Why is Parker losing 2-5 rounds of a fight to Takam, Cojanu, Fury and Ruiz? Is he getting outboxed? Is he getting fatigued? Is he feeling their power and being cautious? His hand speed is 'elite level', his chin is 'unquestionable' and he has a 'great engine'.....So why he is losing so many rounds to low level opponents?
Same reason why AJ leaves low level opponents on their feet. Everyone exaggerates the gap between the bottom and top. Just because a guy has a flaw that's easily exploited doesn't mean they're bad at everything. Styles make fights not resumes.
Great reply,this is why I’ve always rated Mayweather and his unbeaten record cause it only takes an off night against a guy fighting above his own level to come away with a loss,Degale is a good example of this against Truax who was 100/1 at the bookies. Good question though by OP as Parker had a growing reputation alongside AJ ect and then had close hard won fights against Takam,Ruiz ect though just like GGG recently against Jacobs n Canelo one isn’t gonna steam roll these guys as before,I reckon this is what Parker’s found. So funny how some on here gave AJ stick for his fight with Takam,he won every round,dropped him and never looked in any trouble. Well we’ll find out soon but it maybe that Parker is what he is at the moment a top ten guy.