03-03-2016, 02:54 PM
(03-03-2016, 02:08 PM)Veritas Wrote: Joseph is easily hit. He has not been taught to slip nor roll with punches. He has never stood composed in front of poor oposition and confidently deflected
punches with his shoulders whilst protecting his chin. I have huge concerns about Joseph's ability to whether pressure. He is awkward, very unconfortable
in the brief moments I've seen him under attack. I have never seen him cover up and just wear a flurry of punches on his shoulders and arms.
V.
Nobody would deny that they would like Joseph to work on the head movement, but is Joseph easily hit?
Prior to one punch Bergman hit him with (which made JP smile), there was no clean power shots landed on JP's head since well, I can't remember, maybe the Sherman Williams fight (over 2 years ago) where he was clipped with a few counters that didn't trouble him.
Yes the fight with Takam is a big step up, but if he was to take a slightly smaller step up and fight a Christian Hammer type fighter and blow him away, would he have just wasted time and not learnt anything? The thing is, if he deals with Takam, and does it convincingly, what is the issue?
Joseph is beatable, but at this point in time, it'll be a skilled rangey fighter that'll be able to starve him. To make the point, that he needs "to learn composure under pressure", how else but to step up can he learn this? and whats not to say he hasn't been really physically pushed in the gym with experienced sparring partners away from the public and youtube eyes?
I can only applaud where Parker is currently at, and remember everything that Duco, Barry and Parker have said, has come to fruition.
They wanted in 2015:
Top 15 rankings across all alphabets- Done
Top 5 ranking with one- Done
Busy schedule in 2015 with 6 fights- Done
They wanted in 2016:
To become a mandatory in one alphabet: Lining up currently
To have a shot at a title by the end of the year: Possibly if he gets past Takam.
The fact is, if he loses, he is only 24 and being that he is a hungry goal driven fighter with an exciting explosive boxing style, he will get more chances. Tua only got one shot, why not have a crack at a title shot when an opportunity presents himself, as it could be years away otherwise.
If you were in his shoes, after years of learning, countless hours training, would you take the chance?
I would.