Comments Thread For: Manager: Parker Has Too Much Pedigree, Class For Daniel Dubois

[Roberto Vasquez]

Dubois has been stepped up really badly. Parker would win. Parker is too tough, strong and experienced.

Warren is hoping he can put Dubois straight into a title shot based on hype. He won't put him against Parker

[soul_survivor]

Dubois should clear out the domestic scene by fighting Joyce and then fight Chisora to show where he's at. Maybe a couple scrubs like Brazeale or Molina (if still active).

The Parker fight, if possible, should be late 2020 or early 2021.

As for Parker, he should be looking for the Chisora fight or re-matching Ruiz to get his name back out there.

[4truth]

My guess would be that Dubois and Parker would be pretty evenly matched but as someone already mentioned, no one knows how good Dubois is yet.

[MulaKO]

Parker just bores me
Not sure if Dubois is ready for the challenge
Hopefully he is ready after Joyce

[joe strong]

I get a chuckle out of some of the poster who think Parker is a bum. He lost to Joshua & Whyte. The Whyte fight was close & could have gone either way especially if the headbutt KD was called properly. It was not caused by a punch. People say when he stepped up he didn't look good well he obviously is going to have closer & tougher fights when the competition gets better. He had close fights with Takam, Hughie, Whyte & Ruiz. All 4 of those fights could have gone either way. Joshua wasn't able to put him away & he had some tough moments in that fight like peeling off the tape to get a rest. Parker is a solid fighter & can take a shot. My only issue with Parker is he lacks a killer instinct. He's not mean enough. He is a sold 245lbs but he doesn't use it all the time. He won a vacant world title in a very close fight with Ruiz but that may have been his peak. I think he will always be in the top 10 but he hasn't been active enough lately & maybe a new team in his corner could make some subtle changes that might get him back to the next level. The tools are there but can he use them? If he gets more physical & meaner he could be involved in some barnburners but he will also be more vulnerable to big shots coming in. It would make him a more pleasing fighter to watch & maybe get him on the upward move again. His career has plateaued & his manager does more yapping than he does getting him meaningful fights... I'm not totally sure how ready Dubios is for the next level. He is at the same place David Price was at when he stepped in against Tony Thompson. Price crushed all the usual journeymen but instead of a few fights with top 25-30 guys they threw him in with a top 10 contender who just finished coming off a title shot with Wladimir Klitschko. He was not ready & it wrecked his career. Maybe Dubois doesn't suffer that same fate but Parker is a big step up from Kevin Johnson & Nathan Gorman. Let's see how he does against Wach, Szplika or Duhaupas. Parkers manager should STFU though. Less talking & more work on getting meaningful fights for Parker. The spider bite thing certainly didn't help Parker. I have seen a guy get bit by a non poisonous wolf spider. Both his hand & arm swelled up pretty badly so I do understand the possibility of that happening but most will think it was a duck or some BS. Maybe it was but maybe it wasn't. For now just STFU & get Parker an important fight...

[REDEEMER]

DDD is the new set of guys who are just much bigger and who carry their own skill sets who are to much for Parker who had his time and was shown not to effective against a Joshua type. DDD would either K.O him or bully him and make Parker run ona back foot to avoid any type of danger .

[5000boxing]

I'll watch it.. But all that "down the track talk" means no time soon!

[keith_head]

Parker and his team are unbelievably risk averse. They think they can just bore their way to another title fight and payday. One would have thought that Parker and his team would actually start taking these dangerous fights after getting the Joshua payday, but that hasn't happened.

The problem is there's more competition than there was a couple of years ago and they're not going to just get a mandatory shot for nothing anymore. Guys like Usyk are coming.

Dubois-Parker is a good fight.

[pollywog]

Parker fights nobodies cos nobody wants to fight him.

He's a step too far for most and too dangerous for anyone else.

Hopefully there's some heavyweights out there who don't quack and duck and will step up, call him out and get it on!

[PunchyPotorff]

While I'd definitely be interested in viewing a Parker/Dubois fight.... the case is still open for WILL Dubois get by Joyce? To me, at this stage, that's a 50/50 matchup all day.

But back to Parker/Dubois. I just think Joseph's skill set is much better than Dubois'. He can avoid power better than the vast majority of HWs, and boxes much better than Dubois. I'd imagine an easy W for Parker.