Comments Thread For: Joseph Parker Batters Faiga Opelu, Scores 1st Round Technical Knockout

[Hooded Terror]

Of course, we can zoom Parker all we want, but he's rated 10th by The Ring and has fought 4x in the last year. Can Deontay Wilder say that? Ruiz? Ortiz? Joshua was poised but turtled, or so it would seem. And for all of his bull****, Whyte is most the verbal masturbator than pugilist.

[dannnnn]

Parker was the hardest fight for AJ before he got kod. Parker was destroyed by JJ that was tkod by zhang...Imagine Zhang vs AJ lol

They say triangle theories don't work, but quadrilateral theories? You might be on to something!

[juggernaut666]

Nice to see Parker smash up a Pacific heavyweight with a good record to keep advancing back. He's been unafraid of a challenge, in there with some of the best, and he's a welcome member of the top tier ranks.

He’s unafraid when the fight is severely handicapped. That guy he just beat has less then a handful of wins against guys with winning records in 21 fights so it’s not shocking Parker is celebrating like he just won a World Series , more he’s celebrating for the crazy PPV here he’s made extra money on . Parker has a knack for getting guys with close to 50% knockout percentages that are undersized , could have ran the Takam fight back and Ruiz years ago but chose to goof around with Fury and waste critical years .

Furys talking about his Parker’s getting a title shot soon so we know how that happens if he does and hopefully someone sparks Fury out so we don’t have to deal with him anymore and if that happens are you still going to call him one of the greatest fighters of all time ? . Lol

[Willow The Wisp]

He’s unafraid when the fight is severely handicapped. That guy he just beat has less then a handful of wins against guys with winning records in 21 fights so it’s not shocking Parker is celebrating like he just won a World Series , more he’s celebrating for the crazy PPV here he’s made extra money on . Parker has a knack for getting guys with close to 50% knockout percentages that are undersized , could have ran the Takam fight back and Ruiz years ago but chose to goof around with Fury and waste critical years .

Furys talking about his Parker’s getting a title shot soon so we know how that happens if he does and hopefully someone sparks Fury out so we don’t have to deal with him anymore and if that happens are you still going to call him one of the greatest fighters of all time ? . Lol

Well many (Most) all-time greats get sparked at some point. That's the nature of the business, because the abilities of those ranked in the top 10 are separated by very thin slices, and all it takes to get blasted is one false move. Fury's greatness is bought & paid for and what happens from here can't undo that. Ideally though, I'd want to see him take out Usyk, Ruiz, Joshua and Zhang to truely own his era. All 5 of those gut should be gone within 36 months.

[786]

At least we know Fury's next opponent...Faiga Opelu.

[pollywog]

He’s unafraid when the fight is severely handicapped.

He wasn't afraid of Joyce when most everyone else was and there was nothing handicapped about his performance in that fight either.

He wasn't afraid of Joshua but if you go back to that fight you'll see the fear in AJ's eyes that was a precursor to him getting sparked by Ruiz.

He wasn't afraid of Whyte who's too scared to even mention his name or call for a rematch.
He wasn't afraid of Ruiz or Takam or Chisora.

So did that mean all those fights were handicapped because he was unafraid ?

GTFOH...more people are afraid of Parker than he is of others and if they weren't they'd be calling him out, but no one is.

Why is that ?

[pollywog]

How good was that.

As good as it gets!!!

Ia manuia ma soifua.

[juggernaut666]

He wasn't afraid of Joyce when most everyone else was and there was nothing handicapped about his performance in that fight either.

He wasn't afraid of Joshua but if you go back to that fight you'll see the fear in AJ's eyes that was a precursor to him getting sparked by Ruiz.

He wasn't afraid of Whyte who's too scared to even mention his name or call for a rematch.
He wasn't afraid of Ruiz or Takam or Chisora.

So did that mean all those fights were handicapped because he was unafraid ?

GTFOH...more people are afraid of Parker than he is of others and if they weren't they'd be calling him out, but no one is.

Why is that ?

He was afraid of Joyce though that’s why he priced himself out until Warren had to renegotiate to get Parker in the ring and Parker took such a shellacking on social media for walking away from that one he had no choice that time to run it back .

He wasn’t going to fight Ruiz outside of NZ ,had he done so he’d have lost that one and the same thing goes for Takam .


No one’s afraid of Parker not even guys like Junior Fa or Razvan Cojanu who he couldn’t dent . Hughie Fury also actually out pointed him but his non aggression gave the judges all they needed to give Parker that one . The fact you guys hold matches on Wednesday isn’t shocking either it’s like you live in bizarro world over there when a mid week is not going to bring more eyeballs on the event but I heard that’s your day ? Lol


If Parker does not get the right fights he looks like crap when time comes against a legit opponent it’s happened every time , his trainer or Fury can help him in the gym all they want it won’t change that fact . I wouldn’t put him as a favorite against ANY one in the top 10 right now after fighting a Cruiserweight and whoever this guy was in his last 2 fights.

The only clear cut win he’s ever had was against a known guy was Dimitrenko 6 years ago , give me a break . Most of this blame is on Higgins a guy not even knowing boxing that that well and it definitely shows by the match making . It really made Swiss cheese out of Parker’s progress and if not for a few wins he shouldn’t have got his resume has multiple losses added to it easily .

Hes only 30 so maybe he gets it together under Lee , maybe he don’t ? Acting like Fury at times when he’s around him isn’t definitely going to help him I can tell you that . Lol

[KillaCamNZ]

Parker was talking like this was a life and death fight against a formidable opponent. Maybe now he can get a Fury fight since Fury said he wants to fight in Australia. Parker still has somewhat of a name and is considered safe for any top opponent. He doesn't have real power and cannot box for a full 12 rounds.

Saying he cannot box for a full 12 rounds is a weird take - considering one of the biggest criticisms of Parker is that he goes 12 too often.

[JakeTheBoxer]

So what is new, Parker beat another bum. But he struggled every time he steps up.