What is Parker doing wrong?

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  1. Dementia Pugulistica

    Dementia Pugulistica Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I went against the majority and picked Parker to beat Zhang and I'm super happy for him. He's been busy and has always faced stiff competition, I just feel there's a lot of room for improvement, one of the biggest areas being ring IQ.
    He's still getting trapped in the corners and against the ropes by these much slower fighters. Never a good place to be.
    Thanks for the answer.

    Thanks for that.
     
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  2. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    Parker kept circling to Zhang's left, which is something you should not do against a southpaw, something that every fighter ought to know, you think someone in his team would have told him that.
     
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  3. MrPook

    MrPook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How flawless do you expect him to look? Because if a 290lbs fighter at the level of Zhang pressures you something got to give.

    What he did well was neutralize Zhang’s jab with his own in the first round. It looked like they were just pawing at each other but that kept Zhang from establishing the jab and pinning Parker down.

    Parker’s feints and head movement were good as well. Zhang got frustrated with it.
     
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  4. Arch Stanton

    Arch Stanton When you have to shoot, shoot!, don't talk...... Full Member

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    Plus he's kept busy having 4 or 5 fights in the last year or so.

    Fair play to him.
     
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  5. Dementia Pugulistica

    Dementia Pugulistica Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Well he did go down twice so there is definitely room for improvement. I liked the feinting Parker did but I expected better footwork from a much younger lighter man.
     
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  6. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    He's won 2 fights back to back as the underdog, so he's not doing anything wrong.
     
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  7. Dementia Pugulistica

    Dementia Pugulistica Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Great activity level and it’s paying dividends for Parker. I’d like to see more counter punching from Parker.
     
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  8. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    He fights too many Brits and he's also made the cardinal sin of fighting Brits back to back

    His first foray up to Brit Level was against an undefeated Hughie Fury in the UK who many believe took him to slick school and was robbed blind

    Then in his very next fight he took on an undefeated AJ in the UK

    Then after losing to AJ he took on Dillian Whyte in the UK

    I feel he was hard done by in that one as Whyte was allowed to foul the crap out of him and was saved from a KO defeat by the bell but you don't fight two Brits back to back, let alone three and all in their backyard either :facepalm:

    He went 1-2 after foolishly embarking on that Brit Level run

    But then a few years later he made the same mistake again when he fought Chisora, Chisora, Massey, and Big Joe Joyce back to back, again all in the UK. Many feel Chisora was robbed in their first fight, Massey gave him a much tougher time than expected, and Big Joe knocked him out

    I love J-Park but he struggles badly at Brit Level and there ain't no shame in that either because everyone does. Fact is everytime he steps up to Brit Level he struggles but when he steps down to US Level and the other lower tiers he fares way better.

    Let this sink in. Hughie, Massey, Chisora, Whyte, Big Joe Joyce, and AJ all did way better against J-Park than America's greatest HW of the last 25 years did. Every single Brit he's fought put up a way better fight against him than The Dosser did
     
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  9. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    Haha Brit level is on par with World level actually.
     
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  10. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    :lol: It's the tier above elite world level
     
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  11. Kiwi Casual

    Kiwi Casual Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Couldn't say it better myself. Kudos
     
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  12. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    And of course you swallowed up the bull**** about Wilder-Mr. Excuse himself- having a bad right instead of being able to watch the fight and see how Parker was taking that right away from him.
    Parker has the best current win streak in the HW division.
     
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  13. piprules

    piprules Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Thanks bro.
     
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  14. Kiwi_in_America

    Kiwi_in_America The Tuaminator Full Member

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    VAST wrote:
    "Wilder-Mr. Excuse himself- having a bad night instead of being able to watch the fight and see how Parker was taking that right away from him. Parker has the best current win streak in the HW division."

    Exactly. Parker took his right away. And he is getting better and better at doing this.
     
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  15. humbug

    humbug In Vino Veritas Full Member

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    I don’t swallow up any bull**** you putz, I was told by a source in the media that he had a dodgy hand going in.
     
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