Joseph Parker

[diehard]

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/08/22/bulke...ext-fight/

[bart]

Possible that Zhang will fight Bakole instead which would be massive collision- maybe Turki sees that as a better matchup than JP rematch
JP likely Kabayel...not sure who else available top 10

[diehard]

Kabayel/JP and ZZ/Bakole are the two best match-ups. Would love for that to be on the Dec. card with Fury/Usyk.

[bart]

Die your a visionary.... I reckon that will happen- Turki wants to put on a massive HW bonanza before xmas
Bless that man and his massive wallet making shit happen asap

[diehard]

Well thanks bart! Don't like the Saudi's controlling boxing, or anything for that matter. But you can't argue with Turki being the best promoter ever. Money talks, and he gets the best match-ups ever.
What do you think of JP's training regime and weight/strength gain? About time. I'm just hoping it pays off and it seems like he's peaking at the right time in his career at 32.

[bart]

Yeah Die as long as he protects his main asset- hand speed
Strength may give him more edge in clinches but not necessarily power... stamina is crucial to his game plan

[diehard]

Yep, speed plus force equals power. JP says he wants to retain the speed. I'm wondering if there was a way of measuring whether it's increased or decreased? Maybe how fast he can hit a heavy bag after 10 seconds or so using proper technique.

[diehard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRUnthpKmds

[bart]

Just watched a Boxing Squared vid on utube on JP
this was in the coments so unsure on the source but sounded interesting

'I saw parker few days ago. Hes still in new Zealand gym training packing on the muscle and size. Hes a bit of a unit now. He said he hasnt been boxing. He will go to ireland when a fight is locked in. from a few years back to now of what i saw, he is pretty big, a proper heavyweight. My personal opinion dillian whyte would have been perfect, but whyte team said he wants 2 more warm up fights. Parker said the zhang negotiations only started last week but they stopped, he has a feeling turki is making zhang vs bakole. He has asked for kababyel months ago but has not got a reply. Hes friends with kabayel. Kabayel wants it but i he dont think his team want it. Parker said he was also offered a fight against dubois if dubois loses which is pretty low ball of frank. On Thursday a new fight was offered to parker. Against jarrell miller which his team are probably going to take it. For the usyk vs fury undercard. I wouldnt mind him taking a stay busy fight for now. Against miller or ajagba. Easy win to get the body moving again. Huni is nowhere near ready for the big time, will get smoked from parker. He should be fighting winner of usyk vs fury, but politics put aj and dubois there. But yeah im guessing ee will be getting parker vs miller'

[diehard]

Good sniffing around bart. JP/Miller is good. Miller likes to hype fights, so he'll make the match up exciting. Personally, I prefer Kabayel, who I think JP matches up well against.

Sounds like JP is eating and training right. Hopefully, he is doing cardio and running too.