Rebuilding Parker

[Cheek busting]

I think the only real mistake JP made was in strategy, not doing everything he could to get inside early in the bout and wear AJ down. Instead he tried to pot shot from outside which didn't work very well for him. He's slightly faster than AJ but not fast enough to shoot from outside and make up for the reach advantage AJ has. Chris Byrd was one of the few small heavyweights that was fast enough to get in & out and JP doesn't have that speed & footwork.

IMO his only chance was to get inside (early in the fight) **** the body as much as he could before AJ wrapped him up, and keep doing it round after round to wear AJ down and come over the top with something, cause the few times he did connect it did stun Joshua. It was just too little & too late after trying to fight from outside.

JP doesn't need a rebuild HE NEEDS BETTER STRATEGIES & FIGHT PLANS.

This.

This wasnt a rebuilding type of loss.

Fight was close.

[Illmatic94]

there's nothing to rebuild. nothing happened to him. he got hit with maybe 8 clean punches all night. it was a colossal stink fest. and that drops AJ's stock not Parker. he was going against corrupt judges and a criminal ref that were all assigned to protect Juicin J.

that fight made me want to watch Lara to cleanse my soul. Lara's fights are action packed in comparison.

[BoxingTech718]

He needs to work his way into a mandatory position and next time don’t let AJ buy the ref off.
Parker couldn’t make it a war because the red wouldn’t let there be a war.
That’s why the fight ended up being boring.

[LA_2_Vegas]

I think the only real mistake JP made was in strategy, not doing everything he could to get inside early in the bout and wear AJ down. Instead he tried to pot shot from outside which didn't work very well for him. He's slightly faster than AJ but not fast enough to shoot from outside and make up for the reach advantage AJ has. Chris Byrd was one of the few small heavyweights that was fast enough to get in & out and JP doesn't have that speed & footwork.

IMO his only chance was to get inside (early in the fight) **** the body as much as he could before AJ wrapped him up, and keep doing it round after round to wear AJ down and come over the top with something, cause the few times he did connect it did stun Joshua. It was just too little & too late after trying to fight from outside.

JP doesn't need a rebuild HE NEEDS BETTER STRATEGIES & FIGHT PLANS.

Totally agree on that, I thought he had what it took to put himself into those positions, get under Joshua and throw over the top. He never committed to it though - really weird effort, the fight just coasted along without hiim trying to put a stamp on things. spent way too long outside and after a while it looked like there was no complete gameplan as you said.

I'll say that Joshua did create more distance and space with his legs than I would have imagined in this matchup. Parker came up short quite a bit. ANyway, I def expected more - although the action was closer than the cards indicated, he let his title get taken too easily

[rolshans]

There are some good contenders out there. Ortiz, Whyte, Breazeale and Miller come to mind.

No shame in losing to AJ. He's the best fighter in the division right now. If Parker wins a couple on the rebound, maybe a crack at the winner of AJ/Wilder in late 2019/early 2020.

[JimRaynor]

Parker is still very young and could build on this loss.

Ortiz, Povetkin, Miller, and Whyte are all quality opponents to beat on your road back to being champion.

[siablo14]

Should Joe Parker maybe have a rebuilding fight vs Lucas Browne in Australia? If someone like Anthony Mundine...a fighter who would be lucky to make an undercard in the U.S.... can command a couple of million a fight for a local derby...surely Joe could make some decent money while rebuilding his confidence and getting his W back on track?

Wilder is who he should face. Let Wilder KO him, like most are saying he will do and show up Joshua.

Whyte can fight Breazeale
Joshua can fight Povetkin.

Straight forward to me.