By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
WBO #2 Joseph Parker (26-2, 20 KOs) will clash with Shawndell Terrell Winter (13-2, 12 KOs) at the Ford Centre at The Star, Frisco, Texas, on February 29. Parker is coming off a ten round stoppage of Alex Leapai in his only bout for 2019. There was talk of Parker getting a WBO heavyweight title shot at the vacant title if the WBO makes a decision to strip IBF, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua for his decision to defend against the IBF #1 Kubrat Pulev in preference to defending against WBO #1 Oleksandr Usyk.
Well, here we go! Once again, the deck of cards in the selection of fighters to fight each other are shuffled. Joshua’s promotors are really being careful on his next opponent so they don’t lose any investment money for later down the road for bigger things to happen.
Who dat?
So Joseph Parker and Demetrius Andrade promoters have the same idea, have their fighter compete against no names?
I guess it’s the way to get the better for a boxer, who before the eyes of promoter and manager is just an investment to protect. Have him facing bums in the meantime they get the big money fight for him. Fine for me, as long there is not a ducking action inserted, and I see one in here named Oleksandr Usyk. The field is kind of defined with Wilder vs. Fury and Joshua most likely vs. Pulev, but out of the field there are some question marks. Parker, Usyk, White, Dubois, Joyce, Ortiz, Ruiz. What we can expect about them? I hope Whyte get some justice by being elected as the guy to face Usyk if the WBO is vacated. He deserves that more than Parker.
Garbage
Parker has the skills to showcase his talent against better opposition. Shame that he’s pretty much waiting it out.
Pulling out of the Chisora fight to fight nobodies……WTH is Higgins and Hearns doing????
I don’t care who Parker is fighting at this point. He just needs to fight! I hate this sitting and waiting for a shot at a Title that must fans recognize as paper at best. He fought once in 2019! He has tools, but without frequency they’ll surely rust. He needs to fire his management if they’re not getting him more fights. Hell, this one actually qualifies as a get the rust off type fight. So, get the rust off and get a real opponent 3 months later. If he’s lucky, then maybe Wilder will knock him out close to the end of the year.
Yes, I think Wilder will stop Fury in just a couple weeks.
So, because he chose to face the other organizations #1, the losing organization gets to take the other belt? Do these belts even mean anything anymore?
Shawndell Terrell Winter? Why not Danny Wilder?
Pathetic. Is he really so done?
A Parker fan, but Parker will never make it to the top again. Whatever fighting spirit he had seems to be gone. Obviously hope I am wrong.