Joseph Parker Has One Eye On Joshua vs. Klitschko Showdown

WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker believes there is a "big possibility" he will face the victor of next Saturday's bout between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko.

Joshua (18-0) will defend his IBF belt for the third time against Klitschko (64-4) at Wembley Stadium, with the vacant WBA, IBO titles also on the line.

Asked about facing the winner of that fight, Parker told Sky Sports: "Yes, that's a big possibility. It's a fight that can happen in the future and you never know, but firstly you have got to take care of business."

Before such a prospective bout, however, Parker (22-0) faces Hughie Fury in a title match in Auckland on May 6.

While he acknowledges defeating Fury – the cousin of former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury – is his primary objective, the possibility of a future unification fight is in Parker's thoughts.

"Firstly, it hopefully goes well with Fury, and then big doors open after that," Parker said.

"I can't look too far ahead, because there is a big task in front of us, but there is also in the back of your mind, thinking about the bigger things that can happen."

Parker has also been linked with taking on Deontay Wilder in order to unify the WBC and WBO belts.

IN OTHER NEWS: Anthony “TNT” Taylor (13-1-1, 7 KOs), has officially retired from Professional boxing. Taylor’s manager Craig Thomson confirmed today.

Born and raised in Tauranga New Zealand, Taylor began his career in Amateur and winning multiple amateur titles including the New Zealand Amateur National Championships. Taylor made his pro debut in 2011.

During Taylor's pro career, he has only fought once outside his home country, making him undefeated in New Zealand but losing once in Australia. The one and only loss was against Brandon Ogilvie by Majority Decision.

The biggest bout in his career was against Darren Askew for the WBU World Super Lightweight title, which was also the biggest win of his career back in 2015. The bout however end in controversy as Taylor lost every single round but won by TKO in the last 10 seconds of the 12th round. It is believed that the referee should have stopped earlier with Taylor being dropped 7 times throughout the bout. Askew trying to go for a knockout got caught against the ropes and referee had no choice but to step in with the win going towards Taylor.

In the couple of years of Taylor’s career, he has been unlucky. In 2016 and 2017, Taylor has had offered bout against Farzan Ali Jr in Fiji, Bowyn Morgan on Parker vs Dimitrenko undercard, Michael Katsidis on Kali Reis vs Maricela Cornejo World title undercard, Tim Hun in Australia and Sam ah see on Parker vs Fury undercard due to either Contract problems, multiple Sickness and just unlucky.

Taylor has been rumour to be turning his focus to help training other Tauranga residence including, Gunnar Jackson, Taylor’s brother Jonathan Taylor and just moved to Tauranga Argentinean Tomas Andres Reynoso.