Joshua v Parker - 31/3/18

[smashup]

Parker himself didn't exactly look confident to me, he's even asked Fury to walk him into the ring.
Maybe it's because Parkers pretty unknown but there didn't seem to be any sort of buzz at all about that press conference.
Hope Parker comes out swinging, has a real go and doesn't choke.

[Primo Carnera]

Parker's team clutching at straws in my book. Higgins (Sober for a change) saying Parker has "greater Mental Strength and better footwork". Well to me, Parker looked understandably nervous , and as for the footwork thing, I've seen nothing to back that up in his last few fights. Don't be mistaken into thinking AJ is a muscle bound Plodder , there's more to him than that.

[Master]

This is an easy fight for AJ, Parker is cashing in at the right time. Hope he makes enough out of the fight to ease the beating he will take.

[smashup]

An offer made to David Price to face Alexander Povetkin on the undercard of Anthony Joshua v Joseph Parker on March 31 looks set to have a knock-on effect for WBC ruler Deontay Wilder.



http://www.worldboxingnews.net/2018/...rker-undercard

[Alpha]

Price's chin continues it's knockout tour.

[Master]

Price's chin continues it's knockout tour.

This could be Price's last fight then.

[GAME]

Price's chin continues it's knockout tour.

This could be Price's last fight then.

Price vs Povetkin. If any fight has dramatic KO written all over it it’s this one. Povetkin has a highlight reel of brutal 1 punch KO’s and Price is know for being on the receiving end of 4 stoppage losses to lesser men than Povetkin. It’s a strange fight for him to take if he is trying to build his career back up. For it all to come to a crashing end on a undercard seems like a waste. He has a story of dropping Joshua years ago which he was using to stay relevant but it looks like that fight wont happen now and hes accepted it by taking on Povetkin. The saving grace for Price is that he can hit and although massively vulnerable he is bigger and younger and heavier than Povetkin who was dropped multiple times himself by Klitschko. It will be an explosive fight but the Scouser will be on the end of the explosion.

[Memphis]

You'd have though Price would have had his fill of rampant drug cheats but there you go, possible(very doubtful) future money talks.

I don't dislike Parker but he's out of his depth by any definition you care to mention. I've give him his due in the past and will continue to do so, he really wants to be a fighter and works hard at it. But he's pony, he doesn't box too well, doesn't fight too well and doesn't hit that hard. The fuckers a World champion. David Tua must be turning in his grave and the cunt aint even dead yet.

Joshua is apparently a stone lighter right now and looking to be more mobile. Not a bad thing I guess but people still tend to construe mental fatigue with physical, it's the former Joshua struggles with for me. Against Whyte he was having it all his own way then pop, got chinned, wasn't that badly hurt by the chinning to be fair, was on Bambi legs for literally a few seconds then physically was OK. But the computer needed rebooting, he took a couple of rounds to start thinking straight, then he did as he pleased again. Same against Wladimir. When he dropped Wlad, psychologically the fight was over and he mentally blew his load, there was absolutely no reason for a supreme athlete in his 20's to be struggling with the pace that quick and again, he took several rounds to get things going again. Maybe that's a bit harsh on Whyte and Wlad, but for me, both times Joshua invited the pressure on himself, they obliged.

Parker likes a good row and he'll find one in Joshua, AJ wont be going backwards trying to make a mug out of Parker like Hughie did. Andy Ruiz came to give Parker half a row and when he did, he clearly got the better of him, he lost the fight by virtue of doing nothing for half of it. Parker's in with a different animal now and he's going to get beat.

I can see Dave Higgins having a nervous breakdown on route to the fight.