02-28-2021, 01:19 AM
Parker defeats Fa on points in contest short on fireworks
Joseph Parker has beaten Junior Fa in a points decision at Auckland's Spark Arena this evening.
Parker won the match via decision.
The clash was hyped to be the greatest boxing bout in New Zealand's history.
But in reality it was anything but.
The two fought a long-winded twelve rounds with few glimpses of action, rather spending the majority of the match entangled in one another's arms.
It had begun promisingly.
A left hand jab from Fa at the end of the first round staggered Parker, and for a moment it looked like an upset could be on the cards.
But Parker came out swinging in the second, sneaking through Fa's defences with a number of uppercuts and jabs.
Both fighters appeared to tire in the later rounds and Parker won in a unanimous decision on the scorecard.
Joseph Parker has beaten Junior Fa in a points decision at Auckland's Spark Arena this evening.
Parker won the match via decision.
The clash was hyped to be the greatest boxing bout in New Zealand's history.
But in reality it was anything but.
The two fought a long-winded twelve rounds with few glimpses of action, rather spending the majority of the match entangled in one another's arms.
It had begun promisingly.
A left hand jab from Fa at the end of the first round staggered Parker, and for a moment it looked like an upset could be on the cards.
But Parker came out swinging in the second, sneaking through Fa's defences with a number of uppercuts and jabs.
Both fighters appeared to tire in the later rounds and Parker won in a unanimous decision on the scorecard.