The anti-Joshua agenda.

!00% with you through your score, where I had it 116-112 for AJ.

 

I had it 8-4. Giving Parker just one round seemed particularly harsh to be honest.

 

It's not difficult to see why people don't like AJ.

- Convicted drug dealer.
- The whole 'stay humble' facade.
- Eddie Chambers/Mugabe gate(s).
- The constant OTT promotion of him as some form of demi-god.
- That greasy smug **** Hearn as his promoter.
- The appeal to 'casuals'.

Granted, not all of those are his fault and some blame certainly needs to lay at Matchroom's door, but there's plenty there that could lead someone to conclude he is a thoroughly dislikeable person.

I don't like or dislike AJ, but I cannot stand the promotion of him. But, that's the Matchroom model. Eddie Hearn is a great businessman but one of the greasiest, sneakiest, bullshitters out there - it's no surprise he gets booed. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, huh.

 

So what you're actually saying is that I should have scored the GGG/Canelo fight 9-3 instead of 8-4?

 

Yeah, it's clear that they're trying to craft a "product". They're trying too hard imho.

 

It was blatantly obvious that Joshua won by a comfortable distance.

Parker was trying to keep his distance and even when he did land it didn't seem like his punches affected Joshua. Each time Joshua turned up the heat a bit you could tell Parker was alarmed and slightly hurt and didn't want to engage.

Had the referee allowed more fighting on the inside I think Parker would have got knocked out, Joshua looked far more dangerous up close.

 

Welcome to modern sport.

Watch Lewis Hamilton's post race podium speech. It's a script, written to closely tie the sportsman to a doubtless carefully crafted set of brand values. The same process is taking place with top golfers, tennis players, footballers, basketball etc. Etc.

As a fan, I'm with you, it's not what I'm in boxing to see. If I were on the marketing team of any of AJ's corporate partners on the other hand I'd be happy for each and every bland statement. Why? Because I don't want to be in a meeting with an angry chairman who has been confronted with someone wearing our corporate logos who has just said he wants a body on his record and now up multi billion dollar carefully constructed brand is being damaged by association.

Boxing has probably lagged behind some of these sports and so the application may be slightly more jarring. But this is the modern world.

 

End of the day, the fight was pretty dull. Neither man committed to trying to win the fight via KO, obviously noth wary of the others power.

However, it was a clear win for AJ. Anybody that says otherwise is either clueless or watching it through rose tinted specs, made in the southern hemisphere.

Anybody that thinks Parker won would have been up in arms had Hughie Fury been awarded a points decision against Parker, so you can't have it both ways. Parker spent too much time on the back foot and once the fight had gone past round 7 there was zero chance he was winning unless he found the hail mary KO punch.

 

there was no wide score cards. i had it 10 - 2 for joshua.
parker was pretty pants to be honest.

joshua changed his style a little for this fight, you cant complain about him not being 100% dominant, he was taking a new style and learning it.
give the lad a chance

 

Haters only ever look at the negatives

 

Do any American boxers have criminal convictions?

 

I wasn't on here to give any prediction, all I know is AJ was winning and that was always going to prove to be factual.

I most likely would had picked AJ by tko strictly believing what was coming from team Parker, I believed they were convinced AJ had a chin and stamina issues they could exploit, that's what would had got them stretched.

Turned out AJ was too fast for them and his deferen was too great. The only problem I have is with fans that have such an agenda they have to rewrite history and claim compete BS like AJ being bothered by any shots Parker threw. Zero shots had actual affects.

Thing is, if people hear the same thing more than a few times, no matter how silly they are it becomes truth. Sad general public, true.

Both fights talents nullified most the others offense but AJ won so clearly because he was simply too big and too talented. Parker couldn't get himself within range without massive risk and massive abuse he wasn't willing to endure.

This performance proved how elite aj truly is, Parker couldn't even bother him. Saying this DW is every hw kryptonite. No fighter can stay away from that cannon for 12 full rounds, never going to happen.

No matter how great one is that right is clipping anyone and everyone. How reach is too great once it's convince with the speed and most importantly the timing.

Those are the elite talent DW has and is fact that he posses them. The most damaging talents he also has are his recover ability, ability to shake off shots and the heart to come back from being out of it to win.

AJ has the same heart which makes both AJ and DW the very top of the hw food chain. Never before talents and we have TWO in their primes.