Will Parker get his testicles back?

I don't think Parker gassed, just thought he felt the power of the bodybuilder early, and wasn't keen on fighting on the inside too much. The clinches were sloppy, both weren't committed to a all out war. A glorified sparring session. Joshua won on pure aggression. But they weren't dominant rounds.

 

Parker showed that he can't hang with the taller fighters, especially AJ.

AJ was superior on the outside and even on the inside. The Ref breaking up the fight on the inside helped Parker a lot more than it did to Joshua. Joshua would've finished Parker off with some uppercuts like he did to Wlad, he's a very good inside fighter, superior to Parker.

Never once did Parker look like hurting Joshua.

 

@kiwi_boxer

Lol....What a load of nonsense.

"How can you 'suck' if you lost the fight by arguably 10 punches a round? If Parker had thown 10 more punches in the close rounds, he would have been in the position to win the fight, or at least make it very controversial."


Firstly, Parker needs to actually land punches that he is throwing before he starts to throw more.

But secondly, and more importantly, you don't just 'choose' to throw less punches.....It's either due to-

a) Lack of stamina
b) Lack of skill
c) Fear
d) A mix of the above


I told people like you that Parker's performances against Takam and Hughie Fury showed that he's extremely limited and nowhere near the ability of someone like Joshua.
Joshua was too big, too strong, too smart, too skilled and as I predicted, too quick and had better stamina.


I hate the phrase 'I told you so', but it very much applies here.

Parker could beat, for instance, Wilder, because of Wilder's inability to box.

But he only beats a Joshua/Usyk style fighter with a hell mary punch. e.g. Rahman v Lewis

 

I would say
a) Lack of Talent (height, reach, speed etc)
b) lack of Skill ( poor technique)
c) lack of IQ ( don't know when to do what)
d) lack of Stamina.
e) Fear.

For Parker I go mostly with d) and e)

 

I just thought Joshua looked levels above at everything.

His stamina isn't an issue at all.....He threw too many punches before for a heavyweight of his size.

 

Parker is not known for his Stamina to begin with. Already shown to be tired against Ruiz and Takam.

 

This is a very big lesson learned by Parker, as soon as the fight ended he knew he should of done more or gone for broke but what i saw ive seen many times and usually the lesson is learned. Parker is no chicken or anything it was a new experience for him and he made the wrong choices, he just waited and waited for openings that never came and then time ran out. I have no doubt he will come back better and if put in the same position he will know what he needs to do.

I was more surprised that Barry didnt have a plan B for him. Barry is not a bad coach at all but he just kept telling Parker to make what they had trained on work but Parker was trying and it clearly wasnt working. Mainly that double jab, with Joshua having similar speed and much longer arms he just didnt have time to throw the 2nd jab cuz Joshua was already replying with an even longer jab.

 

Completely agree....and that was the exact argument pre-fight that was completely disregarded as being the argument of a 'casual'.....(Some still can't understand the irony of my name, bless).

If you're losing 3-6 rounds against Takam/Ruiz you clearly are either...(At times, clearly not all fight)

A) Being outskilled
B) Being outworked (Stamina)
C) Cautious of their power

Whether it's just one of the above, or all three, it's kind of irrelevant what it is....but there's clearly an issue somewhere.

 

This is why Parker should leave Barry imo.

Like you say, Parker had no experience of a fight of this magnitude, but Barry had the perfect preperation with Lewis v Tua.

I went and watched that fight the day after (Having only been 6 when the fight happened) and it was clear Barry had learnt nothing.

 

Just cause he can do 12 doesn't mean he can do a hard 12 rounds. He slowed down and was too inactive in general to actually win the fight.

 

It wouldn't shock me if no other current HW was able to perform as well against AJ as Parker did. Wouldn't shock me at all.

 

Well his gas tank was’nt in question against Joshua

 

I think it was, the measured pace is one huge clue. The same measured pace that had him struggling to beat Ruiz Jr and Fury clearly enough. Parker tried to turn it up against Takam and totally gassed putting him in danger of losing but gutted it out. Parker really needed to turn it up but could not. He demonstrated he can take AJ's power a punch at a time so i don't think that was deterring him.

 

He wouldn’t let Joshua get set, constantly moving. If his tank was bad surely it would’ve showed against a bigger stronger fighter in Joshua