Parker Training going well....

Indeed. For all the much vaunted athleticism of Joshua, it's his work ethic that really separates him from his rivals. Parker is, in many respects, just as athletic as Joshua. He has faster hands, and looks to be even more naturally explosive. But whereas Joshua is never out of shape, Parker takes time off, eats junk food, balloons in weight. He's still at an age where that isn't likely to have a hugely detrimental effect, but the attitude behind it betokens a man who doesn't put his heart and soul into his profession to the point where it dominates his every waking moment, and like you said, at the top level that really can make all the difference.

 

Parker seems super dedicated to me.....

 

Exactly my point, When a fighters been down, even in sparring, that for me is priceless experience. How does he react when he hits the floor and the whole arena goes crazy.. Its hard enough in sparring when your peers are watching, when your in front of the millions and theres a 6`6 monster ready to come straight back at you, you aint got time to evaluate wtf just happened.

 

It looks like he's taken the time he spent with Wlad to heart.

That high level of dedication and professionalism is already separating him from his peers. Now, the crucial thing is to see how long he maintains it. Complacency is a sneaky, dangerous opponent.

 

I believe he is too, but my fear is that he's peaked under Barry so all his hard work is bringing him diminished rewards.

Hope I'm wrong on that one.

 

Parker is actually fairly dedicated, but he needs a new coach. He's learnt all that he can from Barry and it's time to switch - that's why he hasn't improved as much as Joshua over the last 2-3 years.

 

I don't doubt that he's dedicated when it comes time to knuckle down, but he's said in the past that he likes to eat junk food, and has shown tendencies to put on weight between fights, so he clearly doesn't take boxing as religiously as Joshua, but rather as a job you do when you have to.

I agree on Barry though. That old stick in the mud has stifled Parker's progress for years now, but Parker's too polite and honourable to give him the boot, and Barry's too stubborn to let him go.

 

Yeah he clearly learned a lot from being in a camp with Wlad. As an amateur he wasn't always doing the right things, eating the wrong things, going out and getting into trouble etc. But he saw what it took to be a champion when he was in Wlad's camp and realised if he wanted to succeed he would have to do the same.

Agree complacency will be his worst enemy. Now he's got all the fame and made so much money it's going to be much harder to stay focused with all these new distractions. He says the right things but you wonder how much of that is PR and how much of it is truth. It maybe only a matter of time before he loses focus and loses unexpectedly, very few can maintain that focus and dedication.

 

Again wheres the tempo in training. As the smaller man you can't box with Joshua. He's longer/bigger stronger more powerful. All the assets are in his favour in a boxing match.

You,ve got to turn it into a fight. We,ve already seen his stamina deserts him. His chin can be got at. Should be working on intensity and putting his punches together working on technique won't help you against joshua. You,ve got to find a way to negate that height/reach advantage. You won't do that on the back foot.

Its like the coaches put out the exact same game plan that didn't work for the last ten opponents...but somehow believe it,ll work this time. Same thing happened against klitchko...in their defence klitchko was a master at not letting opponents on the inside. It was a far more difficult problem to solve. Can almost guarantee they,ll try and box from the back foot. I can almost guarantee it,ll fail. Parker looks less equipped than Joshua at being able to stay in their if the intensity increases. Watching that clip anyway...that's low intensity work to me. Even just watching the cojuna fight. The intensity was so low. No wonder if their training like that.

They should go back at watch Tyson training as a kid. And start all over again.

 

I heard Parker had surgery in Dec for his elbow injury - which had been troubling him for 2 years

Maybe now we will see some improvement....

 

I've always assumed training videos are just padwork because it looks more interesting, not because it's actually represents most of their training.

I've never been an athlete though, so I don't know what I'm talking about here.

 

Nothing is given away....

 

Confident?

Looks that way....