Up the guttz
He came into the fight at his heaviest. I think he should have tryed coming in at his lightest. He was never going to be able to go toe toe with the far bigger Joyce. Defo needed to work on his movement rather than power for this fight.
Viking
Bringing Parker in heavier was stupid. Tuas team took weight off him to try and outbox Chris Byrd, similar sort of dumb tactic, trying to beat an opponent at their own game but it robbed Tua of his power. Just dumb.
Joes never had good feet and I doubt he can change now. He’s reportedly 2 inches shorter than Joyce but in the head to head photos looked 4 inches shorter. Joyce is a good fighter too. Started late and getting old but doesn’t have the wear and tear of the top guys in the division. He beats AJ and Wilder IMO but Fury and Usyk have too much movement for him.
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RiderJake
Joes is unlikely to become a great boxer. There's something wrong with him. But as a variety in the boxing world, he's a force to be reckoned with.
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snake77
Here is a good video on Tua. The main point is his weight before the Lewis fight and his court hiatus and afterwards.
He was a better boxer at 220 than he was later at 240+ where he'd just plod around and wing hay makers.
Barry used to talk a lot about Parker filling into a heavyweights body. If you look at Parker and Joyce who looked more like an athlete. Parker although not as bad has similar issues to Tua in that he spends a lot of his training camp getting back into shape. Then we hear he won't do that next time. I know he's not his trainer anymore but all of that talk about him fitting into a heavyweights body he was with him long enough to be in that sort of shape. His heaviest weight for the last fight was either going to be improved power or hinder his cardio. The last thing you want to do in a fight is get tired.
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snake77
Anyone see this article going around a week or two back. It made me laugh.
“I said ‘Sonny, if we’re going to fight we have to organise it soon because I’m retiring next year,” Gallen recalled.
“And he says ‘what do you mean?’
“I said, ‘mate, I’m turning 41 next year, I’m definitely retiring’.
“I then explained to Sonny while I was contracted with No Limit, I was allowed to fight him so long as it wasn’t within 10 weeks of a No Limit event.
“I then said No Limit had pencilled me in for a fight in December, 2022 – which will be my last — so we needed to get it sorted for at least 10 weeks before then.”
“To which Williams said what?
“Sonny says ‘bro, bro, bro’ … he always says bro,” Gallen laughs. “He says ‘bro, it only takes six weeks to get ready for a fight’.
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“I said ‘Sonny, if we’re going to fight we have to organise it soon because I’m retiring next year,” Gallen recalled.
“And he says ‘what do you mean?’
“I said, ‘mate, I’m turning 41 next year, I’m definitely retiring’.
“I then explained to Sonny while I was contracted with No Limit, I was allowed to fight him so long as it wasn’t within 10 weeks of a No Limit event.
“I then said No Limit had pencilled me in for a fight in December, 2022 – which will be my last — so we needed to get it sorted for at least 10 weeks before then.”
“To which Williams said what?
“Sonny says ‘bro, bro, bro’ … he always says bro,” Gallen laughs. “He says ‘bro, it only takes six weeks to get ready for a fight’.
Ex-All Black Sonny Bill Williams' intellect attacked by former League player
Former All Black great Sonny Bill Williams has had his intelligence belittled in a verbal tirade by former rugby league player Paul Gallen.
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snake77
A female fertility drug. That isn't dodgy at all, sounds like he is trying to mask something else.
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Blockbuster British fight called off after boxer tests positive for female fertility drug
Conor Benn was meant to take on Chris Eubank Jr this weekend some 30 years after their fathers fought, but was found to have traces of clomifene in his system.
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Noitall
Mark Hunt has knocked SBW out, giving him his first defeat.
Juju
SBW never actually seemed good at boxing eh? seemed to have the raw attributes but not the mentality at all
Sugar Ray
Nice to see Hunto go out with a win. Hope he got paid well for that one.
Was cleaning the house not too long ago and found a VHS tape of his K-1 GP win. Can't believe that was over 20 years ago.
Was cleaning the house not too long ago and found a VHS tape of his K-1 GP win. Can't believe that was over 20 years ago.
Jay M
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Well done to Hunt. Always felt sorry for him after the UFC screwed him after the fight against a positive testing Lesnar.
jonesy101
Tyson Fury usually does a masterclass of getting inside his opponents heads with his sharp comments along with a little bit of self depreciating humor thrown in for a laugh, but I thought the way he called Usyk up to the ring and hurled lazy childish insults was pretty ordinary. The way Usyk just smiled and took a phonecall was a hilarious response.
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snake77
Anyone watch the Parker fight this morning?
The build up shows how far he's fallen. Higgins and Parker selling it as they always wanted to have a fight on free to air TV. If he was still main eventing he'd still be on PPV. It would of been as he was down a few slots on the card. Even the local play by play here stopped after his fight. They missed a interesting main event with a good KO.
I saw this was announced but as he wasn't headlined there wasn't much build up.
He got the job done but it wasn't a stand out performance. The 2nd Chisora fight was a pretty good performance but Its a bit of a trend that he seems a bit off.
The build up shows how far he's fallen. Higgins and Parker selling it as they always wanted to have a fight on free to air TV. If he was still main eventing he'd still be on PPV. It would of been as he was down a few slots on the card. Even the local play by play here stopped after his fight. They missed a interesting main event with a good KO.
I saw this was announced but as he wasn't headlined there wasn't much build up.
He got the job done but it wasn't a stand out performance. The 2nd Chisora fight was a pretty good performance but Its a bit of a trend that he seems a bit off.
mt.wellington
Warriors Orange Peeler
Contributor
Watched it and thought he won pretty easy but it was pretty lame for someone who is meant to be a title contender. His trainer looked like they had been thrashed post fight.
He still doesnt know how to defend properly and was always dropping his right hand when going for the left hook. Also still doesnt have that knock out power.
I think the lack of comments in this thread shows where he now sits on peoples expectations. Even social media was surprisingly lacking a lot of commentary on it...
He still doesnt know how to defend properly and was always dropping his right hand when going for the left hook. Also still doesnt have that knock out power.
I think the lack of comments in this thread shows where he now sits on peoples expectations. Even social media was surprisingly lacking a lot of commentary on it...
Viking
You know it was a rubbish fight when you can't find any highlights on youtube. Masseys face was bashed up though, the heavy punches were taking a toll.
Does Parker even want to be a fighter, he seems to be going through the motions. Andy Lee is too good of a trainer to waste years with a fighter that doesn't really want to be there.
Does Parker even want to be a fighter, he seems to be going through the motions. Andy Lee is too good of a trainer to waste years with a fighter that doesn't really want to be there.
Viking
It was a dumb fight to take and one that Parker couldn't look good in no matter what the result was. And they hand-picked the opponent apparently. If he knocks the guy out, he'd get no credit because Massey was smaller and if he lost to Massey, his career was effectively over. There was no upside except for staying busy I guess. As it was, the lighter guy with better footwork, who got on his bike for the first half of the fight, made Parker look ponderous as you'd expect. Parker can hardly cut off the ring against heavyweights half as fast. But if it's your first fight back from a bad loss then going up against a young heavyweight lion is a bad move too. He needs a new manager at any rate.
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