Comments Thread For: Fabio Wardley thinks it?s ?unlikely? fight with Joseph Parker goes the distance

[LA_2_Vegas]

I gave it a week and I'm still annoyed at this fight.

I don't feel like it's overrating Parker. It's remembering just how badly Wardley was outboxed against last fight. It was comprehensive; it should have been a revelation type of fight for Huni. Justis looked like the most fluid and two handed fighter in the game against this guy LOL.

I don't get it for Parker. The "new man" energy isn't going to last forever, if it's actually real at all.

What does it do for Wardley if he ends up outboxed for 24 rounds straight. Does that add intrigue to a fight with Ituama, isn't that fight better right now.

Ok, don't want to be too salty on this - I see more people than I ever expected picking Wardley so maybe I'm off here. They still have to fight the fights. and at least it's coming up soon.

[LG Motel 22]

Big china power knocked Parker down twice it’s easy to see Wardley doing something similar. Parker’s run has been overrated asf.

[famicommander]

Big china power knocked Parker down twice it’s easy to see Wardley doing something similar. Parker’s run has been overrated asf.

The skill gap between Olympians like Zhang and Joyce compared to a toughman contest fighter like Wardley is immense. Just because they're all big, slow, power punchers doesn't mean they're interchangeable as far as technique, experience, IQ, etc. Just because they were able to catch Parker eventually doesn't mean Wardley will.

Parker will be Wardley's first real fight at the world level.

[pollywog]

Big china power knocked Parker down twice it’s easy to see Wardley doing something similar. Parker’s run has been overrated asf.

Apart from Usyk exposing 3 U.K hype jobs, name a heavyweight who is on a better run ?

And it's never about being knocked down, it's about what happens when you get up again.

Parker got up and ran away with the fight leaving Zhang powerless and impotent.

Wardley is going nighty night based off Parker's last fight!

[JakeTheBoxer]

Big china power knocked Parker down twice it’s easy to see Wardley doing something similar. Parker’s run has been overrated asf.

Boxing is about winning. Not abot knocking somebody down and losing a fight.

[PRINCEKOOL]

It's a solid grounds for the argument. It takes a gritty mindset to stay in round after round, undeterred, looking for that chance, while getting beat the whole time.

I havent followed Parker a lot. I remember seeing him in a fight several years ago, before Chisora, and thinking it was cool that there was a top guy who was an islander, while remembering watching David Tua as a kid. And incidentally, at that time, if I'm not mistaken, there was a gentleman's agreement between all islanders that they don't fight eachother. That must've changed, because I've seen several in the last few years. Maybe pollywog can shed some light on that.

Anyway, he didn't look great vs Chisora, but nobody does. And Wilder was shot, but still, he beat him. Then Bakole, even if he was out of shape and tired.

Parker's latest wins, and ultimately his longevity as a the top hw, against young brain scrambler Wardley, make me a bit excited for this one.

Longevity? Joseph Parker has been a non-factor at top level in heavy division since Anthony Joshua beat him in 2018 'in-between his title fight vs Joshua, Parker was competing predominantly at domestic and European level. Then the one fight where he could have altered the entire trajectory of his career he lost vs Joe Joyce, after producing a commendable effort'.

Note: Joseph Parker fought Anthony Joshua in March 2018, he then fought Deontay Wilder in December 2023 'I understand that people within the boxing community, like living in the now. Objectively there is a period of over half a decade, where Joseph Parker was a non-factor at top level in the heavyweight division. From March 31st 2018, all the way to 23rd of December 2023, Joseph Parker was not a top level heavyweight fighter'.

This current narrative that Joseph Parker throughout the entire heavyweight reigns of Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder 'was battling away, consistently taking top level fights is a complete and utterly over exaggeration of his resume'.

When this fight was first announced, I immediately just gave the win to Joseph Parker 'but as the fight draws close, I don't think Joseph Parker has ever won a solid level fight. Where he was the big favourite to win, and there is considerable pressure on him'.

Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, and Deontay Wilder 'they have all been in those situations as fighters and champions and won. Joseph Parker has not during his career'. I don't agree with the latest clique and crowd of cronies all rating Joseph Parker a bit too highly in my opinion'.

Fabio Wardley is most likely operating at his near peak 'you can clearly see that, whether inside or outside of the ring? He is a capable fighter. But skill for skill he does not appear to have a super high performance ceiling, he is winning most of his fights now? With his power, determination and raw competitiveness. That is how less skilled heavyweight fighter's stay relevant at the higher levels, once they start to encounter more highly skilled fighters'.

To conclude: Fabio Wardley has a lot to gain in this fight, for Joseph Parker 'this fight is a tactical move to acquire the interim WBA title. If Wardley never had this title, Joseph Parker would not be fighting him'.

I actually liked this style of match making for Anthony Joshua 'potentially acquire one of those interim titles from Fabio Wardley, Agit Kabayel or the WBC Silver title from Lawrence Okolie. They are not the biggest fights for Joshua, but they are sound tactical moves. Which will give him a powerful position in the game, in the potential eventuality of Oleksandr Uysk vacating his World titles' etc.

[BustedKnuckles]

Longevity? Joseph Parker has been a non-factor at top level in heavy division since Anthony Joshua beat him in 2018 'in-between his title fight vs Joshua, Parker was competing predominantly at domestic and European level. Then the one fight where he could have altered the entire trajectory of his career he lost vs Joe Joyce, after producing a commendable effort'.

Note: Joseph Parker fought Anthony Joshua in March 2018, he then fought Deontay Wilder in December 2023 'I understand that people within the boxing community, like living in the now. Objectively there is a period of over half a decade, where Joseph Parker was a non-factor at top level in the heavyweight division. From March 31st 2018, all the way to 23rd of December 2023, Joseph Parker was not a top level heavyweight fighter'.

This current narrative that Joseph Parker throughout the entire heavyweight reigns of Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder 'was battling away, consistently taking top level fights is a complete and utterly over exaggeration of his resume'.

When this fight was first announced, I immediately just gave the win to Joseph Parker 'but as the fight draws close, I don't think Joseph Parker has ever won a solid level fight. Where he was the big favourite to win, and there is considerable pressure on him'.

Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, and Deontay Wilder 'they have all been in those situations as fighters and champions and won. Joseph Parker has not during his career'. I don't agree with the latest clique and crowd of cronies all rating Joseph Parker a bit too highly in my opinion'.

Fabio Wardley is most likely operating at his near peak 'you can clearly see that, whether inside or outside of the ring? He is a capable fighter. But skill for skill he does not appear to have a super high performance ceiling, he is winning most of his fights now? With his power, determination and raw competitiveness. That is how less skilled heavyweight fighter's stay relevant at the higher levels, once they start to encounter more highly skilled fighters'.

To conclude: Fabio Wardley has a lot to gain in this fight, for Joseph Parker 'this fight is a tactical move to acquire the interim WBA title. If Wardley never had this title, Joseph Parker would not be fighting him'.

I actually liked this style of match making for Anthony Joshua 'potentially acquire one of those interim titles from Fabio Wardley, Agit Kabayel or the WBC Silver title from Lawrence Okolie. They are not the biggest fights for Joshua, but they are sound tactical moves. Which will give him a powerful position in the game, in the potential eventuality of Oleksandr Uysk vacating his World titles' etc.

Guy, that response is too long. I'm not commenting on your posts anymore. Ha ha