Junior Fa, man who beat Parker to qualify for Olympics says AJ battered him in ring

Yeah, that's not new news. Good thing for all guys involved a lot has changed since then - back in those days Dillian Whyte could beat Joshua, Fa was one of Takam's sparring partners training for Parker btw.

 

Usyk is a beast. No two ways about it, but Fa is not on Parker's level as a pro either.

 

Parker wasn't that good of an amateur. I think he's a better professional. Dude lost to Mario Heredia Zhang Zhilei in the ams IIRC. He'd beat Mario Heredia in the pros.

 

Agreed. Parker struggled on more than one occasion against the very young and green Patrick Mailata from Auckland.

Its a shame that Patrick has had injuries and let downs along his journey as I had much greater hope in his natural ability than JP!

Take amateur fights for exactly what they are.
Hell, I mean Whyte beat AJ up the first time they fought. As a pro, Whyte looks terrible.

 

Parker has come a long, long way as a pro, especially since training with Kevin Barry. He's still only 24 amazingly, was quite young back then. Hrgovic beat him easily