Comments Thread For: Parker To Critics: I Lost a Fight, It's Not The End of The World!

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Former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker is not paying any attention to the critics. Last year, Parker was undefeated with a perfect 24-0 record. In 2018, he's lost two fights in back to back fashion. In March, he lost a twelve round unanimous decision in a high stakes unification against Anthony Joshua. And then last month, Parker lost a twelve round decision to top contender Dillian Whyte.
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[Bronx2245]

Parker vs. Gassiev @ HW!

[Clegg]

I feel like this guy accepts losing a fight a bit too easily. With AJ he seemed to do it before the first round.

[Bronx2245]

Dan Rafael
ESPN
August 5, 2018:

One of the fights planned for Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn’s first American-based DAZN card on Oct. 6 in Chicago is, on paper, a disgraceful mismatch. Multiple sources told ESPN that terms have been agreed to for heavyweight contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (21-0-1, 18 KOs), 30, of Brooklyn, New York, to face the long-faded Tomasz Adamek (53-5, 31 KOs), 41, who has not been a serious factor since 2012. But because Adamek, a former light heavyweight and cruiserweight world titleholder, is a hugely popular Polish fighter and the card is in Polish-heavy Chicago he is being fed to Miller, who is on the verge of a world title fight. Some close to Hearn have voiced their concerns over how much of a gross mismatch the fight is.

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[Dmitry]

The state of todays heavyweight division.

[lefthooklead]

I feel like this guy accepts losing a fight a bit too easily. With AJ he seemed to do it before the first round.

I was just thinking the exact same thing.

He doesn't have the do or die attitude when he's losing and watching him is frustrating. I watched the AJ fight in New Zealand in a bar full of bikers and everyone was screaming at him to let his hands go and move forward, but he just cruised to a big defeat without really ********.

[rudy]

I feel like this guy accepts losing a fight a bit too easily. With AJ he seemed to do it before the first round.

Give him a break, he came back to World class after losing his world title respect him, he lost let him regroup and fight some tomato cans again for while.

[2fast2strong]

I was just thinking the exact same thing.

He doesn't have the do or die attitude when he's losing and watching him is frustrating. I watched the AJ fight in New Zealand in a bar full of bikers and everyone was screaming at him to let his hands go and move forward, but he just cruised to a big defeat without really ********.

Yeah but to be realistic when some fighters are making millions per fight it takes away the real hunger, literally and figuratively.

[Marvlus Marv]

Joe, you looked disinterested for most of the fight. Why did you decide to turn up at the end? How badly do you want this?

[Clegg]

Give him a break, he came back to World class after losing his world title respect him, he lost let him regroup and fight some tomato cans again for while.

He's a good fighter and he's had a run of fights vs top 10 guys, I have no issue with his choice of opponents but does seem to be lacking something in the confidence/mental side of things compared to most of the top HWs.

I've seen different scorecards for the Whyte fight and JP was unlucky with the headbutt knockdown call. But still, JP has more natural talent than Whyte, better punching technique, footwork, balance, defence. He should've won that fight clear on ability but Whyte evened it out with being willing to walk through fire for 12 rounds. Maybe in NZ, different ref, Parker takes a close decision but he's more than just a tiny bit better than Whyte in ability and skill and should be winning dominant.

I'm not questioning his heart. If under pressure he'll fire back, if down he gets up, he has the right mindset in those moments. But most fights aren't wars and at HW especially you need to have that kind of 12 round constant self-belief and be taking certain risks to do your best work. Ortiz vs Wilder is a good example of what I mean, Szpilka vs Wilder also. They had the confidence to operate where Wilder could hurt them but where they could do some good work, and to gamble on big shots at other times. Parker didn't do either vs AJ.