Comments Thread For: Joseph Parker leads the way for Daniel Dubois after Anthony Joshua rules himself out

[pollywog]

Oilskin Parker FTW!!!

[famicommander]

He deserves it.

After how horrible he looked in those fights against Fa, Chisora, and Leapai I never thought Parker would work his way back into legitimate contention. He proved me wrong and he deserves to be rewarded.

[SteveM]

Both Parker and Zhang can make a case for fighting Dubois, Parker's on a good win streak of Zhang and Wilder and Zhang won his pair of fights against Joyce, lost a MD to Parker and KO'd Wilder. Both guys are hot, Daniel can fight either one and I'd be happy.

Take Wilder out of consideration - he was shot against both Parker and Zhang - but if you must include him look at who destroyed him and who tip-toed around him.

Zhang and Parker were evenly matched. Luckily Parker's chin got him through.

Parker Dubois will see Parker cave after the first heavy hits - his chin has been blitzed by Joyce and Zhang - everyone's chin goes - ask Joyce. Until then he'll be dancing away from Dubois.

The Zhang - Dubois fight holds more appeal because Dubois is hit-able and Zhang cracks very hard. If Dubois tries to walk him down as he did Joshua then we are getting fireworks - much more appetizing fight.

[SUBZER0ED]

I don't want to see these guys trying to age out my guy Zhang. He needs and deserves a title shot now.

Zhang twice crushed Joyce, who:
- crushed Parker
- made DDD quit

Zhang crushed Wilder, who:
- went the distance with Parker

Zhang dropped Parker twice, and despite the bogus scorecards, many felt he won the fight.

Nothing personal towards Parker and DDD, as they are likeable guys.

Zhang is more deserving.

Agreed, Zhang deserves a world title shot before he gets too old. Excluding him from a shot just seems wrong and smells of ducking.

[hugh grant]

DDD will know he needs to give Zhang a fight. Parkers been given enough opportunities with vacant titles always becoming available for Parker over the years!
Might as well fight zhang now, because if you fight him next year it will be cherry picking when ripe

[billeau2]

Parker is at his best. He learned from his experiences and made adjustments, good for him! Zhang is limited, I understand the appeal for his big shots but he is doing so little in the ring these days... I think parker is the tougher fight. Either one works for me.

[BlackRobb]

Parker clearly deserves this title shot. He worked his way to the top of the division again and deserves massive credit. I think he'd have a great shot against Dubois.

[baroidi]

Parker is definitely the most deserving of getting a crack at Dubois.

Zhang fight is more intriguing. Dubois's new aggressive style is perfect for heavy handed southpaw counter by Zhang. Will be very exciting for the first half of the fight

[hitmanjosh]

Joseph Parker is good news to here, he comes to fight every time plus he's a seasoned veteran that can avoid Dubois big shots more than likely. He's also a classy guy but Dubois not letting anything go easy.

[jackblack008]

Parker takes this by UD.