Lucas Browne To Joseph Parker: Piss Off! Work Hard Like I Did!
Australian heavyweight sensation Lucas Browne has told rising New Zealand boxing star Joseph Parker to "piss off and work hard like I did".
Parker's handlers have long sought a fight with the rugged Australian and were quick to call him out after he beat WBA champ Ruslan Chagaev by TKO in Chechnya last weekend.
The victory earned Browne the WBA's "regular title", one of three crowns the organisation boasts.
Duco Events have offered Browne big money in the past to fight Parker in New Zealand and their latest taunt claimed Parker would "humiliate" Browne, the heavily tattooed form MMA fighter who goes by the name of "Big Daddy".
Back in Australia, Browne's reaction was short and to the point.
"My message is simple: piss off," Browne told Sydney's Daily Telegraph.
"If you want to win yourself a world title, great. Go do what I did.
"Fight a heap of times overseas, work your way up and earn it the hard way."
Heavy-handed Browne is undefeated over 24 fights while Parker has notched 18 consecutive wins since turning pro to rise up the ranks in every organisation.
Browne has bigger things on his mind right now. He's in a position to cash in financially.
The WBA want Browne in to face American Fres Oquendo with the winner of that bout then getting a superfight with unified heavyweight champ Tyson Fury.
Parker hasn't been the only fighter to have a dig at Browne. Fellow Australian Solomon Haumono is also eager to take him on.
"It is what it is. I have to accept that people are going to start shit stirring me in the media," Browne said.
"Promoters, managers, fighters, they're all going to want to make me bite.
"I've already had guys like Solomon Haumono approach me. But what the hell have they done to earn a world title shot?
"I had to get my belt the hard way. So should everyone else."
Parker's camp are in negotiations with French-based Cameroon fighter Carlos Takam for a fight that will earn them the mandatory challenger's position with the IBF. The winner of that fight will take on the winner of the title fight between champion Charles Martin and challenger Anthony Joshua.
