Comments Thread For: Joseph Parker Picks a Winner Between His Old Opponents, Zhang And Wilder

[JakeTheBoxer]

Zhang hurt Parker , Wilder did nothing. I want to see Zhang - Parker 2.

[TheWinners]

Boxing a funny game. We saw both Zhang and wilder against Parker so wed pick Zhang to beat wilder on that basis you'd think?
Just like you'd pick pac to beat Floyd as he beat hatton or dlh more dominant then floyd did?
But maybe Parker sees wilder as more athletic, and is relieved wilder didn't throw hell for leather at him? So Parker thinks wilder has more to give and something left in him.

No I wouldn't think. Each fight is different. Every training camp is different.Triangle theories don't work in boxing.

[Claude Palle]

Don't forget though that Parker's record trashes most of these guys coming up. He lost some fights but he hasn't been ducking fights like most of these people. Zhang has only beaten Joyce so far and then lost to Parker. Hrogovic has only beaten Zhang and no one else. Parker is now only one of two people to beat Wilder and is the only fighter who wasn't put down by him.

A lot of these fighters have hype behind them but Parker has been in the top-10 for a long time now. I prefer proven over unproven guys

I always was a fan of Parker, I just never thought that he was elite. He has had some good wins lately but is part of that a product of a weak heavyweight division? That was always the knock against Larry Holmes. Weak opposition. I was honored to have met him but I really believe that Witherspoon and Carl 'the truth" Williams beat him.

[eco1]

I had Wilder by Ko and then changed my pick just because I am going with he pack and because I don't think Zhang is a tomato can and Wilder only beats tomato cans. I hope I am right but I still have this weird feeling that Wilder can do ONE miracle.

Anyway, hope Zhang delivers.

[crimsonfalcon07]

Am I the only one who is just meh about Parker :/ He's tough, decent, and competitive, but a 6/10 at best. He doesn't excel at anything, he has no particular style, no signature punch, chin isn't great, only defended his WBO title twice, lost to Whyte. He may have beaten Zhang and Wilder but I don't see him being a world champ again.

He's one of the very few proven guys in the division. Heavyweight is absolutely full of unproven or exposed hypejobs.

[Roberto Vasquez]

I always was a fan of Parker, I just never thought that he was elite. He has had some good wins lately but is part of that a product of a weak heavyweight division? That was always the knock against Larry Holmes. Weak opposition. I was honored to have met him but I really believe that Witherspoon and Carl 'the truth" Williams beat him.

Yes Parker isn't elite but he a guy I admire because he takes fights. He's a proven top 5-8. Esp after Zhnag beat up Wilder so bad.

I don't buy that today's HW division is that weak tbh. Just go back and watch Lennox Lewis get knocked around the ring by Frank Bruno then retire when Vitali was getting the better of him. There's a lot of huge guys who hit very hard and move fast today.

[Raimondo]

I got Zhang by TKO. He is the better boxer.

Ohh, I was right. Zhang's counter-punches felt like concrete blocks for skinny Wilder.

Zhang vs Parker II
Zhang vs AJ

Too bad that Zhang isn't in his early 30's.

[hugh grant]

parker, how could you predict deontay ?