What fight were people watching? Parker wasn't even close to winning.

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  1. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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  2. edabomb

    edabomb Active Member Full Member

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    In fairness I think the vast, vast majority have it for Joshua. You probably had a fringe group giving Klit the W against Fury despite how wide that also was.

    I had it even after 6. Parker winning 1 (close), 5 and 6. The fight was there for the winning at which point Joshua widely won 4 of the remaining rounds, and quite possibly all 6.
     
  3. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What fight were people watching? I was watching the one where AJ was plodding along throwing one jab at a time and missing the occassional uppercut, until it put me to sleep. Maybe he was trying to bore Parker into defeat.
     
  4. minemax

    minemax Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I have no idea what fight those people were watching. Anyone claiming that Parked was "robbed" is either a delusional hater or just has a very limited knowledge about boxing.
    Joshua was in complete control almost all the fight. Most of Parker's punches were hitting air. Even in the middle rounds, when Parker was raging towards Joshua, AJ was in full control of that episode (watch in again and you'll see).
    Yes, maybe Joshua could have done more (to make this fight more "casual fan-friendly") but:
    a) it was clear that AJ's camp's plan was "Parker has a granite chin, so we won't go for a knockout";
    b) AJ has never boxed for 12 rounds before, so he wasn't completely sure how his body would behave in later rounds;

    Parker's tacticts seemed to be "I'll box all 12 rounds and look good, and, if I have a chance, I'll knock Joshua out". Parker wasn't ready for this fight. In a (theoretical) rematch AJ will probably knock him out.

    Also, at this point, I would say Joshua has at least 60% (more like 70%) chance to beat Wilder.