Comments Thread For: Joseph Parker Shoots Down Deontay Wilder's Travel Claim For Performance

[joe strong]

Sure travel is tough but if anyone could use that as an excuse it’s Parker. Not many fighters have to travel like him being from NZLD. Maybe 1 round in 2 years before a fight with an active top 10 HW was the reason? Instead of making excuses again why don’t you just get back in the gym, have a few good camps preparing for a couple rebuilding fights like Parker & Joshua did before getting back in the mix late in 2024 or early 2025? Why cry like a baby? It is no secret to any fighter or fan that inactivity can be a real detriment so accept your defeat & mistakes like a man & get back to work.

[Ry92]

That's why you arrive 2 weeks ahead to adjust to the climate n time zone. Wilder threw so few punches(in a boxing match) it's no excuse unless you tore your rotator cuff, threw your arm out of socket ext something where your physically hindered from using your arm.

[Bobby Tony]

hes not a great knockout artist though. hes great at knocking out tomato cans. he was just hype

ko ratio against opponents who were in the top 10(ring) at the time of the fight


ali-50% 18 out of 36
louis-75% 24 out of 32
liston-63% 7 out of 11
patterson-35% 7 out of 20
foreman-58% 7 out of 12
holmes-52% 12 out of 23
marciano-80% 8 out of 10
bowe-60% 3 out of 5
lewis-53% 8 out of 15
fury-60% 3 out of 5
vitali klit-75% 6 out of 8
wlad klit-53% 7 out of 13
joshua-50% 5 out of 10
tyson-53% 8 out of 15
holyfield-30% 6 out of 20
wilder-28% 2 out of 7

Wow this is a revealing and relevant stat! Dad gum, daggum, you pulled out a good 'un. Look at that Joe Louis number - both the percentage and the number of opponents. What a giant.

[zod66]

Boooooooooooomb squuuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

[joe strong]

This is why I always liked Parker when many others were not so keen on him. He mostly fought in NZLD coming up but had a few fights in the US, Somoa & Germany. Burger King was his sponsor but the size of the events were limited capacity. He beat some name journeymen like Botha, Nascimento, Minto, Shermin Willians, Pettaway, Saglam Tupou Meehan & Bergman. He them stepped up won a WBO eliminator over Takam followed by wins over Haumono & Dimitrenko.

He got his title fight & won a close decision over Ruiz but that was as far as it was going in NZLD because he struggled to get funding for that fight. His first & last title defence on home soil was against the undeserving Cojanu but that had a lot to do with his promoter having no money for a bigger event.

The Hughie Fury fight was supposed to land there but with lack of funding from the NZLD gov’t & Peter Fury’s ban from entry they moved it to the UK. He then lost back to back big money fights in the UK to Joshua & Whyte. He earned somewhere near 20 million for the 2 fights. He had 4 rebuilding fights but after the Fa win he parted ways with his trainer as they agreed they had gone as far as they could.

He had 2 wins over Chisora then lost to Joyce in a tough fight. He then rebuilt & got in great shape leading up to Wilder & he won. He is now fighting another top dog in Zhang. If he beats Zhang he will have beaten the #1 ranked fighter in 2 governing bodies.

Twice in Parker’s career he was willing to take a step back & slowly rebuild his career setting himself up for big fights. He is only 31 & is in great position for another run at a title. After the losses to Joshua & Whyte he started over. Even though he beat Fa he decided changes were needed. Got himself great position & lost to Joyce for the WBO top spot. Took a year of rebuilding fights to set up the Wilder fight. Now he is in the same position he was in going into the Joyce fight. A win over Zhang & he is either the mandatory for the WBO as interim champ or he becomes full champ if the belt becomes vacant. Taking time to rebuild has paid off & Wilder should consider the same path in 2024. Joshua did the same thing as Parker in 2023 & I expect him to smash Ngganou. Joshua is building some good momentum like Parker. Taking a step back really helped Parker & Joshua. Joyce & Wilder should do the same. Although I think Joyce could have stepped in with someone better than Kash Ali.

[komandante]

Agree with Parker

[richardt]

Afte the fight Wilder said he needs to find that spark again so he needs to stick with that instead of muddling with more than one excuse or reason - it takes away from a single claim.

[Sammy7861992]

He actually even said that parker was in the UK and only had to travel 2 or 3 hours to get there from here and he did 20 smh, wilder is turning into a joke

[daggum]

Wow this is a revealing and relevant stat! Dad gum, daggum, you pulled out a good 'un. Look at that Joe Louis number - both the percentage and the number of opponents. What a giant.

yeah louis was pretty good

[jackblack008]

A bum like Joe Joyce was able to beat Parker to pulp. Its surprising the same Parker beats Wilder. I was rooting for Wilder to win. However Parker showed up good game plan but cant digest the fact if this was same Parker with Joyce