Comments Thread For: After defeat by Fabio Wardley, Joseph Parker 'wants to go again'

[MulaKO]

Listen to the hypocrisy coming from that Kuntdale
Can’t make this sh/t up
Had it been vice-versa and stateside , he’d be the first one crying like a kunt and that is a FACT

Hypocrisy at it’s best from the emotional Kuntdale

[MulaKO]

Not a conspiracy but I think UK refs have a history of this. And you can still have a bad stoppage and Parker doing the mouth guard trick in an earlier round to buy more time to recover. Why not a standing count? Esp since Wardley had gassed himself out and was losing power in his punches. The ref literally jumped in when Parker was in least danger.

Ref stoppages like this only hurt the UK. A number of boxers already don't want to fight here and I don't blame them.

Couldn’t have said it better

Props

[MulaKO]

Not the first time Foster has done this and it won’t be the last time
I cringe every time I hear he will be reffing a fight and actually expect an early stoppage
Funny enough , it seems to always be in favour of the British fighter

He should be investigated as this is NOT the fist time doing

[MalevolentBite]

Sometimes its just better to take a kneel and recover and fight on to win on the cards. I think people forget you can take a voluntary knee and just take the 10-8 round then to let the referee take away your career.

We seen people take a knee or a quick KD and come back and knocked out their opponent in the same round.

If Jermain Taylor or meldrick taylor would had taken a knee in their fights against Froch or Chavez they would had maybe won or draw.

Tank basically did that lol but he was never deducted the point.

[IronDanHamza]

Okay, but it's easier for keyboard warriors to take that position. No referee wants another Watson or McLellan on their hands. Foster tends to step in slightly early, Parker's team could presumably have objected to him officiating. They obviously just never expected to be in that position late on.

If you're covering up on the ropes, not throwing back, in the 11th round of a slugfest, you're always going to be in danger of being stopped.

Especially when you just about survived the round before and got rocked 10 seconds into the next round.

Parker was done. Everyone with a brain cell can see it.

[BlackRobb]

Listen to the hypocrisy coming from that Kuntdale
Can’t make this sh/t up
Had it been vice-versa and stateside , he’d be the first one crying like a kunt and that is a FACT

Hypocrisy at it’s best from the emotional Kuntdale

Coverdale has 14 different profiles and a cabinet full of meds for a reason.

[Toprope]

Joe Parker...goodbye and thank you, enough of the BS!

[landotter]

I hate that every bad decision is corruption to some people. But this is what boxing has done to itself. When your sport has inconsistent rules about judging, ref guidelines, sanctioning bodies regulations, and hometown heroes getting perceived advantages, you get controversy.

After watching it, I agree it was an early stoppage and that a standing 8 count was much more appropriate. But after seeing Parker get rocked, I do not see it as rising to the level of egregious. Just a bad ending to a basically decent HW fight with a lot on the line.

[Pulmonary Embolii]

I think Joe Parker saying "we both went out there and gave it our best and he won so he’s a better man" is the final judgment. As for referee jumping in, they are there for a reason. Some people here seem to prefer the idea of Joseph being in a medically induced coma and having intravenous meals as opposed to taking a loss. Wtf?

[SteveM]

I thought the stoppage was early, but does Parker not know to hold until he gets his senses back? It's literally his own fault the fight was stopped. That option was available, and he didn't do it. He could have easily made it out of the round.

He did hold earlier in the fight - so maybe his senses were scrambled enough that he couldn't hold - but also if you're busy dodging punches coming in every second you can't also be holding - there has to be just the slightest gap/pause in between punches to reach out and grab the opponent