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

[SN!PER]

Joseph is a weak and poorly skilled boxer who was gifted his belt after a life and death struggle against a fat boy. David Tua and his fellow countrymen hang their heads in shame at this paper champion. Joshua will land on him at will, easily break him down, and stop him inside six rounds.

[juggernaut666]

I pick second outcome, this guy looks durable. Might be Briggs vs Vitali all over again. Hope he won't end up in three years coma like Shannon did.

Joshua just doesnt batter you ,he will try and end fights on purpose . Vitali wasnt like that . That Briggs fight should have been stopped sooner anyway ,it should have been stopped period .

Expect Barry to throw in the towel in rnd 9 if he is taking that much punishment . Hes not going to let his young HW get ruined on fight , thats all he has .

My prediction was a 4 rnd stoppage bc how easy Parker is to hit .

My overall guess is a 4/ 5 rnd stoppage . If it goes past 6 rnds ,im banking on a 9th rnd stoppage .

[Flabble Scrote]

I think AJ has been just fine rebutting the witless crap from Higgins and Parker.
Smack talk is fine if it's humorous , this is just a bit embarrassing for the Parker team.
I think AJ has been quite patient and relaxed about it , rather like a placid dobermann by the fire as a pea brained Bichon frise annoys it.

Parker fan btw but I don't know what they hope to achieve with calling him steroid cheat glass chin robot etc. The witless quality of their "smack talk" has lowered the tone and I guess they are hoping to anger Joshua enough he wants to go toe2toe instead of comfortably outclass Parker at range.

Parker's got a decent chin but I doubt it's much if any better than Takams, he's going to need speed and movement to beat Joshua .
Not sure he's even tougher either tbh

[Bonduu]

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

You Pratt, stop taking the piss!

[Bonduu]

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

Spot on mate.

[Pennsauken1]

Spot on mate.

Long story short, DUCK!!!!

[Bonduu]

Long story short, DUCK!!!!

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

[Pennsauken1]

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

Stop hating fraud and accept the facts that your boy has a glass jaw and is ducking Wilder and is fighting tomatoe cans, stick with boxing points chump

[yoshik]

This one trick pony will get blasted out and turned into an opponent for the rest of his career ala Dillian Whyte.

[yoshik]

Stop hating fraud and accept the facts that your boy has a glass jaw and is ducking Wilder and is fighting tomatoe cans, stick with boxing points chump

Your Wilder got Kod the Olympics and Harold Sconiers knocked him down. You are a khunt. It's a good idea if you became a fan of the sport and not a fanboy of a grade C HW fraud you clown..