Joseph Parker: record, next fight and profile →
Joseph Parker's promoter Dean Lonergan's locked in number one Japanese heavyweight boxer Kyotaro Fujimoto for his next bout in Invercargill on August 1st. Parker will fight the 28-year-old Fujimoto after his second round TKO win over German Yakup 'The Scorpion' Saglam in Palmerston North.
Joseph Parker continued his run as a prospect on the rise, stopping Germany's Yakup Saglam inside of two rounds Saturday evening (local time) in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
German Yakup Saglam proved little more than a speedbump in Joseph Parker's career, with the Kiwi heavyweight easily winning by knock out in the second round in Palmerston North on Saturday night. Parker's left jab was lethal and it set him up for the win. He clocked Saglam with a jab, then finished it off with a big right hook 45 seconds into the second round, knocking The Scorpion to the deck and Saglam's corner threw the towel in.
Proud Kiwi-Samoan boxer Joseph Parker is dedicating Saturday night's fight in Palmerston North to the memory of good friend Jerry Collins. Parker joins a long list of New Zealand and international sporting talent to express their shock and sadness at the death of former All Blacks captain Collins and his partner Alana Madill in a car accident in France last Friday.
Joseph Parker's big boxing test will be going 12 rounds for the first time on Saturday night. Parker is to fight "the Scorpion", German fighter Yakup Saglam, in their heavyweight bout in Palmerston North. Parker has had 13 fights as a professional, but mostly over 10 rounds. He has been preparing for the fight to go all the way by training for six weeks in Las Vegas and two weeks in Florida. "The way we have prepared we are prepared to go the distance," Parker said at Wednesday's press conference.
Joseph Parker is hoping a lesson from world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko will help him maintain his unbeaten record when he returns to the ring this weekend. The highly regarded Parker takes on German champion Yakup Saglam in Palmerston North on Saturday night. It's Parker's first fight since attending Klitschko's last training camp in Florida where the 23-year-old Kiwi-Samoan sparred with the champion and earned his praise.
Yakup Saglam has scoffed at suggestions he's a dirty fighter but says he can take that route if it's needed to beat rising New Zealand heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker. Parker's experienced manager Kevin Barry has questioned the tactics of the German champion ahead of Saturday night's showdown in Palmerston North, alleging Saglam has a dark history of hitting opponents on the back of the head and with low blows. It's added an edge to the buildup to the scheduled 12-rounder, clearly hitting a nerve with Saglam.
Kiwi boxing sensation Joseph Parker has been rubbing shoulders with another of the sport's royalty in Las Vegas in the form of ex-world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Parker is preparing with trainer Kevin Barry for his fight with hard-hitting German Yakup 'The Scorpion' Saglam in Palmerston North on June 13 but had a chance meeting with the colourful Tyson, who gave the New Zealander a few training tips. Parker had his new friend Wladimir Klitschko to thank for the opportunity to meet "Iron Mike". The Kiwi was attending a training camp with Klitschko, the current world heavyweight champion, in Miami last month when the Ukrainian advised him to take up swimming. Not even the Ukrainian could have predicted it would lead to Parker running into Tyson in the cafeteria of his local pool.
New Zealand heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker's next opponent has been confirmed as Yakup Saglam of Germany. The pair will meet in Palmerston North on June 13th. The 38-year-old Turkish born-German champion has 34 wins in 37 fights with 31 coming by way of knockout. 23-year-old Parker has a 13-0 record with 11 knockouts. His last bout was a TKO win over American Jason Pettaway in Auckland in March.
Leading New Zealand heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker will fight in Invercargill on Saturday August 1, three weeks later than originally planned. Parker has a 13-0 winning record and is ranked eighth in the world by the the WBO and 10th by the WBA. Representatives of Parker's promoters, Duco Promotions, are in Invercargill planning the the fight , which is being heralded as Southland's biggest sporting event for 2015. Parker was originally pencilled in to fight down south on July 11, however, that has since changed to allow him more time to prepare after his June 13 fight in Palmerston North, after which his opponent for Invercargill will be announced.