The Anthony Joshua vs Parker prediction thread

Parker barely won against takam. A round or two. He lost to Fury! Debatabley lost to Ruiz. Your luck is over you pudding.

Parker has no power. Look at his last 6 fights. All against mediocre opponents and he put what? 2 of them away? He’s not going to be able to hurt Joshua.

He’s also never been in with anyone you would class as a big puncher.

I think everyone is in for a shock. This Charles Martin esque joke of a champion is going to be retired after the punishment he takes in this fight.

Anthony Joshua brutal KO. Round 3/4.

 

Most likely outcome and my prediction is AJ win UD by around 2-3 points on the scorecards

 

He beat Hughie Fury by a long way. My scorecard was something like 118-111. You don’t win rounds by running away.

He also beat Andy Ruiz Jr by 1-2 points.

You really under estimate Parker.

People like you under estimated Takam, and AJ needed a brutish stoppage there to keep his KO RECORD in tact.

 

Regardless of the stoppage he was about 10 rounds up at the time. Parker Takam there was 1 or two rounds in it. That shows the gulf in class.

AJ’s Stoppages compared to Parker’s show the gulf in power.

Now show me an example of Parker’s mythical granite chin.

 

Aside from AJs win over a 40 year old Wlad. Who at the elite level has AJ beaten? No one.

Let’s not forget in that fight Wlad dropped AJ heavily and had he been more aggressive in the moments following AJ could have been stopped.

So although AJ is at top of the tree he is vulnerable and his second best win is Takam, another fighter who he had a tough time stopping.

So to say that Parker who has Takam, Hughie Fury and Andy Ruiz Jr on his resume will be BLOWN AWAY in 3 rounds doesn’t stack up based on each other’s results in each other’s hardest fights.

Parker is objectively speaking AJs second toughest or toughest fight to date (we will see on fight night)
This puts him in the Wlad Klitchko or Takam level of opponent.

Neither Wlad or Takam was an easy early KO win for AJ. Against Wlad he was fortunate and against Takam he needed a dodgy referee to stop it.

 

I’m still waiting for your example of the mythical chin. Who’s Parker fought who can punch?

 

Agree apart from the comment about Joshua not changing since the Nistor fight. He was like 20 years old with a few years amateur experience and was stopped on his feet. To say he's the same guy now is not right in my view.

 

Wide UD Femi. Parker will need to beat him down to win any rounds, remember they scored the 5th vs Wlad all 10-8 despite Femi being battered almost senseless after the flash knockdown.

 

People hoping for a test for AJ will be disappointed Parker is too easy to hit and standard to survive the AJ normal early charge .He will pin Parker to the ropes and whale away until the ref stops it in typical AJ fashion.If Parker can survive and get to the latter rnds he might have chance as AJ gasses .I don't rate AJ much but don't think Parker is going to test him unfortunately.

 

I think Joshua will be cautious in the early rounds being wary of Parker's speed. That will allow Parker to lead and get his combinations off and this is where he'll have the most success in the fight.

But eventually just like in the Wlad fight, Joshua will start walking him down and pushing him back and when that happens, Parker will struggle to let his hands go as he's constantly forced to reset to avoid being overwhelmed. Joshua will grind him down and possibly stop him late.

Will be interesting to see how good Parker's chin is. Maybe he can go the distance, maybe not. Joshua dropped the durable Takam with a single shot, something Povetkin and Parker failed to do. At some point Joshua will hit him cleanly and how Parker responds will be interesting. Wouldn't shock me if Parker gets dropped or hurt at some point and becomes more defensive.

Interesting to see how many voted Parker. I think this reflects a truer picture of the odds in this fight, while the betting odds have it ridiculously in AJ's favour because of all the casuals betting on Joshua.

 

Parker doesn't know how to cut the ring off. I do think he can land counters in an exchange with his speed advantage but not enough to be troubling. I'd say his speed and spatial awareness are slightly better than Joshua. I think his Ring IQ isn't very high and it's inexperience and not having a great coach which mostly factors into it.

I think ultimately he's too easy to hit and gets knocked out. I don't think he will be able to stay on the inside to trouble Joshua enough due to Joshua's aggression.

Parker has to be fleet of foot, make joshua miss and tactically throw enough to get him to the middle half of the fight then do the same and unleash a combo or hope to get a fair shake on the scorecards. I think the problem is i don't think he'll get the chance to go past 7 rounds.

I think both guys are still works in progress. I don't think AJ has a glass jaw etc and i'm not sold Parker's chin is cast iron.

We'll see if Joshua comes in heavy or not then my opinion may change. He looked slow as molasses and stamina drained vs Takam though it was a late replacement. I don't think Joshua was really up for Pulev anyway.

The thing i take out of Parker vs Takam and Joshua vs Takam is that Parker was being pushed back by a relatively weaker puncher at heavyweight. Takam's pressure seemed to be a bit overwhelming and i think Parker got stunned in that fight. Whereas outside of the broken nose Joshua had an easy time with Takam and only lost a round on my scorecard when he was noticeably tiring.

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Parker admits here his chin hasn't been truly tested.

 

Im gona go AJ TKO 6..

 

I think Joshua will be forced onto the back foot from the opening bell, he'll acknowledge that, he'll let the early assault from parker play out. The early rounds will be tight, parker taking the majority of them. Joshua will use those early rounds to defend and predict parker's strategy. Those first 2 or 3 rounds will be crucial, if joshua gets out of the assault with minimal damage, then he will win.

I suspect joshua will ramp up the pressure on parker in the middle of the fight, and it'll be interesting to see how both guys stamina keeps up. Joshua will have an advantage due to being on the back foot at the start, thus conserving energy for later on. Parker and Joshua will trade in rounds 5,6,7 and 8. I feel it'll be even, but joshua will land body shots, wearing parker down later on. Parker will have hardly anything left in the tank after rounds 8 due to accumulated body shots and the constant pressure he put on joshua early on.

Both will be tired late on, but joshua will know he could lose on points if he lets it go to the cards. He will give it everything, and just throw hard, powerful, fast combinations. I see parker holding out until about round 9, when he goes down. Parker gets up, but it'll be over in rounds 10 or 11. On the cards, I wouldn't be surprised if parker was ahead the whole fight by 2 rounds or so. But joshua will come through late on, either by stoppage or just edging it on points by a round.

So joshua by TKO rounds 10 or 11, or joshua on points by a round or maybe 2. Parker has a great chance of winning though if he makes it to the end of the fight.

 

TKO8 to AJ. GOing the distance wouldn't surprise me, though.

 

Parker's just another molina. KO round 3-4 for Joshua.