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He looks like a heavyweight Kostya Tszyu, but I can't see many similarities besides their explosiveness. Their footwork is quite different for a start. Kostya was always quite flat footed, yet moved extremely well, no wasted energy. Parker has a tendency to jump around a lot, and his sense of distance isn't anywhere near as refined. That also translates into their offence. Kostya had an extremely patient yet brutal offence when he had you against the ropes, Parker goes wild. I think a lot of Parker's energy will dissipate as he gets more experience and learns to conserve himself more, but I don't think he has the right mindset to ever fight like Kostya. Too eager for the KO.
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Parker ****ing sucks! Guys I'm from New Zealand but this hype needs to stop. I don't even like joshua but he'll stomp Parker guaranteed.Comment
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Both are excellent HW up-and-comers. I hope they don't fight until 2019 or 2020, it would be better if they clean out the HW division first to make it a bigger fight when it happens.
If they fought right now, Joshua would win. But Parker is younger and has more time to develop.
I see significant improvement in Parker in the past year. Joshua is getting better too, but not as quickly - the gap between Parker and Joshua isn't as wide as it was in 2014.Comment
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I understand Parker is young, but they need to give him better competition.
He's murdering these guys who are around rank 100. He needs top 50.Comment
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I can't say at this stage until I see Parker face someone with a pulse.
Joshua fought a good young unbeaten fighter who really came to win and got through it, i'm yet to see parker fight anyone with any sort of ambition
Right now i lean towards Joshua, Parker is an offensive fighter but seems defensivley open (so is joshua tbh) and I don't fancy he'll be able to walk through what joshua puts out.
Joshua ko as it stands.Comment
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