Heavyweights Joseph Parker and Junior Fa will clash in the biggest fight in New Zealand boxing history, live on DAZN from Spark Arena, Auckland, on December 11 (NZ time).
Former WBO heavyweight ruler Parker (27-2 21 KOs) is ranked #3 with the WBO and is plotting his return to world champion status having stopped Shawndell Winters in five rounds in his last outing in Dallas in February. Unbeaten Fa (19-0 10 KOs) is hot on Parker’s heels in the WBO rankings at #6.
The fight also marks the return of large-scale marquee events, with 9,000 expected to fill-out Auckland’s Spark Arena.
I hope it makes for an entertaining fight but I doubt it. I saw Parker back in June of last year against Dominick Guinn in an undercard fight that wasn’t even televised. He’s a big man but so so slow and Guinn dropped him hard in the late rounds. Fa was hurt and it looked like to everyone that Guinn was letting him off the hook. Fa ended up winning a unanimous decision.
Great for New Zealand.
But probably not a great fight
Fa in 2!
@ Roy. You’re dreaming. Joseph parker will school him, put on a boxing clinic with the more superior quicker hands And feet then knock him out if the referee doesn’t save junior Fa from further damage
Fa is a much bigger puncher then Parker, I see him KTFO Parker easy. Parker is washed up now cashing in on bum fights for money.
Fa is a bigger puncher but he’s thudding and slow. Easier than expected fight for Parker then Parker beats Andy Ruiz Jr in an easier fight than the first.
Good for local NZ boxing. Not the right fight, but easy to sell in NZ and will pull a large crowd, that is allowed there.