01-24-2023, 10:39 AM
Winner and loser — Joseph Parker
Joseph Parker’s bout on Sunday at least got more entertaining as it went on which is the inverse of his career that has appeared to have reached the tiring final rounds stage.
Parker should be putting away someone like Jack Massey within the first few rounds. You know Oleksandr Usyk, Tyson Fury or Anthony Joshua would. In the introduction to Sunday morning’s fight, the commentators talked about how ”One Smack” Jack had fought just once in 2022, and he was making the step up from cruiserweight to take on the former heavyweight champion.
The impression I got was that Massey was more a scaffolder than a boxer. So anything but a knockout should have been on the cards for Parker.
The fact it went the distance should be considered a loss. This perception is not helped by claims from the Parker camp that his underdog opponent was boxing too negative. What were they expecting? Next time, have a better game plan to predict how to deal with that.
Which brings the main question around Parker. At this stage of his career, you can’t help but think why is he still fighting? What’s the point? He was on the undercard of a fight that didn’t take place until two hours later. The Manchester celebs weren’t even in their seats for his bout. He’ll need to go at least another two years to even have a hope of another title shot and from what we’ve seen in recent years he just doesn’t have the power to contend even if he did get that chance. A big if. It just doesn’t seem worth it.
Joseph Parker’s bout on Sunday at least got more entertaining as it went on which is the inverse of his career that has appeared to have reached the tiring final rounds stage.
Parker should be putting away someone like Jack Massey within the first few rounds. You know Oleksandr Usyk, Tyson Fury or Anthony Joshua would. In the introduction to Sunday morning’s fight, the commentators talked about how ”One Smack” Jack had fought just once in 2022, and he was making the step up from cruiserweight to take on the former heavyweight champion.
The impression I got was that Massey was more a scaffolder than a boxer. So anything but a knockout should have been on the cards for Parker.
The fact it went the distance should be considered a loss. This perception is not helped by claims from the Parker camp that his underdog opponent was boxing too negative. What were they expecting? Next time, have a better game plan to predict how to deal with that.
Which brings the main question around Parker. At this stage of his career, you can’t help but think why is he still fighting? What’s the point? He was on the undercard of a fight that didn’t take place until two hours later. The Manchester celebs weren’t even in their seats for his bout. He’ll need to go at least another two years to even have a hope of another title shot and from what we’ve seen in recent years he just doesn’t have the power to contend even if he did get that chance. A big if. It just doesn’t seem worth it.