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(04-05-2018, 12:52 AM)U.. Fight Fan Wrote: [ -> ]Just my opinion:

The double jab is a great weapon to gperspective inside.  Cdue to distance.  

Parker's problem is his feet and what he does with them to close distance.  His double jab is great but his feet don't follow him correctly.  He either falls short like he did against Fury, when he got caught with some uppercuts, or he over-measures and ends up in a clinch like against Joshua.  

Joshua basically won the fight with his feet.  Constantly positioning Parker so Parker has to keep moving, keep wasting energy and not allowing him to settle.  He was balanced so when Parker did come in with a double jab he was able to take half a step back and make Parker fall short.  This is why I think the second half of the fight got easier for Joshua as he had kept the pressure on Parker early on without expending much energy of his own.   Good footwork doesn't have to be fast footwork.  Golovkin is the best at that - not particularly fast but knows where to put his feet.

Again just my opinion, but I don't know if Adam Booth or Ingle would be a good fit for Parker.  Ingle doesn't really have a track record with heavyweights and Booth only has previous with Haye.  Haye was abit unique in that he was a small but incredibly quick explosive heavyweight who relied more on his natural abilities, reflexes etc.   I'd love to see Parker work with someone who can make him a dangerous inside fighter.  Maybe he needs to get a Mexican or good US trainer as that's not really the UK style of fighting but if he was to go British then maybe Shane McGuigan or Joe Gallagher.

From the UK I think Booth would be a good fit personality wise.  parker would warm to him due to Booths passion. Parker needs to leave Barry for a yr or two and get some fresh perspectives and insight. Really hone his skills in the UK. Going back to be Insular again with Barry isnt the best for him. Expand his boxing knowledge. He can always go back to barry. Im not sure about Barry. look what happend to his highly touted charge, Salamov. Lost to an Aussie gatekeeper on the Horn undercard. Salamov departed real quick after that. 

(04-07-2018, 07:35 PM)Justapakeha Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-05-2018, 12:52 AM)U.. Fight Fan Wrote: [ -> ]Just my opinion:

The double jab is a great weapon to gperspective inside.  Cdue to distance.  

Parker's problem is his feet and what he does with them to close distance.  His double jab is great but his feet don't follow him correctly.  He either falls short like he did against Fury, when he got caught with some uppercuts, or he over-measures and ends up in a clinch like against Joshua.  

Joshua basically won the fight with his feet.  Constantly positioning Parker so Parker has to keep moving, keep wasting energy and not allowing him to settle.  He was balanced so when Parker did come in with a double jab he was able to take half a step back and make Parker fall short.  This is why I think the second half of the fight got easier for Joshua as he had kept the pressure on Parker early on without expending much energy of his own.   Good footwork doesn't have to be fast footwork.  Golovkin is the best at that - not particularly fast but knows where to put his feet.

Again just my opinion, but I don't know if Adam Booth or Ingle would be a good fit for Parker.  Ingle doesn't really have a track record with heavyweights and Booth only has previous with Haye.  Haye was abit unique in that he was a small but incredibly quick explosive heavyweight who relied more on his natural abilities, reflexes etc.   I'd love to see Parker work with someone who can make him a dangerous inside fighter.  Maybe he needs to get a Mexican or good US trainer as that's not really the UK style of fighting but if he was to go British then maybe Shane McGuigan or Joe Gallagher.

From the UK I think Booth would be a good fit personality wise.  parker would warm to him due to Booths passion. Parker needs to leave Barry for a yr or two and get some fresh perspectives and insight. Really hone his skills in the UK. Going back to be Insular again with Barry isnt the best for him. Expand his boxing knowledge. He can always go back to barry. Im not sure about Barry. look what happend to his highly touted charge, Salamov. Lost to an Aussie gatekeeper on the Horn undercard. Salamov departed real quick after that. 

Thanks for posting. I was getting lonely on here. Mr Higgins renewal contract with Joe is coming up this year. Soon I think. KB is attached to it in some form. Now's the time to stay with Mr Higgins, but take a sabbatical with KB. And don't come back.

Joseph Parker is more marketable than ever despite suffering first loss

OPINION: He doesn't have his world title any longer but ironically New Zealand heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker is more marketable than ever.

Of course having three belts would have sent Parker into uncharted territory but a circumspect Anthony Joshua now has the boxing world at his feet after his intelligent win over the big-hearted Kiwi.

Parker won over fans and pundits with his performance in and out of the ring during a busy couple of weeks in the UK.

His effort in front of his 78,000 at Cardiff's Principality Stadium convinced a considerable number of doubters the 26-year-old does have a role to play in the top tier of the current heavyweights.

This performance in defeat was more impressive than his two successful defences against Razvan Cojanu and Hughie Fury which had the lucrative British market dismissing him as any real threat to Joshua or of being worthy of his WBO belt.

