Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua Decisions Joseph Parker To Unify World Titles

[HarvardBlue]

This was a safe fight for Joshua. Parker can stink up any fight because of his style. As expected there was some home coming but it didn't change the outcome of the fight. The ref was awful. I'm still trying to figure out how he got to ref a fight of this magnitude.

I saw a lot of problems with Joshua tonight. He made Parker look like he was Roy Jones in there. I don't know why he was afraid to throw more than one punch at a time. Either way, a win is a win.

[Shadoww702]

The way Parker fought--it was tough for Joshua to look good against him. Like Paulie said the entire fight, "this isn't 2 guys trying to knock each other out, this is about technique". Ironically, Parker fought similar to how Fury fought against him. He seemed a little more focused on all of the awkward head movements and such instead of fighting his normal fight. Joshua showed he's an amazing boxer. It also looked like Parker slowed down the final 3 rounds while AJ kept good stamina. Was impressed with his turnaround. I thought you could have it 116-112/8-4 Joshua. But some of the rounds were slow and close, so the wider margins didn't surprise me. You can tell by the tone in the ring afterwards the Wilder fight isn't next. When pressed about it, AJ seemed angry. Eddie Hearn the same. I think they want another fight or two for him to develop a bit more. I also think Hearn feels White can beat Wilder, and he's trying to stage that big unification fight without him lol.

The ref. Putting them in bubbles and once they came close bouncing them off each other didn't help.

That ref. CLOWN should lose his job ASAP.

[MulaKO]

Garbage fight
Technical or not very boring , which had a lot to do with the third man in the ring
Nothing tells me Parker would or would of won this fight
Lucky for him no inside fighting , personally think that is where Joshua would of hurt Parker and probably have ko’d him
Parker was lucky to not have been taken points away from him for the holding , going in with his head and all the punches after the break
Hard for Joshua to look good but a professional would have to learn to adapt
And yes people Joshua does not want Wilder or very funny way of showing it

[GlassJoey]

Ref ruined it for everyone but mainly for Parker. He took away his only hope of hurting AJ.

[BOXING-SCRIBE]

This was a terrible fight...terrible ref...terrible scorecards...Tyson Fury smacks the two mooks in the ring today rather easily and Wilder too...

[richardt]

He's never fought an undefeated young world title holder. He's best opponent was an older man with high blood pressure. He's beaten no one any good. Fact.

Fact: Those theories dont work. History is littered with guys who even came out of nowhere and beat top fighters, let alone another top fighter. Resumes dont fight resumes, fighters fight. Wilder has put everyone to sleep and no way Joshua and Parker would have taken that right hand today. When they fight, I talk with money. I'll be taking bets and taking money.

[rawhead]

So which rounds did Parker win again? 4/5 close and that was it...easy nights work

[Shadoww702]

1st they say joshua is chinny...then they say he is robotic.....then say he has stamina issues and cannot maintain a 12 round pace....parker was slippery and quick on his feet and very hard to pin down and was a world champion who was undefeated ...joshua controlled that fight with his jab and showed good defence.......joshua will open wilder up and finish him ....i hope they make the fight so we can finally settle this who wins

What's up homie!!! How you doing??? Glad your out. So can I get my $250 now???

[Travycat]

Haha yeah it was funny hearing Farhood start swearing about the ref after he intervened one too many times.

The ref. Putting them in bubbles and once they came close bouncing them off each other didn't help.

That ref. CLOWN should lose his job ASAP.

[7not8]

I agree. Joshua vs Povetkin is next.

The only way Joshua vs Wilder happens next if Joshua forces it to happen with Hearn by putting his foot down. And you'd think he would.

Thing is Wilder is wild & awkward so he's gonna cause problems for Joshua who's more textbook then again Wilder is so wild & awkward he can get beat to lol. So I think Hearn just wants Wilder to get beat by one of these more ho hum mfers & then they'll lift the title off that dude.

Its funny how boxing works like that. Wilder might be the biggest threat to beat Joshua, but Wilder could lose to a lot of lesser guys.

Hell I think Povetkin gots a solid shot at beating Joshua too.

This whole unification thing could EASILY get effed up. Hearn only cares about money doe so money is where he's gonna steer Joshua. If Joshua listens is the only question. And hell if I was Joshua I might go the money route myself over legacy & fighting the biggest threat to him in the division.

Lol!! I ain't mad at u man. No shame in that but all these lies from hearn are getting ridiculous. That's a good analysis my man.