Why is Parker such a heavy favourite over Wardley?

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  1. like a boss

    like a boss Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    LOL!!
     
  2. tee_birch

    tee_birch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is it. We all get it wrong when picking a fight.

    Congratulate the man who read a fight better and move on.
     
  3. like a boss

    like a boss Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Parker certainly deserves credit for taking on a big puncher like Wardley when he didn't have to. But the cost of that decision and the way it played out now has huge ramifications. He could have taken a much easier fight, cruised through and then the Usyk fight was his.

    As far as the way Wardley-Parker played out, after 10 rounds two judges had it 98-92 and 96-94 for Parker and the third judge had them even at 95-95.

    In Wardley-Huni, after 9 completed rounds, all three judges had it for Huni 88-83, 89-82 and 89-82.

    So in both fights, up until the conclusion, not one of the 6 judges had Wardley ahead and rightly so, because he had been outboxed in both bouts.
     
  4. James Hudson

    James Hudson Active Member Full Member

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    In hindsight superb analysis
     
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  5. lobk

    lobk Original ESB Member Full Member

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    There are still moron who refuse to believe that a heavyweight boxer with KO power has a punchers chance till the final bell rings. This is Wardley. It doesn’t matter he is behind on the card. The card doesn’t mean a damn thing when the end result is Wardley by ko/tko
     
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