06-09-2018, 04:22 PM
Anthony Joshua: Dillian Whyte will KO Joseph Parker in London
Dillian Whyte and Joseph Parker will fight in London in July.
Anthony Joshua has beaten both Dillian Whyte and Joseph Parker but has backed his fellow Brit to knockout the Kiwi heavyweight.
After Parker suffered the first defeat of his professional boxing career to Joshua via unanimous decision on April 1 (NZ time), his return to the ring against Whyte was confirmed earlier this week at London's O2 Arena on July 28.
Joshua became the unified world champion after ending Parker's unbeaten record when claiming the Kiwi's former WBO belt and he stopped Whyte in the seventh round when the two British fighters clashed in December 2015.
Anthony Joshua has backed his fellow Brit and by knockout.
Parker became the first opponent Joshua didn't knockout during his professional career and Whyte was the first to last more than three rounds.
Parker is returning to the ring after tasting defeat for the first time in his career against Joshua.
But Joshua has tipped Whyte, 30, to knockout Parker, 26, for the first time in his career with an all "guns blazing approach".
"[It's a] very, very, very good fight," Joshua told Sky Sports. "If you ask who I'm backing, I'm going with Dillian, and I'm going by knockout as well.
"I feel like Dillian ain't got nothing to lose. He's been screaming out world champions, saying he wants to fight here, he wants to fight there, and I feel like he wants to prove himself.
"Parker is strong, Parker can take a shot, but I feel like in my fight, he was on the back foot and I boxed clever, because I'm trying to set up the big fight with Wilder, so I wanted to box clever, so I could secure the next one, without taking no risks.
"But I feel like Dillian has got nothing to lose, everything to gain. He's going to go in there guns blazing and try and knockout Parker ASAP, secure the win, and get that world title shot."
Joshua, 28, is willing to reward Whyte with a rematch should he defeat Parker but he's been ordered to fight Kubrat Pulev in a final eliminator to challenge for Joshua's IBF belt.
Joshua beat Parker via unanimous decision in April.
Whyte made Joshua wobble in the second round when they met in 2015 and the unbeaten Brit (21-0) believes his fellow countryman carries more power than Parker (24-1).
"[He] hurt me in the second round," he told Sky Sports of Whyte. "Parker didn't really land too many shots, so I was clever with my feet.
"What I done in the gym is what I done in the fight. I worked on my feet, kept him at range, so he didn't land a shot on me, to be honest.
"But, you know what it is? Imagine me fighting Parker when I fought Dillian. It would have been a very difficult fight. I've improved from then, so I was making a lot of mistakes. Maybe that's why I was getting hit with cleaner shots.
"But they are both talented fighters, they are both at world level, they're world championship level fighters and I give them both credit, and I wish them both well."
- Stuff
Dillian Whyte and Joseph Parker will fight in London in July.
Anthony Joshua has beaten both Dillian Whyte and Joseph Parker but has backed his fellow Brit to knockout the Kiwi heavyweight.
After Parker suffered the first defeat of his professional boxing career to Joshua via unanimous decision on April 1 (NZ time), his return to the ring against Whyte was confirmed earlier this week at London's O2 Arena on July 28.
Joshua became the unified world champion after ending Parker's unbeaten record when claiming the Kiwi's former WBO belt and he stopped Whyte in the seventh round when the two British fighters clashed in December 2015.
Anthony Joshua has backed his fellow Brit and by knockout.
Parker became the first opponent Joshua didn't knockout during his professional career and Whyte was the first to last more than three rounds.
Parker is returning to the ring after tasting defeat for the first time in his career against Joshua.
But Joshua has tipped Whyte, 30, to knockout Parker, 26, for the first time in his career with an all "guns blazing approach".
"[It's a] very, very, very good fight," Joshua told Sky Sports. "If you ask who I'm backing, I'm going with Dillian, and I'm going by knockout as well.
"I feel like Dillian ain't got nothing to lose. He's been screaming out world champions, saying he wants to fight here, he wants to fight there, and I feel like he wants to prove himself.
"Parker is strong, Parker can take a shot, but I feel like in my fight, he was on the back foot and I boxed clever, because I'm trying to set up the big fight with Wilder, so I wanted to box clever, so I could secure the next one, without taking no risks.
"But I feel like Dillian has got nothing to lose, everything to gain. He's going to go in there guns blazing and try and knockout Parker ASAP, secure the win, and get that world title shot."
Joshua, 28, is willing to reward Whyte with a rematch should he defeat Parker but he's been ordered to fight Kubrat Pulev in a final eliminator to challenge for Joshua's IBF belt.
Joshua beat Parker via unanimous decision in April.
Whyte made Joshua wobble in the second round when they met in 2015 and the unbeaten Brit (21-0) believes his fellow countryman carries more power than Parker (24-1).
"[He] hurt me in the second round," he told Sky Sports of Whyte. "Parker didn't really land too many shots, so I was clever with my feet.
"What I done in the gym is what I done in the fight. I worked on my feet, kept him at range, so he didn't land a shot on me, to be honest.
"But, you know what it is? Imagine me fighting Parker when I fought Dillian. It would have been a very difficult fight. I've improved from then, so I was making a lot of mistakes. Maybe that's why I was getting hit with cleaner shots.
"But they are both talented fighters, they are both at world level, they're world championship level fighters and I give them both credit, and I wish them both well."
- Stuff