When did Joseph Parker give up becoming a heavyweight champ to be Fury's fan?

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  1. bluebird

    bluebird Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Seemed like the regression happened slowly, can anyone put a finger on when exactly it happened? After the AJ fight? Maybe after the Whyte fight?
     
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  2. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    When he was hugged by Tyson at Hughie's press conference.
     
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  3. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    J-Park has actually improved a great deal since GOAT welcomed him into the gypsy fold. Ain't no losers in a winning team. Steele sharpens steel. Success breeds success.
     
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  4. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    If you think about it almost everyone is a Fury fanboy

    AJ, Chisora, Joyce, Parker, Whyte...list goes on. They love him.
     
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  5. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He agreed to be the step in if Whyte pulled out and backed himself for the win.
     
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  6. Kratos

    Kratos Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Parker showed his lack of dignity when he fought joshua with no rematch clause.
     
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  7. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    It occurred during the AJ fight when that incompetent referee kept breaking them apart whenever Parker got close.

    Parker realized that he was fighting not just AJ, not even just AJ and the referee but all the money people as well. The money people who helped AJ get a gift gold medal he didn't earn conspiring to make AJ a brand name marketable image are the same people who destroyed Parkers hopes and dreams.
     
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  8. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Do you think he would have got the fight otherwise?
     
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  9. DaRealJT

    DaRealJT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I disagree, that shows that he’s a real man who backs himself and isn’t afraid of losing. Just like Ruiz and Usyk who agreed to the same sh*tty deal concocted by Fast Eddie and pulled off the win, just like Fury last night who went into the fight against Whyte without a rematch clause.

    Real fighters (i.e. not Anthony Joshua) don’t need to hide behind obligatory rematch clauses that give them a get out of jail free card.
     
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  10. On The Money

    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    Parker is a nice respectful guy. Sort of guy you'd be happy to see your daughter date if you had one (which I don't btw).
     
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  11. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Parker no longer cares about boxing, if he ever really did. The man clearly lost that first fight to Chisora, and that says it all.
     
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  12. Kiwi_in_America

    Kiwi_in_America The Tuaminator Full Member

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    Parker literally thwacked Chisora all around the ring.
    And he has improved markedly in the Fury/ Kronk setup

    Parker vs Joyce is coming and will decide a future champion
     
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  13. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Don't understand this - he's about to take a tough fight with Joyce, winner is the new number one contender to whatever emerges from Fury/Usyk/AJ.
     
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  14. ArtBoxer

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    We rated him highly at the time he was a contender. That was before he lost to Russell from Up movie
     
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  15. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    The salt is stinging so much they are even hating on people who are close to fury now :lol:
     
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