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MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV - Joseph Parker was on hand in Las Vegas as his training stablemate Guido Vianello had his public workout for his upcoming fight against Cassius Anderson. The bout takes place on the Tyson Fury-Otto Wallin undercard at the T-Mobile Arena.
Joseph Parker Video Interview - Tyson Fury sure knows how to dress for the occasion. Fury, the lineal heavyweight champion, entered Tuesday's media workout in a traditional lucha libre wrestling mask. Fury will defend his title against fellow unbeaten Otto Wallin Saturday at T-Mobile Arena as part of the Las Vegas' Mexican Independence Day Weekend festivities.
If Dereck Chisora can beat Joseph Parker next month, David Haye is confident Chisora will move himself into what was considered an improbable position earlier this year. That would win rebuild Chisora’s credibility so significantly – according to Haye, Chisora’s manager – that the heavyweight veteran would deserve a world title shot. Chisora is just eight months removed from Dillian Whyte knocking him unconscious in the 11th round of their rematch December 22 at O2 Arena in London.
On Monday, Dereck Chisora sensationally threatened to pull out of his fight with Joseph Parker. The heavyweights are due to clash in London on October 26, exclusively live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and DAZN Stateside. But Chisora, 35, has demanded more money as the chief support to Josh Taylor’s unification clash with fellow super-lightweight champion Regis Prograis.
Josh Taylor joked that if trouble had erupted after Dereck Chisora’s outburst at their London press conference today, he might have ended up tag-teaming with Regis Prograis against the heavyweight. Chisora let it be known that he was unhappy that his fight against Joseph Parker was chief supports to the World Boxing Super Series light-welterweight final between Taylor, the IBF champion, and Regis Prograis, the WBA champion.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Dereck Chisora launched a foul-mouthed outburst and eventually walked out of a press conference in London to announce his fight with Joseph Parker, seemingly furious that he is not top of the bill. Chisora’s clash with the former WBO heavyweight champion will be chief support to the World Boxing Super Series 140lb final between WBA champion Regis Prograis and IBF champion Josh Taylor at the O2 Arena, London, on October 26.
Yet another bizarre turn of events has surrounded the World Boxing Super Series—and this time from a boxer who has nothing to do with the tournament. It was the point that Derek Chisora wanted to make abundantly clear while asked to discuss his Oct. 26 heavyweight showdown versus former titlist Joseph Parker at London’s O2 Arena. The bout will serve as the chief support to the WBSS 140-pound finals between unbeaten titlists Regis Prograis (24-0, 20KOs) and Josh Taylor (15-0, 12KOs), a status that doesn’t at all sit well with the veteran heavyweight contender.
On October 26th at the O2 Arena in London, Derek Chisora will be targeting another explosive victory in his showdown with New Zealand's Parker, a former WBO heavyweight world champion, as two exciting contenders collide in the Capital.
Regis Prograis and Josh Taylor are finally ready to collide in the World Boxing Super Series finals. All terms have been reached and previous disputes settled in getting Prograis abroad for the super lightweight title unification clash versus Scotland’s Taylor, which will take place Oct. 26 at The O2 in London, England.
David Higgins, the manager of former WBO heavyweight Joseph Parker, is threatening to walk away from a showdown with Derek Chisora - unless certain drug testing protocols are put in place. According to Higgins, they want Chisora to commit to WADA sanctioned testing anywhere in the world up to and immediately following the fight.