It would be fair to say that there have been some pretty high profile heavyweight scraps in Australia in recent years, but it would also be fair to say that most if not all of them would resemble corporate-style affairs, often with one or both combat...
Boxing can take a combatant to the highest of peaks and then almost simultaneously dump them to the lowest of lows. The sport is littered with many such casualties and cautionary stories of stars that rose too fast only to crash and burn. It’s almost...
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As the weeks wind down to his upcoming clash with Dereck Chisora so the winds of change also blow through Joseph Parker’s entire career. Despite coming off a solid if unspectacular win against local rival Junior Fa, Parker decided to make what is per...
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Joseph Parker versus Junior Fa is the type of fight that has an ‘anything can happen’ type feel to it. With just over two weeks to go before the former WBO world champion and the undefeated, fast rising challenger finally face off in the ring, it is...
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Down a long private driveway set among the rolling hills of semi-rural South Auckland I have come to catch up with Joseph Parker to discuss his upcoming December 11th bout against Junior Fa. It’s a clear cloudless afternoon and the house with its lim...
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It’s been a quiet six months for Joseph Parker, one of his longest stretches inactive since he became a professional fighter back in 2012. Still the time away from fighting hasn’t been wholly unproductive. In 2018 having enjoyed his most fruitful yea...
It’s been a strange year for Joseph Parker, involved in two of the biggest fights of his professional career, fighting in front of mammoth crowds along with career high paydays leaving him financially secure, but on the flipside incurring his first t...
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After his points decision loss at the hands of Anthony Joshua earlier in the year it may have been a reasonable expectation of many fight fans to see former WBO Heavyweight champion Joseph Parker ease back into contention rather than take on a danger...
BoxingScene caught up with Joseph Parker as he is in the midst of preparations for his sure-to-be fireworks fight with Dillian Whyte at the O2 Arena, July 28th. This is a very different Parker than any we’ve seen in the past, coming off a 12 round de...
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With only a matter of weeks out from the biggest fight of his career BoxingScene.com caught up with WBO champion Joseph Parker to get his take on how camp has been progressing so far and how he is feeling as the clock winds down to April 1st and his...
BoxingScene caught up with Joseph Parker’s trainer, Kevin Barry as Barry and Parker were reaching the end of the second week in camp preparing for their epic Heavyweight Unification showdown with Anthony Joshua on March 31st. We chatted about how the...
BoxingScene caught up with WBO heavyweight champion just as he was winding down the first week of training camp in preparation for his highly anticipated heavyweight unification bout with Anthony Joshua at Millennium Stadium on March 31st. We find a...
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Light heavyweight can arguably claim to being the most stacked division in boxing right now. If not the most stacked it is certainly up there as far as its roster of fighters goes, while many of its top practitioners possess dynamite in their fists a...
The boxing business is nothing if not a constant merry-go-round of last minute changes and unsolicited blindsides. There are times when the everchanging landscape of the sport is enough to make even an episode of ‘Game of Thrones’ look predictable an...
February 25th marks a huge day in the career of Polish born heavyweight Izu Ugonoh. The unbeaten KO artist has been steadily building for over 2 years under the tutelage of coach Kevin Barry for this type of watershed moment. Ugonoh spent much of 201...
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