By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
WBO #3 Joseph Parker would welcome fights against WBO #2 Joe Joyce or a rematch with WBC #13 Derek Chisora according to Parker’s promoter David Higgins who told Sky Sports: “I think it’s a good time to be ranked #3 with the WBO. Yes, we would fight Joe Joyce…it’s whoever makes sense…I think the Chisora fight was a close fight and they are both household names, so a rematch could make sense there.
“We’re just mindful of our time being run down. When we fought Dillian Whyte, it was seven odd weeks. Chisora’s team, when he was with David Haye, tried to give us only seven weeks, so we pulled the pin. Then the last fight was only about eight weeks.
“There’s talk of the end of the year, but we haven’t seen a contract yet. I don’t think we’ll take the fight unless we get a decent nine or 10 weeks to prepare. I think the latest date in the year is probably that early December window, and then it runs out of time, so talk is cheap. We need to see a contract.”
The quicker Parker can get rid of Higgins the better. And then Parker himself, he just seems lackluster for the last couple of years already and looks like an average contender even being so young still. Pity.
Keywords in the article are “would welcome fights”. This simply means Parker may ask for a wish, but the wish may never be granted. Parker’s style of fighting is so predictable, lacks creativity, and is not really a huge ticket seller to some crowds. Sorry, but the truth hurts.
So you’re saying he doesn’t deserve any good fights?
Parker can fight whoever he wants. The question is…Will he get the fight he is seeking? Based on his last few fights, he did not look very marketable in performance. My opinion…
Joyce in 2!, Chisora in 12!
Joyce is interesting. Chisora no
Parker needs to make some noise here. He’s not getting any younger, I know he’s not old, but if he wants a title shot he needs to fight the best of the best. Maybe a rematch with Andy Ruiz, who knows.
Ruiz probably does not want to fight Parker . A 12 round snoozer just makes him less marketable. Ruiz is just the new Buster Douglas.
Agreed to some degree. Ruiz’s camp dug up Cris Arreola, so it’s safe to say they know he isn’t beating other top guys. I expect Ruiz to stay out of harms way long enough to try and collect one more big paycheck.
Parkers a decent bloke, and a decent fighter, but decent isn’t enough, he needs a bit more….passion/aggression, he falls short as he doesn’t seem to want it enough.
Saying that, I thought he deserved the decision V Chisora, so not interested in seeing that again.
Joyce would be a good match up, but more from the point of seeing if Joyce could be Parker more convincingly that AJ or Whyte did.
Chisora’s been a tough, game fighter, a great gate keeper, no shame in that, but surely he needs to get out of boxing real soon? All those wars must be taking a toll.
how did an exciting fighter turn boring… think stamina has a bit to do with it, holds back to go the distance
Parker is dull, I’m happy he no longer holds a title hostage. I wouldn’t mind seeing him against Fury down the road, where the size/skill difference might compel him to be more exciting.
Promises everything and delivers nothing, boring fighter, lazy comes to mind.