04-05-2018, 12:52 AM
Just my opinion:
The double jab is a great weapon to get on the inside. Closes distance.
Parker's problem is his feet and what he does with them to close distance. His double jab is great but his feet don't follow him correctly. He either falls short like he did against Fury, when he got caught with some uppercuts, or he over-measures and ends up in a clinch like against Joshua.
Joshua basically won the fight with his feet. Constantly positioning Parker so Parker has to keep moving, keep wasting energy and not allowing him to settle. He was balanced so when Parker did come in with a double jab he was able to take half a step back and make Parker fall short. This is why I think the second half of the fight got easier for Joshua as he had kept the pressure on Parker early on without expending much energy of his own. Good footwork doesn't have to be fast footwork. Golovkin is the best at that - not particularly fast but knows where to put his feet.
Again just my opinion, but I don't know if Adam Booth or Ingle would be a good fit for Parker. Ingle doesn't really have a track record with heavyweights and Booth only has previous with Haye. Haye was abit unique in that he was a small but incredibly quick explosive heavyweight who relied more on his natural abilities, reflexes etc. I'd love to see Parker work with someone who can make him a dangerous inside fighter. Maybe he needs to get a Mexican or good US trainer as that's not really the UK style of fighting but if he was to go British then maybe Shane McGuigan or Joe Gallagher.
The double jab is a great weapon to get on the inside. Closes distance.
Parker's problem is his feet and what he does with them to close distance. His double jab is great but his feet don't follow him correctly. He either falls short like he did against Fury, when he got caught with some uppercuts, or he over-measures and ends up in a clinch like against Joshua.
Joshua basically won the fight with his feet. Constantly positioning Parker so Parker has to keep moving, keep wasting energy and not allowing him to settle. He was balanced so when Parker did come in with a double jab he was able to take half a step back and make Parker fall short. This is why I think the second half of the fight got easier for Joshua as he had kept the pressure on Parker early on without expending much energy of his own. Good footwork doesn't have to be fast footwork. Golovkin is the best at that - not particularly fast but knows where to put his feet.
Again just my opinion, but I don't know if Adam Booth or Ingle would be a good fit for Parker. Ingle doesn't really have a track record with heavyweights and Booth only has previous with Haye. Haye was abit unique in that he was a small but incredibly quick explosive heavyweight who relied more on his natural abilities, reflexes etc. I'd love to see Parker work with someone who can make him a dangerous inside fighter. Maybe he needs to get a Mexican or good US trainer as that's not really the UK style of fighting but if he was to go British then maybe Shane McGuigan or Joe Gallagher.