Joshua v Parker

BigBearKris

No thread yet? Anyone watching?

@RMJ

Monkeybone

Yes, but not intentionally, it's interrupting my band's gig.

Flink_Poyd

It's 12 bar blues so far

adampeter

I'm watching,,,,,ref is winding me up 

Flink_Poyd

Round nine and I think someone might have broke into a sweat 

BigBearKris

He is bit too keen to break. 

BigBearKris

I'd like to see Joshua's ass kicked sometime soon. Shame that his opponent is half the size. 

BigBearKris

#RefOnCrack

Flink_Poyd

I honest don't care who's won that. Sure Joshua will get it but a very, very, VERY average fight

RMJ

Fucking bollocks that mate. Cards were wank. That was an even fight.

Flink_Poyd

Ref didnt do it any favours but I dont think it would have made a lot of difference. 

Fortheloveofguitar

Well that was boring. And AJ is overrated 

Garthy

I think there should be some sort way that if a competitor cannot be arsed then they refund all ticket payers. That match reminded me of the England football team in South Africa, the players should have refunded every person who made the trip down there if they had a shred of decency.

guitarfishbay

I completely forgot it was this weekend.

I will make more of an effort when it’s the Wilder fight though.

earwighoney

Taken from
https://www.boxingscene.com/anthony-joshua-vs-joseph-parker-compubox-punch-stats--126756

"Joshua exploited his six-inch reach advantage by out-jabbing the retreating Parker 93-49 despite throwing 46 fewer jabs. The jab comprised 70.5% of Joshua's total output and 66.9% of his total connects while it made up 64.2% of Parker's output and 48.5% of his total connects.

Joshua also landed more body shots than Parker, a body-shot specialist, as he led 46-40 in that department, including 29-11 in body jabs. Scoring: 118-110 (twice), 119-109, probably due to his superior ring generalship and his ability to keep Parker on the back foot. Joshua landed an avg. of 12 of 32 per round (hvt. avg.: 15/45) after going 15 of 44 in his previous 6 fights."

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Parker like against Hughie Fury threw a lot of punches but very few seem to land.

Joshua's fight against Wilder isn't guaranteed; Joshua's next is most likely to be the mandatory against Povetkin and Wilder is likely to have a mandatory against Dillian Whyte.

p90fool

Monkeybone said:

Yes, but not intentionally, it's interrupting my band's gig.

Ours was cancelled a couple of weeks ago when the pub found out they could fill the place for free. 

We ended up with a better gig somewhere else luckily, but still.

Fretwired

If I were cynical I'd say it looked like a rigged fight. The money men will have wanted Joshua to win so they got a fussy ref while the boxers choreographed a points win for Joshua whilst allowing Parker to keep his record of not being floored or beaten within the distance.

But these things don't happen ..

p90fool

I didn't watch it but according to friends who did the winner's reluctance to finish it made it look like a rigged fight. 

mikeyrob73

The ref was terrible. Parker’s only chance was to get inside and try and rough AJ up and the red wouldn’t allow him to do so. Poor fight, glad I didn’t pay £20 for it. 

Legionreturns

mikeyrob73 said:

The ref was terrible. Parker’s only chance was to get inside and try and rough AJ up and the red wouldn’t allow him to do so. Poor fight, glad I didn’t pay £20 for it. 

The ref wasn't brilliant, but I don't think he protected AJ particularly. It looked like Parker instigated the cuddling more often than not when they got close, then got a few sly body shots in after the ref had come in to break them apart. 

I actually enjoyed that fight a lot more than the 4 round wonders with a big ko. It was tactical, and I thought Joshua played it about right. Parker did nothing but throw his ineffectual left jab for the first 4 rounds. AJ just stayed at his range, but when it eventually closed he got grabbed. 

Joshua had chances to go in for a big finish nearer the end, but as he was clearly ahead on points and Parker had to go for a ko there was no need to risk the victory for some style points. 

He's proved he can go 12 rounds, isn't a one trick pony, and can fight with his brain. Not a bad result at all on all counts as it will make it harder to train specifically against him. 

RMJ

mikeyrob73 said:

The ref was terrible. Parker’s only chance was to get inside and try and rough AJ up and the red wouldn’t allow him to do so. Poor fight, glad I didn’t pay £20 for it. 

Exactly this. How the fuck was Parker going to win that fight at range? Ref took away his primary strategy. 

Score cards suggested a schooling. Far from it. Joshua is limited. Parker deserved a few more rounds on the cards. I had AJ winning by a few. Did little for me and people talking him up like he's Lennox Lewis.