Comments Thread For: Manager: Joseph Parker is Still 31, His Best Years Are Still Ahead of Him

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Former WBO heavyweight world champion Joseph Parker will fight live on New Zealand free-to-air television for the first time on January 22 (January 21 in U.S. and UK), with Warner. Bros Discovery ANZ having secured the broadcast rights to screen the kiwi slugger's fight against local hero 'One Smack' Jack Massey in Manchester, on Three.
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[Citizen Koba]

Can't see any way Joe loses but I'll still be rooting for One Smack, dude lives virtually round the corner.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Well, he loses to Joshua, Fury, Usyk, Joyce, Wilder also probably.

he should be still able to beat everybody else.

[Lance98]

The guy is limited as f, has a crappy stance and is always not in position to punch/counter due to his poor foot placement. He is not going far despite his age. Look at all of the amateurish mistakes he made against joe joyce.

[BlackRobb]

Parker is Top 10, but not Top 5.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Parker is Top 10, but not Top 5.

Correct. Top 5 are Fury, Usyk, Joshua, Joyce, Wilder.

[deathofaclown]

I think his best years are behind him

look at his recent fights. Got beat by Joyce, no shame there. But he had a very close fight with Junior Fa, the same guy old man Lucas Browne smashed in 1 round. he had 2 fights with a washed Chisora. Many feel he lost the first one.

Doesn’t really sound like a man on the ascent and he’s just taken the worst beating of his life.

I like Parker, he just seems to be lacking something and I think he’s been on the slide for a bit. Age doesn’t matter, people peak at different times and I think his has been and gone.

he’s never been great anyway. He lost to Dillan Whyte. He beat Ruiz in a fight that could’ve gone either way but we know Ruiz can’t handle movement. He had a tough fight with Takam when he gassed. Had a close fight with Hughie Fury. Had a 12 round borefest with AJ

He was just never that good and seems to have gone backwards

[tokon]

Parker just doesn't have it. No shame as he's had some good paydays.

[landotter]

If his best years are ahead of him, they must be referring to retirement. Parker is to be respected by opponents, as he is legit. But he is a fighter who does not one thing "great". He has a good, not great, durability. He has decent, not great, power. He has good, not great, offensive skills. He has fair, not great, defensive skills. His reflexes are certainly not great. He is to be respected. But not a single HW will fear him. He will get big paydays, as the DuBois, Ortiz, and Hrgovic level boxers he can beat, which will set him up for HUGE paydays against the top fighters looking to get a great name on their dance card while they wait for the bigger names to free up. But he is done at the top level.

Side note: He needs to respect his opponents as well, for the DuBois, Ortiz, and Hrgovic level boxers can certainly beat him, and he may actually be an under dog in some of those fights.

[Silence]

British bois' expiration date is until their 30-31.