03-06-2015, 08:56 PM
Oh is it good to be a critic! At the age of 23 what does a promising prospect do...either way he gets criticized. Fights top 10 fighters and he gets hamered for not working his craft on safer opponents while hes got time, fights journeyman with padded records and people call him a padded fighter, poor Parker cant win.
Personally I think they are heading in the right direction because there is no rush to put him against top 10 just yet, did I mention he is only 23!!! My only concern is picking the caliber of opponent to gain valuable skills needed for his developement...yes Parker is gaining leaps but lets not fall into the trap that Parker is that good to be top 5 yet, Duco have failed with Pettaway, we were told Pettaway would offer decent counter punching, defence and ring movement...saw none of that from Pettaway (maybe Parker was too good and shut him down). Point is ... other than an extra notch on the wins and keeping active this fight did nothing to benefit from in terms of his developement ...
But congrats to Parker...lets hope Duco aim not much but just a little higher.
Personally I think they are heading in the right direction because there is no rush to put him against top 10 just yet, did I mention he is only 23!!! My only concern is picking the caliber of opponent to gain valuable skills needed for his developement...yes Parker is gaining leaps but lets not fall into the trap that Parker is that good to be top 5 yet, Duco have failed with Pettaway, we were told Pettaway would offer decent counter punching, defence and ring movement...saw none of that from Pettaway (maybe Parker was too good and shut him down). Point is ... other than an extra notch on the wins and keeping active this fight did nothing to benefit from in terms of his developement ...
But congrats to Parker...lets hope Duco aim not much but just a little higher.