Parker already showing more promise than Tua ever did

Tua woulda knocked Parker out cold

 

I disagree

The Tua that fought Ibeabuchi would KO anything that Parker might become ha ha

 

I think Tua won 3 rounds in that fight on my card. But who knows if Parker would be able to deal with the pace that fight was fought at or the power Tua brings. Only time will tell what he really is.

 

Maybe but he was made of stone and hit like a truck

That'd be enough against a guy like Parker

Parker would unload and Tua would still be there

Then Tua turns it on and Parker would be finished

 

I think he has the right stance, height, speed and technique to give most top heavyweights trouble.

The speed he throws those body shots would give lots of good fighters hell.


I dunno how good his chin is so we'll see when he steps up in class.


He's already better than David Price imo.


We'll see when he steps up as it's easy for them to look good against Sprott level calibre of opponents.

 

I don't know man

I just didn't see anything that great about Parker so far

But you could very well be right

Time will tell I suppose

 

I'm somewhere in between here - I think Parker has more potential as an overall fighter, but right now I think Tua in his prime would PROBABLY KO Parker.

Joe is still showing defensive weaknesses and while he is has definitely grown since Nascimento, he got shaken a bit by him and didn't go untouched in his last fight (though not rocked either).... if he let that kind of thing through against someone like a prime Tua then the fight, like MANY other top heavyweights I wouldn't say he'd be in safe ground. No one knocked out Tua, I love Parker's work at the moment but I don't think he'd do it - at least. I think Tua never got enough credit for how good he was on his feet and how good his headwork was, I reckon a lot of his left hook magic was thanks to a combination of how he could move - not just a random haymaker.

The thing here is Parker is improving technically, strength wise and becoming more experienced (ring wise?) each time he fights and he's only just started. That this comparison was made at this stage says a lot - so long as he doesn't get as hooked on KFC as Tua then I think he will go further.

 

You're a knob. Tua had limitations but he also never had the opportunities at the same time and management issues spoilt his prime. Tua beat 7 world champs and his only title fight was against lennox Lewis arguably the best of all time.

Joseph Parker could be a champ I reckon he probably should be to be fair but Tua should have been one as well. Probably the best fighter to never win a title in atleast the last 25 years

 

We don't know his chin yet, but at least PArker has never been knoccked out in one round at the amateurs, unlike Tua