the challenges along the way can teach them!) - that doesn't mean it's impossible for them to win, but it does mean it's unwise to back them.

It's not impossible that Huni is just way better than he's had chance to prove - but this would be very unlikely to be competitive, yet (probably a 10-2 Parker UD, possibly a stoppage).

 

Aussie hype on this forum is insane

 

2026/27. Maybe ?

 

I kind of think as of 26.27 it's a ... sure why not? ... matchup ... people would want to see it. I certainly would. Where tho?

 

Joseph Parker has convinced himself that he’s a puncher after beating an unprepared Bakole. He came in big for Wardley at 262 and tried to brawl with Fabio.

One thing people didn’t mention was how Dubois’ fast feet caused Fabio to miss so many punches. People said it was due to Fabio’s boxing ability and stamina, but against Parker, when people were complimenting Fabio’s stamina and calling him a machine for throwing that many punches, Parker was simply too slow to move out of the way and box the way Fabio used to against top fighters.

Huni beats the current version of Parker by UD, and I’d even favor Huni over Parker at his best.

 

Agreed he was too big with the wrong game plan.

Pride cometh before the fall....

 

Someone please flush that Big Kiwi out of the undergrowth where he's been hiding & put him in the opposite corner of a boxing ring with Justis. He's got a reckoning coming his way & so do his fans.

 

They should make this fight in Sydney I'd love to see another fight