Surely Stu knows the unification with Wilder will trump a mandatory as per the WBO's own rules
I don't like the Fury fight for Joe one bit, I like it even less @ home for Fury
Wilder or Joshua next please, better to dance with big boys early in his career, secure his, Duco and Barry's financial future and get the big "L" out of the way. Regroup and start fresh with the rest of the contenders
I think first Mandatory may trump all others in this case.
No unifications probably until after Hughie.
Hughie gets him in the UK. But yeah, if Team Parker thinks they can beat Wilder, he captures another belt and bypasses his mandatory for now.
getting the big L out of the way now makes no sense
the title is his bargaining tool use it wisely to and profitably as possible Il i say
AJ needs to get his big L out of the way. Almost happened. Fight Wilder. Listened to Jimmy "Smitty" Smith on Radio Sport. Said it would be a "pick'em fight," as he thinks Wilder's right hand and his lanky build would trouble AJ.
(05-01-2017, 07:59 PM)diehard Wrote: [ -> ]AJ needs to get his big L out of the way. Almost happened. Fight Wilder. Listened to Jimmy "Smitty" Smith on Radio Sport. Said it would be a "pick'em fight," as he thinks Wilder's right hand and his lanky build would trouble AJ.
Nah.
Wilder cant box whatsoever, he was getting schooled by washington and szpilka before he pulled out a stoppage. He also has a glass chin as proved by nichols and sconiers
Joshua would land on him easily, and early, and deontay would crumble long before he could start windmilling.
Id pick parker to stop wilder as well.
Die I also think JP best shot is Wilder-thats the route he needs to take then negotiate AJ with 2 belts and he has more say=££
The only time I saw Wilder fight with straight shots and discipline was when he won belt v Stirvene .
He has now gone back to reling on catching opponents with windmills- JP could land a combo when 1 is coming in..
AJ is a modern day pre Ali George Foreman- even a miss hurts
Joseph Parker, Kevin Barry come out swinging video
Parker said he wished he was at Wembley Stadium but his sole focus is his opponent Razvan Cojanu.
Joseph Parker and trainer Kevin Barry have defended the Kiwi heavyweight's punching power as they put the finishing touches on the first defence of his WBO title.
Parker takes on Romanian Razvan Cojanu - a late replacement for the injured Hughie Fury - on Saturday, although there was no escaping the glare of Anthony Joshua's spectacular triumph over Wladimir Klitschko when he fronted media at a central Auckland gym on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old was peppered with questions about a potential match-up with Joshua, who added the WBA and IBO belts to his IBF strap with an 11th-round stoppage of Klitschko, as well as the American WBC champion Deontay Wilder.
Joseph Parker is confident he has the power to match any heavyweight in the division.
Around 90,000 packed into Wembley Stadium to watch Joshua establish himself as arguably the No 1 heavyweight on the planet and, as speculation builds over his next opponent, it has led boxing pundits in the UK and America to question whether Parker has the power to foot it with the best of the best.
But while his main focus is on Cojanu, Parker says his critics are in for a big surprise when he eventually heads north.
"Say what you want to say and believe what you want to believe, is it about power or is it about speed?" Parker asked. "Can he catch me or can he not? We'll see.
"They don't think that we're up to that level but when we do get in the ring with them they'll see."
Barry was much more forthright in his response on Joshua, who fought back brilliantly against Klitschko after being dropped in the sixth round.
"I can promise you this," Barry added. "If Joseph Parker hits Anthony Joshua on the chin and had him on his back like he was in the sixth round, that fight would've been over. There'd be no rounds seven to 11."
Parker's failure to finish Carlos Takam and Andy Ruiz - two hugely underrated fighters in Barry's opinion - means it is easy to overlook his knockout ability.
But Barry has no doubt that any perceived lack in power is more than compensated for by Parker's lightning hand speed.
"Joseph's got a lot of impressive one-punch knockouts.
"Does he hit as hard as Anthony Joshua? No, I don't think he does but when you combine Joe's power with his speed that combination is as lethal as anything Joshua has."
Saturday's bout at the Vodafone Events Centre is likely to be Parker's last in New Zealand for some time. Although, there is no doubt that Fury's withdrawal two weeks ago and the amazing scenes at Wembley have taken some of the gloss off the occasion.
An emphatic knockout would provide the perfect reminder to the rest of the world that Parker is indeed a force to be reckoned with.
Having sparred with Cojanu previously, there is no way Parker is looking past his opponent.
And, as Barry said, it's a dangerous game walking into a ring simply expecting an early finish.
"When you go out there try hard to be sensational and to get a great knockout that's when your performance suffers," Barry said.
"We're going to follow our game plan, we're going to look to break this guy down, we're going to fight a very complete fight. And if during that performance there's a knockout that would be great but Joe won't be going out there trying to get a knockout to satisfy the requirements of anyone else."
Taking on a new opponent at such short notice can be risky but Parker has no concerns and feels better prepared than what he was for his historic victory over Ruiz in December.
"The training camp that we had was a lot better, there's no comparison," Parker said.
"The changes that has come before this fight hasn't really affected me because I feel like I'm ready for whatever situation comes my way.
"Physically I feel great because I had a rest after the Ruiz fight. Now I'm itching to get back in the ring, letting my hands go and hitting someone - and that's Razvan."
- Stuff
Joseph Parker 'not a legitimate world champion'
NZ heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker holds the WBO world title.
Joseph Parker wouldn't stand a chance against American WBC champion Deontay Wilder, veteran boxing writer Thomas Hauser says.
The New Zealand boxer will defend his WBO title on Saturday when he fights Romanian Razvan Cojanu.
It is expected to be an easy win for the Kiwi, but Hauser, the Pulitzer nominated writer of Muhammad Ali's biography told Radio Sport he's got a way to go before he stands a chance against Wilder and other top heavyweights.
WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is too good for New Zealand's Joseph Parker believes the man who wrote Muhammad Ali's biography.
"Joseph Parker is a professional fighter...I got a lot of flak in New Zealand previously, but I still feel that Joseph Parker is not a legitimate world champion," Hauser told Radio Sport.
"My sense is that Wilder would probably knock him out. I haven't seen any evidence that Joseph can punch hard enough to really hurt Deontay Wilder, or has the chin to take Deontay's punch. That said, Deontay is a flawed fighter.
"Would I turn on the TV to watch it. Yes, but would the winner be the heavyweight champion of the world? No.
"Right now Anthony Joshua deserves recognition as the number one heavyweight in the world. The winner of Deontay Wilder and Joseph Parker would be a credible challenger to that throne."
After beating Wladimir Klitschko in front of 90,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium last weekend, Anthony Joshua can convincingly hold the mantle as the best heavyweight in the world.
But it's not a clear cut as it was when Ali was at his best, as there are numerous belts from rival boxing organisations.
If Parker beats Cojanu, he could then look to take on Wilder and if he wins that fight, there's the possibility of a true unification fight against Joshua at some point.
- Stuff