09-27-2016, 12:21 PM
No chance: Joseph Parker doesn't rate with British bookies
Joseph Parker isn't feeling any love from the British bookies.
Leading British betting agencies Paddy Power and BetVictor are running odds on a potential world heavyweight title fight between New Zealand's Parker and IBF world champion, Englishman Anthony Joshua.
They don't think too highly of Parker, who is rated a huge $8.00 outsider (7/1) to upset Joshua.
Joshua has been installed as a $1.07 favourite (1/14) to retain his IBF world heavyweight title by both agencies, should the fight go ahead.
Joshua's odds for winning are the same as the TAB offered on the All Blacks beating Australia, a team they haven't lost to in New Zealand since 2001, in Wellington last month.
However, the chances of Parker fighting Joshua this year appear to be getting slimmer with Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn making progress in lining up former champion Wladimir Klitschko to face the Brit on November 26.
Klitschko has suddenly become available after the postponement of his WBA and WBO rematch with champion Tyson Fury, who has pulled out as he battles mental health issues.
If the Parker-Joshua fight does not go ahead in 2017 all bets would be void.
Parker fights giant Russian Alexander Dimitrenko in Manukau on Saturday night, needing a win to retain his mandatory rights.
- Stuff
Joseph Parker isn't feeling any love from the British bookies.
Leading British betting agencies Paddy Power and BetVictor are running odds on a potential world heavyweight title fight between New Zealand's Parker and IBF world champion, Englishman Anthony Joshua.
They don't think too highly of Parker, who is rated a huge $8.00 outsider (7/1) to upset Joshua.
Joshua has been installed as a $1.07 favourite (1/14) to retain his IBF world heavyweight title by both agencies, should the fight go ahead.
Joshua's odds for winning are the same as the TAB offered on the All Blacks beating Australia, a team they haven't lost to in New Zealand since 2001, in Wellington last month.
However, the chances of Parker fighting Joshua this year appear to be getting slimmer with Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn making progress in lining up former champion Wladimir Klitschko to face the Brit on November 26.
Klitschko has suddenly become available after the postponement of his WBA and WBO rematch with champion Tyson Fury, who has pulled out as he battles mental health issues.
If the Parker-Joshua fight does not go ahead in 2017 all bets would be void.
Parker fights giant Russian Alexander Dimitrenko in Manukau on Saturday night, needing a win to retain his mandatory rights.
- Stuff