01-07-2018, 09:48 AM
Deontay Wilder Breaks Down Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) is expecting fireworks in the nearly finalized unification between IBF, WBA, IBO champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) and WBO champion Joseph Parker (24-0, 18 KOs).
Parker and Joshua are likely to collide on March 31 at Principality in Cardiff, Wales.
Wilder is back in action on March 3rd, against Cuban puncher Luis Ortiz at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Should Wilder come out on top, he would certainly be expected to become a ringside participant when Joshua and Parker trade punches - because the American Olympian will target the winner.
Wilder felt Joshua struggled in his last fight in October, which saw a tenth round stoppage of Carlos Takam - who Parker won a decision over in 2016.
He believes the British superstar will be motivated to make a big statement against Parker to erase the bad cloud of his last performance.
"I definitely think that's a twelve round fight. I like Parker, I like Joshua as well too. The thing about Parker, he can move, he can move too. And we've seen that he can take some great punches," Wilder told Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports.
"And we also know for a fact that Joshua's last opponent Takam, that Joseph Parker beat him and [Joshua] got him out of there. We know Parker can take a punch, but we've never seen Parker take a punch from someone that strong. We've never seen Parker just take a nice punch on the chin. We really don't know about that. I think it's going to be a hell of a fight for as long as it lasts.
"I think it's going to be a long, drawn out fight. I think Parker will try to stay out of the way of Joshua, and I know Joshua is just going to come and come and try to make a statement, redeem himself for the last fight and try to get him out of there."
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) is expecting fireworks in the nearly finalized unification between IBF, WBA, IBO champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) and WBO champion Joseph Parker (24-0, 18 KOs).
Parker and Joshua are likely to collide on March 31 at Principality in Cardiff, Wales.
Wilder is back in action on March 3rd, against Cuban puncher Luis Ortiz at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Should Wilder come out on top, he would certainly be expected to become a ringside participant when Joshua and Parker trade punches - because the American Olympian will target the winner.
Wilder felt Joshua struggled in his last fight in October, which saw a tenth round stoppage of Carlos Takam - who Parker won a decision over in 2016.
He believes the British superstar will be motivated to make a big statement against Parker to erase the bad cloud of his last performance.
"I definitely think that's a twelve round fight. I like Parker, I like Joshua as well too. The thing about Parker, he can move, he can move too. And we've seen that he can take some great punches," Wilder told Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports.
"And we also know for a fact that Joshua's last opponent Takam, that Joseph Parker beat him and [Joshua] got him out of there. We know Parker can take a punch, but we've never seen Parker take a punch from someone that strong. We've never seen Parker just take a nice punch on the chin. We really don't know about that. I think it's going to be a hell of a fight for as long as it lasts.
"I think it's going to be a long, drawn out fight. I think Parker will try to stay out of the way of Joshua, and I know Joshua is just going to come and come and try to make a statement, redeem himself for the last fight and try to get him out of there."