But good head movement from Parker, some impressive defensive work and glimpses of a short-range attacking game before referee Giuseppe Quartarone stepped in to repeatedly halt proceedings, brought a human element to the seemingly invincible Joshua.

The big Brit had literally walked through most of opponents in recording 20 successive knockouts till Parker became the first fighter to take him the distance.

That's a badge of honour for Parker and a silver lining to this loss that may ultimately turn to gold.

In an ideal scenario from here, Joshua returns to his knockout ways and Parker quickly works his way back into title contention through some clever matchmaking.

Under those circumstances the question will always remain for Joshua: What about that guy you couldn't knock out? Let's do it again.

Ultimately it would be a hugely marketable fight a year or two down the line.

Parker, his promoter David Higgins and trainer Kevin Barry all emphasised a belief that they will cross paths with Joshua again at some stage.

They got out-manouvred in the ring in Cardiff by a leaner, sharper Joshua and openly admitted that.

But they didn't get overpowered and that is something Joshua can never deny.

He hit Parker flush a few times but the Kiwi's renowned chin stood the test.

After the fight Parker immediately emphasised a strong desire to bounce back from this first loss in a 25-fight professional career.

It was pleasing to get a message from him late in the week, after a few days to clear his head and get into the comforts of his home and family environment, that read: "We'll be back stronger."

Parker has millions of reasons to take it easy right now with a bank balance the envy of any Kiwi his age.

But he has millions more reasons to get stuck in and work his way back.

The technical rather than explosive Cardiff fight didn't demand an instant rematch, especially with Deontay Wilder and the American's fourth belt in the unification equation beckoning for Joshua.

But scenarios can change in an instant in this current heavyweight environment and Parker's performance insists he will be part of any conversation in terms of titles and contenders.

- Stuff

Footwork is all about timing and reading your opponent. The best advocate for this as a smaller HW in this division over recent times has been Holyfield.

Closing the gap is a skill that is learnt from your early days as an amateur. in the amateurs you spa with a number of different gym mates, which can be taller, shorter, faster and hit harder. Trainers do this to make their team members a more rounded fighter.

Parker did get good advice in those early years with his trainer Grant Arkle, but I don't think he wasn't around long enough as an amateur to fine tune these skills.

I know KB is working on this, and I think Parker will mature into a more rounded fighter with time. losing this fight will be a great experience, and I hope he re-watches this fight often to see where he did things wrong.

On a positive note, I saw Parker throw left hooks like Ive never seen him throw before. This is a weapon that all HW's must have.

A new coach I don't think is the answer here as the relationship is very good... but a technical adviser, and experienced technical sparring partners are the answers here, I believe. He doesn't need to be sparring with tomato cans. They need to be technically sound so he can learn off them.

Agreed. but shouldn't he have learned this before the fight? He did have top quality sparring before the fight, with Malik Scott in particular.

(04-09-2018, 04:29 PM)Dannyboy Wrote: [ -> ]Footwork is all about timing and reading your opponent. The best advocate for this as a smaller HW in this division over recent times has been Holyfield.

Closing the gap is a skill that is learnt from your early days as an amateur. in the amateurs you spa with a number of different gym mates, which can be taller, shorter, faster and hit harder. Trainers do this to make their team members a more rounded fighter.

Parker did get good advice in those early years with his trainer Grant Arkle, but I don't think he wasn't around long enough as an amateur to fine tune these skills.

I know KB is working on this, and I think Parker will mature into a more rounded fighter with time. losing this fight will be a great experience, and I hope he re-watches this fight often to see where he did things wrong.

On a positive note, I saw Parker throw left hooks like Ive never seen him throw before. This is a weapon that all HW's must have.

A new coach I don't think is the answer here as the relationship is very good... but a technical adviser, and experienced technical sparring partners are the answers here, I believe. He doesn't need to be sparring with tomato cans. They need to be technically sound so he can learn off them.

Agreed, I think he just needs some new stuff offensively speaking. 

I think Team Parker have their fair share of average sparring partners. I don't see Malik Scott as technically sound at all. When he finally stepped up in class he got taken apart by Wilder, Chisora and Ortiz.

Best sparring JP has had in a long time is the French Amateur champion (cant remember his name).

This is the only way he will improve his timing and footwork. You have to spa (and fight) the best to be the best.

Still have a faith though

Ye his Sparring with Izu would have been not bad either. I think Jo also needs to work on becoming more explosive its a strength of his that has never been worked on. When ever you see Parker training its not really that explosive. He hits the pads hard and fast but I'm talking about explosive foot work, explosive bombing weaving, explosive weights work. You see all the other champs working on their explosiveness but in Parkers camp its steady as she goes. Never seen any explosive work outs?

If Haye looks half decent against Bellew they should try to get him in as a sparring partner and work on replicating some aspects of his style.