I've watched Joseph Parker four times.

[mlac]

Wilder Ko's a few bums. Gets outboxed by a polish football hooligan, gets outboxed by a Failed NFL footballer, gets wobbled and badly hurt by high school teacher eric molina, the only time he fought a C level opponent he couldnt stop them :

' most feared man in the divsion' ' he would KO parker easily' ' why everyone ducking Wilder'


1) rewatch takam and Ruiz again, yes they were close fights but he won
2) put into context how long he has been a pro, and the level of competition step up: i.e before takam he hadnt fought anyone inside the top 50....i actually thought takam might stop him, and he still won.
3) Yes he has looked poor recently, this is not an excuse but the main reason being is the large amount of weight he has put on, Parker is not a big HW and he used to be extremely fast and explosive when he was coming in at a lighter weight. He had the fasted hands in the divsion. Now he seems plodding and lethargic.
4) he has been a pro for a short amount of time, to put into context, Deontay wilder has been pro for TEN YEARS, and he still cannot execute basic boxing fundamentals, goes back in straight lines with his hands in the air??? after 10years and nearly 40 opponents ?

It just goes to show how fickle fans are, Ko a bum after being outboxed for 8 rounds ' wow amazing'
beat a top 10 opponent in a huge step up fight after being pro for a couple of years ' wow he sucks'

[Ray*]

I think Parker tends to fight to his opponents level. I would like to see him and Wilder unify their belts before facing AJ but i think he would probably get to AJ first, his team made that decision to fight over here in the Uk against a UK fighter, to get him known to the public here. So i wouldn't be surprise if he and Joshua fights next after Pulev.

[Ray*]

Wilder Ko's a few bums. Gets outboxed by a polish football hooligan, gets outboxed by a Failed NFL footballer, gets wobbled and badly hurt by high school teacher eric molina, the only time he fought a C level opponent he couldnt stop them :

' most feared man in the divsion' ' he would KO parker easily' ' why everyone ducking Wilder'


1) rewatch takam and Ruiz again, yes they were close fights but he won
2) put into context how long he has been a pro, and the level of competition step up: i.e before takam he hadnt fought anyone inside the top 50....i actually thought takam might stop him, and he still won.
3) Yes he has looked poor recently, this is not an excuse but the main reason being is the large amount of weight he has put on, Parker is not a big HW and he used to be extremely fast and explosive when he was coming in at a lighter weight. He had the fasted hands in the divsion. Now he seems plodding and lethargic.
4) he has been a pro for a short amount of time, to put into context, Deontay wilder has been pro for TEN YEARS, and he still cannot execute basic boxing fundamentals, goes back in straight lines with his hands in the air??? after 10years and nearly 40 opponents ?

It just goes to show how fickle fans are, Ko a bum after being outboxed for 8 rounds ' wow amazing'
beat a top 10 opponent in a huge step up fight after being pro for a couple of years ' wow he sucks'

Yep agreed. I feel like am living in a bizarro world where Wilder is doing amazing things in a short period of time lol.

Almost 40 fights and still only one recognised name on it, and the other beltholders have less fights as pros but you can even make an argument for them that their resume is better than Wilder's resume.

[juggernaut666]

Parker is rough around the edges but hes not overated anymore like he was bc his fights have set him to below top 5 on performance . Parker did not lose to Ruiz he landed the cleaner punches nor did he lose to Takam he won that fight too . The Fury fight was not good at all but he won comfortably , Hughie didnt do much to suggest it was close .

I certainly believe Whyte / Haye ( not injured ) /Miller /Pulev /Breazeale

Could be favored over him . Parker is 2 years out of really being where he should be and needs to be for a HW champion.

Joshua / Wilder / Povetkin (? ) / Ortiz / Are the guys too beat and are on another platform .Right now .

[W1LL]

The WBO haven't released their October rankings yet. But here's September's:

C: JOSEPH PARKER
1 Hughie Fury
2 Christian Hammer (WBO Europe)
3 Tom Schwarz (Int-Cont)
4 Dominic Breazeale
5 Jarrell Miller
6 Dillian Whyte
7 Alexander Povetkin (International)
8 Kyotaro Fujimoto (Asia-Pacific)
9 Luis Ortiz
10 Andy Ruiz
11 Zhilei Zhang (Oriental)
12 Carlos Takam
13 Agit Kabaye l
14 Otto Wallin
15 Amir Mansour

There are many guarenteed wins there for Parker. There are also several names he is best avoiding/paying off the WBO to keep away from #1.