Parker: "Andy Ruiz punches a lot harder than Anthony Joshua"

Fighters almost always say the guy they beat was the hardest puncher, to elevate themselves. Mike Tyson said: "probably Ruddock" sometimes he said Bruno. And here Parker wants to elevate himself by saying the guy he beat was a much harder punched. When quizzed about Joshua's claims, Parker's trainer Kevin Barry responded: "Joe mentioned to me afterwards, saying 'It was funny, I thought the guy would hit harder than he actually did'. "There's no reason for him to lie to me. He said that Andy Ruiz hit a lot harder than Joshua. "But we knew that coming into the fight. Anthony Joshua is a not a one punch knock out guy, he's not going to knock you out with one punch, he is going to hit you with three or four punches and I think we saw that last night. "He's a big guy and he has got muscles upon muscles but that doesn't mean you are the heaviest puncher in the world. "Joe never looked like going down, he was never in any real trouble at all … coming back after each of the 11 rounds before the last completely clear, never fazed, never dazed. "The nick he got over the eye was Joshua hitting him with an elbow." End of quote. I don't believe for a second that fatty punches harder.