11-06-2015, 05:57 PM
Joseph Parker's stable cleans up at WBO annual awards in US
Joseph Parker's stocks continue to rise with the heavyweight and his stable cleaning up major awards at the WBO conference in Florida.
Parker was named the WBO's heavyweight fighter of the year for their Oriental region.
His stablemate, Australian Jeff Horn, was named the organisation's welterweight of the year for the same region.
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Parker's managers Duco were named promoters of the year for the region and their matchmaker Stu Duncan collected that category as well.
Parker is ranked No 6 on the WBO rankings that are headed by champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Parker is likely to lift higher when the WBO revise those rankings shortly and his most recent victory, a second-round TKO of Kali Meehan, is factored in.
Horn is ranked No 7 by the WBO.
Duco Events boss Dean Lonergan attended the conference in Orlando and proudly accepted the awards.
"They were presented to us in front of the entire conference which was great. It's another sign that we are doing things properly," Lonergan said.
"Awards are nice but the most important thing to us is what our guys are doing in the rankings."
Lonergan said the real value in attending the conference was the ability to network around the organisation's powerbrokers and the 30 promoters who attended.
"It was fascinating. These were the 30 people running boxing worldwide and dealing with the sanctioning bodies. It was the fist real look we've had at it. It was incredibly valuable."
Parker's next fight is on December 5 in Hamilton where he headlines the Fight For Life promotion. His opponent for that fight will be announced next Tuesday.
Duco will also announce the name of Parker's opponent for his following fight in Samoa in January.
- Stuff
Joseph Parker's stocks continue to rise with the heavyweight and his stable cleaning up major awards at the WBO conference in Florida.
Parker was named the WBO's heavyweight fighter of the year for their Oriental region.
His stablemate, Australian Jeff Horn, was named the organisation's welterweight of the year for the same region.
READ MORE:
* Joseph Parker's Samoan challenge will come from left-field
* Boxer Joseph Parker's rankings rise puts world title within sights
* Joseph Parker's 'enormous potential' praised after TKO win over Kali Meehan
* Tyson Fury wants Joseph Parker to help prepare for world title fight with Wladimir Klitschko
Parker's managers Duco were named promoters of the year for the region and their matchmaker Stu Duncan collected that category as well.
Parker is ranked No 6 on the WBO rankings that are headed by champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Parker is likely to lift higher when the WBO revise those rankings shortly and his most recent victory, a second-round TKO of Kali Meehan, is factored in.
Horn is ranked No 7 by the WBO.
Duco Events boss Dean Lonergan attended the conference in Orlando and proudly accepted the awards.
"They were presented to us in front of the entire conference which was great. It's another sign that we are doing things properly," Lonergan said.
"Awards are nice but the most important thing to us is what our guys are doing in the rankings."
Lonergan said the real value in attending the conference was the ability to network around the organisation's powerbrokers and the 30 promoters who attended.
"It was fascinating. These were the 30 people running boxing worldwide and dealing with the sanctioning bodies. It was the fist real look we've had at it. It was incredibly valuable."
Parker's next fight is on December 5 in Hamilton where he headlines the Fight For Life promotion. His opponent for that fight will be announced next Tuesday.
Duco will also announce the name of Parker's opponent for his following fight in Samoa in January.
- Stuff