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Solomon Haumono's trainer, the man who guided Manny Pacquiao to the top of the fight game, believes the former league player has as much punching power as legendary heavyweight George Foreman.
Solomon Haumono's trainer, the man who guided Manny Pacquiao to the top of the fight game, believes the former league player has as much punching power as legendary heavyweight George Foreman.
Australian heavyweight boxer Solomon Haumono is being urged to abandon his "Neanderthal style" against IBF No.1 ranked contender Joseph Parker next week in a contest where he concedes he's totally up against it.
Joseph Parker is under orders not to talk up - or down to - Anthony Joshua as the New Zealand heavyweight boxer's preparations for a title fight enters its next phase in Christchurch - and don't expect him to bad mouth Solomon Haumono either.
Try as he might, Joseph Parker can't avoid Anthony Joshua's imminent presence. It's an awkward position Parker finds himself in; being forced to wait for his mandatory shot at the English IBF champion.
When your average 24-year-old has gone the distance on the Las Vegas strip and thrown in the towel, Joseph Parker's day is just beginning. The alarm is set for 4.50am, and 40 minutes later Parker is waiting for the security gates to open so he can jog the sidewalks of Henderson, Nevada, a city founded during World War II when the Basic Magnesium Plant was established to produce "miracle metal" for munitions casings and aeroplane engines.
Well-known strength and conditioning trainer Justin Fortune is preparing Solomon Haumono for his scheduled fight with hot heavyweight contender Joseph Parker in Christchurch on July 21.
Joseph Parker stops at the resting place of Sonny Liston, the heavyweight champion who was brought to his knees outside the ring. Liston's unexceptional grave marker at the Davis Memorial Park's Garden of Peace in Las Vegas has one distinguishing characteristic - tradition dictates those paying their respects leave a quarter-dollar coin.
New Zealand heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker has scans scheduled for both elbows in a bid to rectify nagging joint pain ahead of next month's fight with Solomon Haumono in Christchurch.
The bruise brothers are reunited - and after Izu Ugonoh went toe-to-toe on Dancing with the Stars in Poland, Joseph Parker is now looking to get his training routine back in step.