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

[joe strong]

That stuff with the wrap really p1ssed me off, at one point he went over to his corner without the ref telling him to get his wrap fixed (it wasn’t even that messed up) right after he got caught pretty good by Parker. Bogus.

3 times in the fight. Twice the ref let it go when AJ was throwing punches & jabs but the one time Parker gets inside & lands a right & there is a little clash of heads AJ actually held the glove up to the ref & walked to his corner. He held it up & showed the ref. Who does that? I don't recall ever seeing a fighter show the ref. Why did he not show the ref when he was on the offence? hahaha! Glad to see I wasn't the only one who saw it...

[Just looking]

I agree with you. The ref was getting too involved everytime Parker starting throwing on the inside the ref stop the action. It was driving me insane!

If people saw these there would be a lot more of scores with Parker winning

[buddyr]

yeah i agree with a poster above. People don't realize that punches to the body in the clinch ARE scoring blows. That's how Ward beat kovalev the first time and knocked him out the 2nd. Body punches are scoring punches

[embryo]

yeah i agree with a poster above. People don't realize that punches to the body in the clinch ARE scoring blows. That's how Ward beat kovalev the first time and knocked him out the 2nd. Body punches are scoring punches

Ward beat Kovalev hah...good one.

[The Akbar One]

Damn that was a very ****ty fight. Really disappointed in Parker's effort. He had a big speed advantage, but was comfortable to just lay back and help stink out the joint. He shorted most of his jabs, and seemed a bit timid. Joshua was so damn slow, he couldn't land a right hand if his life depended on it. Hopefully, they never rematch. Parker, vs Povetkin, or Ortiz would be a good fight though.

Joshua should avoid Wilder as long as he can. Wilder is at least as fast as Parker, but with longer arms, and more height. His speed will be a big problem for Joshua.

[joe strong]

If people saw these there would be a lot more of scores with Parker winning

i scored it 116-112 for Joshua. I had it even thru 8 & gave Joshua the last 4...

[STREET CLEANER]

Parker was better than I thought. He knew how to keep AJ thinking what he wanted to do. AJ wasn't allowed to freely do what he does.

The fight wasn't exciting for most but it was a skilled contest. i had said it before that the winner of this fight would be the most skillful one.

The score cards were a joke but the right man won.

[Sun_Tzu]

If people saw these there would be a lot more of scores with Parker winning

I'm guessing you are a big Parker fan but he in no way won this fight.

[E10Rifle]

Good on Parker for the jabs/ speed / body shots .

Er. You know that throwing jab after jab that falls short of the target isn’t actually a good thing, right? Don’t think Parker landed two clean jabs all night.

The red was laughably bad, but that was an easy, easy night’s work for AJ. The first 3 rounds set the tone as Parker danced around a bit and didn’t land a single shot, whilst AJ just jabbed him to death. Was like watching a Vitali fight; AJ didn’t need to take a single risk to win comfortably and Parker gassed worse than Joshua as the fight went on. Tedious to watch, but objectively AJ did the bare minimum of what was necessary and he didn’t put any miles on the clock doing it.

[Just looking]

I'm guessing you are a big Parker fan but he in no way won this fight.

I'm no Parker fan. Okay, maybe a bit because of the Peaky Blinders thing. I just saw him landing a lot on the inside and being competitive on the outside