Comments Thread For: Confident Parker Full of Belief Ahead of Zhang Challenge

[pollywog]

Moving into his 40's and showing he has a tendency to gas late, Zhang needs that connection early on. He will find the experienced, always prepared Parker will not be cooperative as the fight moves on and he picks up his offense. So Zhang connects and starts to dictate this fight before the mid-rounds, or Parker starts to dictate during the mid-rounds and Zhang just reacts and hopes. Pretty much easy to predict depending on who you favor: Zhang by KO before the double digit rounds or Parker by UD. Cannot, as a pure fan, see the other outcomes as likely.

That is why this fight is so easy to sell. The way each man needs to win is completely opposite of the other, but both styles are fun and have great boxing IQ's behind them. So excited for this one.

If Parker has gas left in the championship rounds - or is advised by Shifu Lee -and Zhang is running on fumes he could go for broke like he did against Whyte - who was saved by the bell- or similar to what Dubois did against Miller and get the K.O

[shenmue]

Zhang will hurt, drop and then stop him between rounds 5 and 10 is my final prediction.

Looking forward to this one, not a forgone conclusion and it's a fight i think will be competitive regardless of the ending and result.

[BlackRobb]

I'll believe it when I see it. Until then i got Parker winning and looking good doing it!

LESHKAU JOE...CHEEEEHOOO!!!!

The same Parker who was put to bed by Juggernaut Joe? My money is on Emperor Zhang.

[BlackRobb]

Is Wilder really a big puncher though!? he hasn't been in with anyone who's known for being durable.

Ortiz got up multiple times, Fury did (questionable chin, great powers of recovery), he never even dropped Duhaupas who's been iced by Povetkin, stopped by Yoka and quit in his corner against Kossobutskiy and never dropped Greene JR either despite the the previous narrative he's dropped every opponent he's faced...

Even Stiverne was able to take his punches and recover when hurt in the first fight then smoked in the rematch no one asked for he was overweight and 2 years out of the ring.

For the alleged biggest puncher in history he sure has done a good job of avoiding any durable guys or punchers for that matter.

I'd argue Zhang is a bigger puncher than Wilder, he's fought at least two guys with PROVEN solid chins because neither guy moves out of the way of shots in Hrgovic and Joyce and arguably dropped both.

But Zhang's propensity to gas could be his undoing against Parker he's quick enough and skilled around to dance around the big man to deplete him more than usual as long as he doesn't get caught by his deceptively quick counters.

You have to be joking. Or trolling. Fury and Ortiz were down so many times, I lost count. Wilder is a massive puncher, the hardest in the sport. He's a one trick pony, but that one trick is no joke. If he lines up the right hand, it's usually good night Irene. He's a much harder puncher than Zhang, though far less skilled and durable.

[pollywog]

The same Parker who was put to bed by Juggernaut Joe? My money is on Emperor Zhang.

Yep...the very same one!

[Boro]

You have to be joking. Or trolling. Fury and Ortiz were down so many times, I lost count. Wilder is a massive puncher, the hardest in the sport. He's a one trick pony, but that one trick is no joke. If he lines up the right hand, it's usually good night Irene. He's a much harder puncher than Zhang, though far less skilled and durable.

Who's joking that's exactly my point is Ortiz and Fury have been put over so many times by the alleged "biggest puncher" in history yet he couldn't put Fury away and struggled to finish Ortiz who walked out with his Zimmer frame...

And like I said he didn't even really Hurt Stiverne in the first fight it took him being out of the ring two years and 30 pounds over his fighting weight to stop him...

And they've both been over by none punchers like Ruiz and in Furys case Cunningham and Pajkic who weren't even punchers at cruiserweight...

And no he hasn't been proven to be a bigger puncher than Zhang, he hasn't fought single person known for being able to take a punch, let alone stop anyone who's durable...

Like I said both Hrgovic and Joyce don't move out of the way of punches and had never been hurt by punches in the pros at least until Zhang unlike the absolutes puddings that litter Wilders resume...

[BustedKnuckles]

Moving into his 40's and showing he has a tendency to gas late, Zhang needs that connection early on. He will find the experienced, always prepared Parker will not be cooperative as the fight moves on and he picks up his offense. So Zhang connects and starts to dictate this fight before the mid-rounds, or Parker starts to dictate during the mid-rounds and Zhang just reacts and hopes. Pretty much easy to predict depending on who you favor: Zhang by KO before the double digit rounds or Parker by UD. Cannot, as a pure fan, see the other outcomes as likely.

That is why this fight is so easy to sell. The way each man needs to win is completely opposite of the other, but both styles are fun and have great boxing IQ's behind them. So excited for this one.

True this. Also... People discredit Parker's strength because his last fight was against a shot Wilder. However, you could doubt Zhang's movement, since his last fight was against stationary Joyce.

I'm leaning toward Zhang on this, because of power. But Zhang isn't the typical hungry up and comer. He's old, and we know that movement and endurance is a problem as time goes on, which is Parker's strength here.

[crimsonfalcon07]

Zhang had some health issues that led to some of those gassing problems. Are those gonna show again? That's the big question for me.

He can't use the same strategy that he did against Wilder. That only worked IMO because Wilder was afraid to pull the trigger. He tries that with Zhang and he'll get clipped coming in with both the power of Big **** AND his own entry, and get sent to the shadow realms. Wilder also sucks at boxing. Zhang doesn't. Big **** by KO mid to late, unless he shows up half dead like he did to the Jerry Forrest fight.

[JakeTheBoxer]

This will be a great fight, I am looking forward. If Parker survives first half, he wins. Zhang will gas out.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Zhang will hurt, drop and then stop him between rounds 5 and 10 is my final prediction.

Looking forward to this one, not a forgone conclusion and it's a fight i think will be competitive regardless of the ending and result.

The round 10 is too late for Zhang. If the fight goes past 7, Parker wins.