Comments Thread For: Parker's Coach: Joshua is Self-Doubting Himself, Under Pressure

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Kevin Barry, trainer for WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker, believes WBA, IBF, IBO world champion Anthony Joshua is feeling the pressure as their showdown draws closer for Saturday night at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Joshua heads into the fight as the big favorite, according to bookmakers around the world.
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[AdonisCreed]

Normally I would dismiss this notion by Parker's team but if you sit back and think about it AJ has good reason to be on edge a bit. He's got Wilder running off at the mouth and threatening to jump in the ring so he has to control that situation, and he's got people asking him every day and every night about Wilder who's not even going to be in that country come fight night. Then he's got Parker running his mouth, Tyson Fury taking jabs at him, snubbing the media etc I wouldn't doubt him being just a little bit on edge at the moment. So Parker's team might have a case.

[True That]

Lol, Team Parker grasping at straws at this point.

[lion33lit]

Of course he's under pressure, his slickster promoter sidestepped DW, picked Parker instead, not knowing Team Parker would be just as ferocious with the trash talk and determination to beat AJ. Team Hearn was relying on AJ to blast out a percieved pitty pat powered passive little fearful guy in Parker. they failed to realize that the remote control they use on the Joshua robot doesnt work on Parkers attitude or skill set ......

And they were hopin' Wilder wouldve fallen prey to the slick insertion of Whyte at the last minute of supposed negotiations talks - negotiations that were soley to be about AJ -v- DW! Hearn the slickster is riding the golden goose untill the bill falls of, Wilder didn't want Joshuas leftovers, he wanted The Obliterator of the leftovers. But Hearn was waaay to "scared" to chance his money flow being stopped by one man: King Deontay Wilder! .....Sure AJs scared, he wanted everyone including his fans blindly propping him up without any shrewd thoughts aimed at his slick promotional dealings.....

[sportbuddha]

I haven't really seen him break from composure the way Parker is suggesting. Parker's team know they really need the AJ that showed up to fight Whyte over the one that fought Wlad, so they want to bring out some emotion, but I don't think it's going to work and at the pressers he's not really following through with the confrontation. The only thing that I think AJ doesn't like is Parker is younger, he's used to being the youthful one.

[Raggamuffin]

Of course he's under pressure, his slickster promoter sidestepped DW, picked Parker instead, not knowing Team Parker would be just as ferocious with the trash talk and determination to beat AJ. Team Hearn was relying on AJ to blast out a percieved pitty pat powered passive little fearful guy in Parker. they failed to realize that the remote control they use on the Joshua robot doesnt work on Parkers attitude or skill set ......

And they were hopin' Wilder wouldve fallen prey to the slick insertion of Whyte at the last minute of supposed negotiations talks - negotiations that were soley to be about AJ -v- DW! Hearn the slickster is riding the golden goose untill the bill falls of, Wilder didn't want Joshuas leftovers, he wanted The Obliterator of the leftovers. But Hearn was waaay to "scared" to chance his money flow being stopped by one man: King Deontay Wilder! .....Sure AJs scared, he wanted everyone including his fans blindly propping him up without any shrewd thoughts aimed at his slick promotional dealings.....

Well said!

[turnedup]

This is a big fight with some juicy odds.

[ArtyApe]

The funniest thing about what Kevin is saying ain't really coming from him. This is stuff that's he's been told by some of the British media that has followed AJ since the start of his career, they been saying to him they haven't seen AJ behave like this before

[BoxngLove]

Joshua is 'self-doubting himself.'
Maybe he is self-doubting everyone else, too.
If the guy did not fear Klit, he ain't real worried about Parker.

[pollywog]

If the guy did not fear Klit, he ain't real worried about Parker.

But he's scared of losing...

To whom exactly?

Let me spell it out...

O.I.L.S.K.I.N!!!!