Comments Thread For: Joseph Parker's Promoter Erupts, Tears Apart Anthony Joshua

[Kris Silver]

I'm a Brit, and a Joshua supporter.

But this is BS. 80-20 was some strong greedy stuff from Hearn. To not accept they're concession down to 35 is ridiculous. I blame Hearn.

[sportbuddha]

Every promoter I have ever seen is unprofessional, most of them are career criminals and scum. Lets not pretend there is a really high bar.

Morally the bar is very low indeed, but you can only really judge them on how much money they make for the fighter (and by default themselves) and you only get to the top level if you know how to negotiate, Hearn has a blood line and connections and is representing the money side with AJ. Parker’s side don’t have any levers to pull, no point Higgins losing his cool, that’s what shows his inexperience at this levels.

Further problem for Higgins is that he doesn’t have a stable or interesting fighters, he’s bet the ranch on one guy, so he can’t negotiate. Hearn etc can say ‘take x dollars for this one, then I’ll give you a shot at Y for your other fighter and oh how about your boy z does one more decent showing and we give him a crack at this/that title. It’s business and you need assets, Higgins hosts rugby players fighting each other the rest of the time - he’s amateur.

[b d w]

Further problem for Higgins is that he doesn’t have a stable or interesting fighters, he’s bet the ranch on one guy, so he can’t negotiate. Hearn etc can say ‘take x dollars for this one, then I’ll give you a shot at Y for your other fighter and oh how about your boy z does one more decent showing and we give him a crack at this/that title. It’s business and you need assets, Higgins hosts rugby players fighting each other the rest of the time - he’s amateur.

Agreed and hearn knows that Duco don't even have anyone in the wings who looks promising, for Higgins, Parker represents his version of a lottery ticket and hearn can utilize that desperation to cut AJ the best deal. In a game of chicken such as this one the only loser will be Higgins and Parker.

[Travycat]

Well no one does there, champ. Given what's being spoken from the B side, Parker, in deriving what's being said from the context of their public statements, one could very well surmise that what I'm saying is indeed true. And of course, I could be completely off. That's why I used terms like "I think" and "If" which aren't statements of matter of fact. You should really pay attention to valuable terms and phrases and not let your ego use up so much of your reply. Good luck out there, contender!

You can't just make stuff up and guess what is in contract

[Travycat]

I would personally agree with that if it's a good fight or it goes the distance. But if one or the other starches the guy out in 5 rounds, there would be no desire immediately. If it was a lopsided ko, you could do with 2 or 3 fights before a rematch.

Parker is a major world title holder. He has absolutely no reason not to insist on a rematch clause.

[USA boxing]

Stop being a punk aj accept the contract period lil female dog

[ArtyApe]

All the talk of parker being afraud of povetkin is funny. He will fight anyone anywhere, plus he can make good money fighting povetkin in Russia as well. The real problem with him is that his true name is pedvetkin. If parker does fight him will only make wilder look worse lol and I think he is in a strong position at the moment

[iamboxing]

whyte 2, charr or pulev incoming.

'hearns the best promoter in the game doe'

Turns down Inoue For Yafai

Turns down tete for Burnett

Turns down Parker For AJ

all in the space of a few days, ' hearn puts on the best fights doe'

Turning down Inoue was disgraceful. He even said "it would have been the right thing to do, but we're not going to take a risk to please people on the Internet".

They're not even attempting to come up with excuses any more.

[Jkp]

Morally the bar is very low indeed, but you can only really judge them on how much money they make for the fighter (and by default themselves) and you only get to the top level if you know how to negotiate, Hearn has a blood line and connections and is representing the money side with AJ. Parker’s side don’t have any levers to pull, no point Higgins losing his cool, that’s what shows his inexperience at this levels.

Further problem for Higgins is that he doesn’t have a stable or interesting fighters, he’s bet the ranch on one guy, so he can’t negotiate. Hearn etc can say ‘take x dollars for this one, then I’ll give you a shot at Y for your other fighter and oh how about your boy z does one more decent showing and we give him a crack at this/that title. It’s business and you need assets, Higgins hosts rugby players fighting each other the rest of the time - he’s amateur.

Higgins is a Muppet. But i hardly think hearn is some sort of genius.

[Jkp]

Well no one does there, champ. Given what's being spoken from the B side, Parker, in deriving what's being said from the context of their public statements, one could very well surmise that what I'm saying is indeed true. And of course, I could be completely off. That's why I used terms like "I think" and "If" which aren't statements of matter of fact. You should really pay attention to valuable terms and phrases and not let your ego use up so much of your reply. Good luck out there, contender!

I don't see how dreaming up random details of there contract is helpful.