you could see it in his eyes in the stare down today. The man means business. He’s a rough and rugged road man from the streets. He’s here to take Parker apart.
Parker had a Reggie Kray look about him with those bins. I reckon he means serious business, know what I mean?
Having done a little after dark roaming around the Bronx (my girl's pop used to live on Gerard Avenue, a short walk from Yankees), it's not really any more threatening an environment than some crappy Herts estates I've set foot in.
The man is grumpy, he doesn't like people not trembling and bowing to him - Parker is meant to have accepted his place in Joshua's perceived pecking order but Parker is not here with the intention of lying down and collecting a paycheck and it's showing, and it seems that AJ doesn't know how to deal with it. Wlad didn't, but Wlad is an ATG. This is just, to quote AJ - "just some kid from NZ". Lets be straight, whether you think AJ being angry is an advantage or not - Parker is definitely the one looking more calm and ready. He is very realistic about his opponent and his situation, and feels he has nothing to lose here so will leave it all in the ring.... he is not looking at the person on the other side of the ring as just a stepping stone who better do as he's told, he's looking at him as a target he's been hunting for years. Joshua is definitely the a-side in this fight based off previous missions, but Parker is in a very good space for his most dangerous fight.
The Bronx is a borough with over a million people, so it has its good and bad parts. Parts such as where Iran Barkley grew up, Paterson projects in the South Bronx, is bad. But crime rates decreased in NY and the country as a whole. It’s interesting when you look at this map, it shows the number of killings in each borough in 1990 and 2008. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=172183 http://rs179.pbsrc.com/albums/w297/dtoronto/BRONX.jpg?w=480&h=480&fit=clip
