Comments Thread For: Parker: Joshua Doesn't Take Criticism Well, I'll Smile at His Punches

[yoshik]

That's the thing with these body builders. They cover their bodies in muscle to hide the fact that their mentally weak.

Or gay like you perhaps? You have NO concept of physique other than you obviously desire AJ. Tell me Kenny Norton was on PEDs or a body builder. Wait, you probably dont even know who he is.

[Bonduu]

Ignorant Wilder sissy fans flood every article on AJ - Parker fight talking smack, we hardly see any article on Wilder-King Kong which is a good match up but not that great, networks are currently not embracing that fight fully, can any Wilder fan please tell me if Birdlegs next fight would be on PPV???

[greeneye99]

Once you knock AJuice out, please give Wilder a shot, so we can have an undefeated champion, cause AJuice don’t want that work, thanks

Dude comments on every AJ Article but is NOT a fan
TROLL

[greeneye99]

Joshua's said numerous times that he wants to unify the division. Hence why he's going after Parker now that his mandatory with Pulev/Takam has been taken care of.

He and Hearn, no doubt, sees the wilder fight as:

(a) the tougher fight
(b) the bigger fight, which will benefit from more hype

so I don't see any evidence that he "don't want that work" by taking the Parker fight first.

If he beat Wilder and then unified against Parker there wouldn't be anything like as much hype because people would see the result as a foregone conclusion. But the public see AJ Wilder as something of a 50/50 fight. That's the fight you want to ultimately unify the belt, not against a guy in Parker who hasn't looked all that convincing in his last 2 or 3 outings. Wilder's finally gaining some deserved recognition, and if the American public get behind him then the money to be made would skyrocket.

If there are reasonable doubts about the fight not getting made, I'd say they should be about Wilder ducking, rather than Joshua. Why's that, you ask?

Firstly, Wilder has shown an unwillingness to step up his level of competition. Stiverne is the only credible name on his resume and even then, he likely took this fight because (like Joshua and Charles Martin) it was a relatively easy belt to win. Stiverne's only real credible name is Chris f**king Arreola so there are doubts about his quality in the first place - his defence basically involves blocking punches with his face and his feet are stuck in cement, Wilder's always going to have a field day with an opponent like that.

You can mention Povetkin and Ortiz, and I definitely sympathise with Wilder there, but ultimately his record speaks for itself, the names on that list are pretty weak. Klitschko was around for years for Wilder to face and he held all of the belts but Wilder didn't really make a big noise about facing him and missed the chance. If he'd beaten Klitschko (and I have no doubt, he would've given Klitschko problems) then no doubt the bargaining position between him and AJ would be reversed. That leads into my second point.

Secondly, Wider's gone on record saying 50/50 or no chance the fight happens. That's some ludicrous s**t when you consider the money that each of them are currently making and the fact that (assuming AJ beats Parker) AJ will have 3 belts to Wilder's 1.
I've read people talking about "negotiating positions" and what not, but the level of absolutism with which he phrased it suggests to me that it was a little more than that. He's giving himself an out even now, in my opinion.

So yeah. Overall, I don't think Joshua's avoiding Wilder. He and Hearn have repeatedly talked about Wilder being next (in the summer, which would generate more buzz and more revenue)

I'm not gonna speculate on who'd win that fight, but if there are any doubts about one of the fighter's being willing to step up his competition to make the fight, I'd argue it would be from the guy who fought Jason Gavern and Eric Molina 32nd and 34th in his career rather than the guy who fought them 11th and 18th

Dude you should write your own articles this post is way too long

[greeneye99]

Beyonce Wilder fan girl at it again, trolling... Get a life Pratt!

Lol oh you noticed too?
He just comments under every aj article
it's amazing

[hugh grant]

I'm sure breazeale smiled at Josh. But after taking one too many Josh has you on canvas.
Wlad was pretending he weren't hurt when uppercutted by Josh. But Josh weren't fooled and went after him.
Josh doesn't panick

[RememberTUA?]

I'm sure breazeale smiled at Josh. But after taking one too many Josh has you on canvas.
Wlad was pretending he weren't hurt when uppercutted by Josh. But Josh weren't fooled and went after him.
Josh doesn't panick

Josh?! Josh weren't fooled!?, Josh doesn't panic!!?. Fanboy alert!!! What else about josh??

[RiC-DiC]

i see parker winning unless he gets cut bad. expect this fight to play out like golovkin-nelo but more like garcia-matthysse. ppl loving hype and not looking at style matchup as usual

[boxxsingh]

Ha, ha , ha, you are funny dude, you idiot!!!!!

You'll choke sucking his nuts so much!! LOOOOOOOOOOL

[PensionKiller]

Parker will try and attack but he will soon realise he is getting tagged and slow that **** right down.

He seems tough granted, but let's see how it plays out.