Comments Thread For: Joseph Parker and Fabio Wardley are grateful rather than hateful ahead of October 25 fight

[joe strong]

Huni & Clarke… I like Wardley but I think he is going to get flattened by Parker. Parker has been in outstanding shape since losing to Joyce. That was the turning point. He was soft & weighed a career high. He thought he was going to blast him out. Not sure how some say Joyce destroyed him. I saw a gassed Parker who smashed Joyce with more clean power shots than he’d taken since the Dubois fight. Parker may has gassed & got stopped but he is the one who cracked the juggernaut’s jaw & Zhang finished him. Parker got in better shape after & ended Wilder & Zhang.

[Coverdale]

Excellent fight for the division that I'm looking forward to. Looks like a few miserable gits commenting above are still not happy, but they never will be so who cares?

[BlackRobb]

Parker should have gotten his title shot by Joe. The fact that he hasn't is solely on his management team.

[pollywog]

Parker should have gotten his title shot by Joe. The fact that he hasn't is solely on his management team.

Bullshït...Parker is just another foreigner getting sidelined by the U.K powerbrokers.

You can add Kabayel, Sanchez and Ortiz to that list over the last decade.

Meanwhile Dubois got fast tracked into 2 title shots he didn't deserve. AJ aged out and shop worned Wilder while crushing cans and Fury clowned his way into 2 titles and fought no one of any note.

Usyk exposed the U.K frauds in the ring but he's not who any of the U.K promoters wanted their paper 'champs' to face nor who Turki wants either.

The jumped up camel racer wants a blackman to fawn and fantasize over. It's a shame he can't matchmake a decent fight without getting his pocket picked by Warren, Hearn and now Dana.

The guy is a joke that keeps giving and so are U.K heavyweights.

[steeve steel]

Who from this era were you sold on ?

And were you sold on the hype they generated, the opponents they faced, the ones they ducked, the rematches they prolonged, the marinades that went off ?

The old guard : Ukyk, Fury The next generation: Kayabel, Itauma Also bought into Sanchez and Hrgovic, but now i'm not so sure. PS I never buy the hype, i make my own judgment. PS2 Fighters usually don't control their destiny and who they fight... so the ducks, the rematches and the marinades are not their responsibility.

[steeve steel]

Yep...he'll give Usyk the hardest night at the office and it'll go to a split decision forcing a rematch.

I hope you're right! But you probably aren't. "Everyone seems like they have improved.. until they fight Usyk".

[pollywog]

The old guard : Ukyk, Fury The next generation: Kayabel, Itauma Also bought into Sanchez and Hrgovic, but now i'm not so sure. PS I never buy the hype, i make my own judgment. PS2 Fighters usually don't control their destiny and who they fight... so the ducks, the rematches and the marinades are not their responsibility.

Seems like Fury and Joshua got to choose who they wanted and who they didn't face speaks volumes to their choices than who they did.

To be honest, i was never sold on Fury. He pitty pat clowned his way to a title vs Vlad, ducked the rematch, ate one too many pigs balls *cough cough*, came back to beat a one trick protected pony in Wilder and ducked any legit contenders until he couldn't duck Usyk, but if he could have he would have. Parker would have exposed him.

Seeing Joshua make pleading eyes to the ref for any infighting vs Parker ovet 12 rounds to win his strap ended whatever Fast Eddie was selling too. Especially since Joshua was knocking people out left right and centre until he got to Parker. AJ was never the same since and wisely ducked any rematch.

Wasn't sold on Usyk til he beat Chisora but the steady diet of hyped up U.K frauds means he's never been truly tested. Bellew, Chisora, Joshua x2, Fury x2, Dubois x2 don't mean **** until he beats Parker fairly and squarely.

I was sold on Big Jugs though. Thought he'd cracked it starching Parker, but them Parker shots he copped cracked him instead. I thought Dubois showed early promise until he quit vs Jugs.

And I'm definitely not sold on Yung Mo until they feed him a hungry lion who lands on him with bad intentions.

[BlackRobb]

Bullshït...Parker is just another foreigner getting sidelined by the U.K powerbrokers.

You can add Kabayel, Sanchez and Ortiz to that list over the last decade.

Meanwhile Dubois got fast tracked into 2 title shots he didn't deserve. AJ aged out and shop worned Wilder while crushing cans and Fury clowned his way into 2 titles and fought no one of any note.

Usyk exposed the U.K frauds in the ring but he's not who any of the U.K promoters wanted their paper 'champs' to face nor who Turki wants either.

The jumped up camel racer wants a blackman to fawn and fantasize over. It's a shame he can't matchmake a decent fight without getting his pocket picked by Warren, Hearn and now Dana.

The guy is a joke that keeps giving and so are U.K heavyweights.

Sanchez was exposed already. Ortiz is almost as old as me. Kabayel is unknown. Joe Parker beat Wilder, Zhang and Bakole back-to-back-to-back, I believe. I also believe he was the underdog in each fight. His recent run dwarfs anything any other heavyweight has done lately. The man is long overdue his title shot.