Comments Thread For: Joseph Parker Edges Andy Ruiz To Capture WBO Title

[JakeTheBoxer]

Fury, Wlad and Wilder are top heavyweights. Joshua is n. 4.

[whoseyourdaddy]

Ruiz has enough power to KO anyone. Also when you Fight on the inside you'll get hit by punches you dont really see coming. Ruiz fast hands hits the target way more often. Parker had a lot of respect for Ruiz hand speed and did not fancy any inside fighting for a reason.

Parker said it before the fight than nobody has hit him harder than Ruiz. This happened in a sparring session he said he could not eat for three days. I don't know if he was just hyping up the fight or telling the truth but apparently it was true since he look scared to trade with Ruiz.

[PunchyPotorff]

Ruiz won it IMO, but it was close. Maybe a rematch in Mexico, where both can make some real money.

[Santa_]

WOW what a bull**** decision. Ruiz won that 8 rounds to 4!

[Someone88]

Close fight! Ruiz could have won, congratulations to Parker on winning a title!

[RiC-DiC]

both Ruiz and Parker KO Joshua.

[AddiX]

Parker should of stayed away from Ruiz, Ruiz is fat and doesn't work as hard as he should but he's a quality technician and pretty accurate. I expected him to give Parker a lot of issues.

Parker won't have to worry about fighting anyone else like Ruiz though, Parker is gaining a LOT of good experience in the last year and a half, he will continue to progress.

[bender2000]

i thought the 2 judges scores were right on parker won by 2 points , yes parker should have had more offense output but he won give the kid credit hes only 24 and young and not used to big fight pressure yet , also he displayed very fast hands faster than ruiz who everyone thought was faster , his jab was good but should have been used even more and his movement was good , all the brits going on about how Joshua would destroy parker just remember Joshua has fought NOBODY just pushovers and bums his chin is still suspect until he fights a good contender ,at least parkers fought 2 quality fighters in ruiz and takam with rocks for chins who fought back , so don't assume anything about that matchup yet.

[Ray Corso]

I thought Ruiz did enough to edge Parker. Boring fight it's a shame that this kid Ruiz refusses to dedicate himself to his own metabolize to build more stamina and add more speed. If he could take 8 months to train down to 235lbs with a special diet along with proper training he would beat guys like Parker by out hustling them. This kid feels he needs the bulk so he won't get moved around by guys at 245-55lbs but he sacrifices work load and willingness. He doesn't have the genetics of Parker or a Joshua but this is boxing you don't need to be a sculpted body. He'd be loose looking at 215lbs.

At 230-35 this kid would cause problems for everyone out there.
In his current condition he can't bring his mental game up to be able to begin to dominate or at least become more competitive.
Ray

[whoseyourdaddy]

That's not what I meant. mlac said Parker should've fought on the inside in order to gain Ruiz's respect. I disagree because if Parker took the fight on the inside I believe Ruiz would KO him.

you right everytime Parker got in the inside with the one two, Ruiz answered with a combination of 4 or 5 punches.