03-07-2017, 09:11 PM
(03-07-2017, 08:52 PM)Infern0 Wrote:(03-07-2017, 08:34 PM)Msreef Wrote: We all thought Bellew would get slaughted by Haye, someone that many here would have confidently picked to beat Parker.
I don't think the Parker v Bellew fight is particularly competitive. Bellew doesn't have the power to KO Parker imo, and doesn't have the skills to outbox him. In saying that, if Parker beats Hughie and Bellew, his profile would be raised considerably in the UK, and it would make the AJ unification fight much bigger.
The Wilder fight would be far, far better, but if Parker goes from Hughie to Bellew to Wilder I'm not going to be complaining.
If we had known before the fight that haye was both shot and was going to suffer a severe leg injury during the fight leaving him with one good leg, i think most of us would have picked Bellew. We picked Haye on the basis of him being the same as he was when he fought chisora.
Now we know different.
The result was more about Haye being terribly diminished. I personally think bellew is just above average. If a 24 year old supposed 6'5" 247lb parker was "competetive" with the fat cruiser thatd be pretty damning of parkers abilities.
He would blow Bellew out, none of these super heavies get any credit from me for entertaining this juicy cherry pick.
"If we had have known...."
Will you say the same if AJ smashes Wlad? Will you say 'meh, Wlad was past it anyway' and downplay the win? Or will you give credit to AJ for beating a very tough opponent? I suspect the latter. As will I.
So sick of hearing people criticize the victor with "oh well the loser was shot anyway".
Bellew won fair and square, that's that. If Parker wants to fight him, which will be a big pay day, and raise his profile considerably, so what. Good on him. Damning Parker for taking the Bellew fight, whilst AJ and Wilder have been fighting worse opponents than Parker (when they were already the champs) doesn't make an ounce of sense imo.