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With u on Fa
Potential yes but No7 ??
Has had no big fights -hopefully 2020 he shows his worth
Rankings are political and promoters manipulate them to build fighters up to feed them to their guy so they can pass them off as a threat to bargain more $$
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To me, you have to beat someone in the top 10-15 to be there. Sure, fight other guys outside if you're in the top 10 in order to give them a chance, but I'd say you'd have to face someone who's also in the top 10 once a year to keep your ranking. The alphabets must make this mandatory. If a fighter doesn't, or refuses, he goes outta the top 10.
Trevor Bryan? 16 months not fighting, and nobody in the top 15 ever? He'd be about the worst offender.
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trevor Bryan promoter knows the tricks
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His promoter is...Don King. Here's his story:
So, apparently King is part-time in boxing because he’s also working behind the scenes to bring placidity to the planet. Front and center, the promoter got to work and, in his induction talk, said that he wanted his heavyweight Trevor Bryan to get the Jarrell Miller slot at Madison Square Garden and battle Anthony Joshua. He addressed promoter Eddie Hearn, who is sifting through names: “Eddie Hearn, I love your daddy, I got a great relationship with your father. Let me help you, don’t try to be young, and independent. We need each other. I can help you! I’m promoting this fight right now. It’s also a disaster what he’s doing to his champion. If that champion don’t fight a good guy at Madison Square Garden, that’s gonna diminish him, all the way down the line. It ain’t gonna be like I’m trying to hustle and get some money, give the man, he deserves it, he’s earned the opportunity. Trevor Bryan, 20-0, 14 KOs, champion of the world the WBA interim champion, it’s champion against champion.”
You want to parse that declaration out? Nah? Me neither. I mean, here’s Bryan’s Boxrec, have at it. Me, I decided before I attended the gala that I’d soak up King and the persona and the opportunity to see him do the schtick, excuse me, do his thing live and in person. I heard him say, “Jesus Christ is my life,” and saw the puzzlement in the eyes of the attendees. Such a complex figure and really, his catchphrase does sum him up quite well, nails him in fact: “Only in America.” The Don King story, the narrative from birth till now, for better, and worse, it’s up to you to decide when you put pros and cons on the scale. I’m pro for the ex-con.
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Parker can beat Usyk but he's going to need to dial it all in, come in at 100% and come with bad intentions. I've said a million times Parker is his own worse enemy, if he doesn't turn up at 100% he will drop a frustrating one on points.
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Good time for Parker to fight for the title
I think he is hungry right now - and even a little desperate
Knows it is "do or die"
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Thought some of you would like to see what Joe is up to over the holidays:
https://twitter.com/joeboxerparker
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(12-23-2019, 06:22 PM)diehard Wrote: Thought some of you would like to see what Joe is up to over the holidays:
https://twitter.com/joeboxerparker
I was thinking please don't be eating loads if food and thankfully he isn't.
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Nice pic of him lifting heaps of weights on the deadlift. Next stop, the chest!
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Would love to know if JP will end up fighting Usyk for the WBO title...
