If Usyk ducks Parker, that makes Parker the real world champ.

[TheProudLunatic]

Nope...Parker will put up a better showing than Dubois, Fury and Joshua.

I still don't know why this thread exists !!!!!

[TMLT87]

Yep...the very same Parker but not the same fighter these days.

The Parker that fought Joshua was a fresh faced bumpkin from down under trained by a dodgy grifter with form and managed by a guy wayyyy out of his league.

Parker consequently got jobbed by a helpful ref. His trainer exposed as limited and his manager a given lesson in how to lose with no rematch clause.

The same Parker 6 months later and with the same team got the same result. Jobbed by U.K's finest. A roided up Whyte and slimy Eddie the Eel.

Going into the Joyce fight with a case of sniffles, lack of conditioning and not much of a game plan other than swing for the hills and hope to blast Joyce outta there in the early rounds saw Parker, gas, fade and get splattered late. He still went out on his shield.

2025 version Parker. The one Dubois ducked has a quiet, calm, steely ultra disciplined determination to become a 2 time champ. He's not the same man or fighter that stepped into the river with Joshua, Whyte or Joyce. 3 overhyped flawed fighters who Parker would mop the floor with today.

Vs Usyk, Parker has the best chance of any fighter Usyk has faced since Chisora. Parker is more mentally stable than Joshua, in better condition than Fury and a far better boxer than Dubois. He is also better trained and is much more disciplined than them.

Write The Mighty Oilskin off at your peril. Fans of Wilder, Zhang and Bakole did but here we are. Parker is the last man standing of this era and the final hope of defeating Usyk in it.

He's earnt the opportunity and desreves his shot wayyy more then anyone. Kabayel, Itauma, Fury whom ever needs to get in the queue behind Parker and earn their shot.

It's not a forgone conclusion Usyk wins easily. May the best man win on the day...

This is a whole lot of excuses for a guy who has lost multiple times and also has at least 3 contentious decision wins. I like how you make these excuses for his losses but dont mention that Bakole came in on 2 days notice, Zhang was 41 years old and got beaten more easily by Kabayel, and Wilder was a washed post-Fury version who had been out for over a year.

This narrative that Dubois ducked Parker is unfounded too. You mean he realised he could get the much bigger Usyk fight and went for that instead. If he was ducking Parker he wouldnt have taken the fight in the first place. I dont think its anywhere near a given that Parker wins that fight if it happens either.

Anyway, all this talking about who has the best chance to beat Usyk is dumb. The man is 38 years old, when he loses its going to be to father time more than anything else.

[M312]

Yep...won him the fight going away laughing.

Joyce, bless his little cottonsocks, will always have that annihilation of Parker to jerk off to.

It was a damn good fight!

Nicked him the fight because he simply couldn't and was afraid to compete*

Kabayel showed us how it's actually done.

Joyce, bless his little cottonsocks, will always have that annihilation of his play thing Parker to jerk off to. It's true!

And Parker will always have that PTSD of how easily the slowest boxer in the world made him his little plaything and ragged him around the ring as if he didn't exist.

[M312]

^^^Haha...Whatever you need to tell yourself champ.

Have a great life. Parker sure is. Mine is pretty sweet too!

Parker doesn't sleep at night.
All he sees is Joe Joyce mowing him down.

Probably not too dissimilar to you, but you see Joseph 'mowing' you down...

[Zelda]

Usyk is a latecomer to the party and only has 1-2 fights left in him. He has done enough to prove himself in the boxing world and would be looking at the most lucrative fight(s). That fight may not be Parker if Turki does not put up the money. I won't be surprised if Parker fights Itauma (provided he wins), and the winner will get the option to face Usyk (if he is still around).

In the meantime, Usyk faces Kabayel or Fury, or someone else.

[famicommander]

Usyk is a latecomer to the party and only has 1-2 fights left in him. He has done enough to prove himself in the boxing world and would be looking at the most lucrative fight(s). That fight may not be Parker if Turki does not put up the money. I won't be surprised if Parker fights Itauma (provided he wins), and the winner will get the option to face Usyk (if he is still around).

In the meantime, Usyk faces Kabayel or Fury, or someone else.

Fury is "retired" again this week and there's no way Kabayel is a bigger fight than Parker.

Parker is a former WBO heavyweight titlist and he has way more notable names on his record. Some of them were super washed, but still:
Frans Botha
Carlos Takam
Alexander Dimitrenko
Andy Ruiz
Hughie Fury
Anthony Joshua
Dillian Whyte
Alex Leapai
Derek Chisora twice
Joe Joyce
Deontay Wilder
Zhilei Zhang
Martin Bakole

Compared to Kabayel:
Derek Chisora
Andriy Rudenko
Kevin Johnson
Arslanbek Makhmudov
Frank Sanchez
Zhilei Zhang

The biggest names Kabayel as faced are also on Parker's resume. While Parker has multiple heavyweight world titlists (Ruiz, Joshua, Wilder).

I get that Turki might just shell out the money for Kabayel because of his ethnic background, but there's no way he's actually the more lucrative option on the whole.

[NihonJim]

Fury is "retired" again this week and there's no way Kabayel is a bigger fight than Parker.

Parker is a former WBO heavyweight titlist and he has way more notable names on his record. Some of them were super washed, but still:
Frans Botha
Carlos Takam
Alexander Dimitrenko
Andy Ruiz
Hughie Fury
Anthony Joshua
Dillian Whyte
Alex Leapai
Derek Chisora twice
Joe Joyce
Deontay Wilder
Zhilei Zhang
Martin Bakole

Compared to Kabayel:
Derek Chisora
Andriy Rudenko
Kevin Johnson
Arslanbek Makhmudov
Frank Sanchez
Zhilei Zhang

The biggest names Kabayel as faced are also on Parker's resume. While Parker has multiple heavyweight world titlists (Ruiz, Joshua, Wilder).

I get that Turki might just shell out the money for Kabayel because of his ethnic background, but there's no way he's actually the more lucrative option on the whole.

Kabayel is German, Parker is from NZ which has like 4 million people.

German TV money makes Kabayel a lot more lucrative. Resume doesn't make money.

[pollywog]

Kabayel is German, Parker is from NZ which has like 4 million people.

German TV money makes Kabayel a lot more lucrative. Resume doesn't make money.

Pasifikans are trending, from Lilo and Stitch to Moana to Chief of War.

Parker v Usyk is global viewing, Kabayel v Usyk is domestic Euro.

[eco1]

Parker will have the WBO meaning the status of THE heavyweight championship will be disputed, and you won't be able to put Usyk above the man he ducked.

Parker deserves a shot but he will be KO'd in less than 9

[famicommander]

Kabayel is German, Parker is from NZ which has like 4 million people.

German TV money makes Kabayel a lot more lucrative. Resume doesn't make money.

Parker has name value in the US and UK which are far bigger and more lucrative markets than Germany. Parker has fought on PPV in the UK four times, he's fought on major cable outlets in the US, he's fought on DAZN.

He's fought in the US 4 times, the UK 7 times, (both England and Wales), Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia 4 times, Germany, and Samoa.

All of Kabayel's fights have been in Germany, Poland, Serbia, Monaco, Turkey, or Saudi Arabia.

Usyk vs Parker is a PPV fight in the UK.