Joseph Parker - Printable Version +- NZBoxChat (https://nzboxchat.co.nz) +-- Forum: NZBoxChat (https://nzboxchat.co.nz/forumdisplay.php?fid=1) +--- Forum: NZBoxChat (https://nzboxchat.co.nz/forumdisplay.php?fid=2) +--- Thread: Joseph Parker (/showthread.php?tid=52) Pages:
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RE: Joseph Parker - diehard - 09-21-2023 How Joseph Parker lost his status as New Zealand's top male boxer – and then got it back Sam Wilson Joseph Parker has been ranked as New Zealand's No 1 active fighter on BoxRec for the past nine years. The last time Joseph Parker wasn't considered New Zealand's No 1 active male fighter by the sport's official records keeper BoxRec, John Key was still Prime Minister and 'Budapest' by George Ezra topped the singles charts. It was August 2014, and the 22-year-old heavyweight prospect had halted Brian Minto in seven rounds a few weeks earlier to move to 9-0 with eight knockouts. That TKO victory over the veteran American slugger saw Parker replace Robert Berridge at the top of the site's domestic pound-for-pound rankings, after the light heavyweight from Whanganui suffered his second career defeat to Vasily Lepikhin in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania earlier that same month. It was a position the former WBO world heavyweight champion, now 31, would hold for nine years, until he was finally knocked off his perch this week. The man who took Parker's coveted spot is Jerome Pampellone, the unbeaten light heavyweight contender who trains out of west Auckland's Peach Boxing Gym. A plumber by trade, Pampellone has enjoyed a meteoric rise since turning professional 2 years and nine months ago with a low-key four-round decision over Thomas Russell at ABA Stadium. Jerome Pampellone made short work of Luvuyo Sizani last month, stopping him in the opening round. Since then, 'The Panther' has reeled off 16 further victories to move within striking distance of a world title shot. The 27-year-old currently sits in seventh in the IBF rankings, through trainer Isaac Peach expects him to rise as high as No 3 when they are updated to reflect recent results, including his one-round demolition of South African Luvuyo Sizani on August 26 that saw Pampellone improve to 17-0, with 10 knockouts. Still, Pampellone's stay at the top of New Zealand's domestic rankings proved brief. Indeed, as of Thursday morning (NZT), he had dropped off BoxRec's list of New Zealand's premier pugilists altogether. There was an innocent explanation for his sudden removal, however – his nationality had been changed to 'United Kingdom' by the site's record keepers. On Thursday morning, Jerome Pampellone's official BoxRec profile identified him as a British fighter. Pampellone was born in London but moved with his family to New Zealand when he was 10, settling in Auckland, where he wound up living a few doors down from Peach. He recently renewed his British passport to make it easier for him to travel overseas with potential fights in the UK on the horizon and Peach speculated that was why BoxRec – a website set up by Englishman John Sheppard in the early 2000s – had amended its records. He insisted Pampellone was “100% a Kiwi” and would be getting in touch with BoxRec “to get it changed back today”. “The Poms are trying to claim him as their own!”, joked Peach. “Obviously they've seen how good he is and they want to have him, but they won't. “I've always said that he's going to be the best thing that comes out of this country and he's starting to prove it.” Peach said Parker (32-3, 22 KOs) had been a “wonderful” ambassador for New Zealand boxing, but it was “time someone else came up through”. “It's healthy for the sport and I think Jerome is a huge role model for kids with the way he is and presents himself,” Peach said of his mild-mannered charge. “I mean it's the same initials, it's another JP! It's just a new JP on the block.” Joseph Parker has reclaimed the No 1 spot on Boxrec's New Zealand pound-for-pound rankings. Pampellone will next be in action on December 2 against an opponent to be determined on the undercard of Peach Boxing team-mate Mea Motu's second world title defence in Whangārei. After that, Peach said he would ask promoter Dean Lonergan to get him a world title fight or, failing that, a world title eliminator. “Britain, America, whatever. Wherever the fight is, we'll go.” Parker, meanwhile, hasn't been sighted in a ring since May when he blasted out Faiga 'Django' Opelu in 89 seconds in Melbourne. A brave Joseph Parker went down fighting in an 11th round knockout loss to Joe Joyce in Manchester. He is reported to be fighting Canadian Simon Kean (23-1, 22 KOs) on the undercard of his good friend Tyson Fury's heavily-hyped showdown with former UFC heavyweight king Frances Ngannou in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 28. Parker has won two on the bounce since suffering his third professional loss – and first by knockout – at the hands of Britain's Joe Joyce in September last year. Kean and Parker have a couple of common opponents on their record in Daniel Martz and Shawndell Winters. In his most recent bout, Quebec's Kean stopped two-time world title challenger Eric Molina (29-9, 21 KOs) in the seventh round. RE: Joseph Parker - diehard - 09-30-2023 Joseph Parker secures fight on undercard of Tyson Fury's clash with ex-UFC champ A jet-lagged Tyson Fury discusses his friendship with Joseph Parker ahead of the Kiwi's comeback. Kiwi heavyweight Joseph Parker is set to fight in Saudi Arabia next month in one of the biggest boxing events of the year. The former WBO heavyweight champion will appear on the undercard for Tyson Fury's novelty fight with ex-UFC heavyweight king Frances Ngannou. Parker (32-3, 22 KOs), will return for his third bout of the year against largely unknown Canadian Simon Kean (23-1, 22 KOs) in Riyadh on October 28. Parker, who trains in Morecambe, England, at Fury’s gym has often floated the idea of appearing on his close friend’s undercard, but his clash with Kean will be the first time it’s eventuated. Parker will be a huge favourite in the fight that will be by far the biggest occasion of Kean’s professional career. Joseph Parker will fight on close friend Tyson Fury’s undercard when the WBC champ takes on former UFC heavyweight champion Frances Ngannou. The headline fight between Fury and Ngannou – where ‘The Gypsy King’s’ WBC belt won’t be on the line – has been described by many in the boxing world as a major event but not a contest, while UFC president Dana White labelled it “gimmicky”. Many boxing fans are also disappointed Fury isn’t fighting WBO, IBF, WBA and IBO unified champion Oleksandr Usyk to see who rules the heavyweight division. Undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford was asked earlier this year what chance Ngannou has of victory. To which he simply replied: “Zero”. And he’s far from alone, but the cross-code boxing fight will draw the eyeballs of the combat sports world, providing the perfect platform for a rebuilding Parker. He has put two notches back in the win column since his knockout loss to Joe Joyce last September. Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou will square off in the boxing ring. The first, an unconvincing unanimous decision victory against Enghisman Jack Massey (20-2) in January – who had come up from cruiserweight – and the latest, a first round knockout over Australian Faiga Opelu (15-4-2) back in May. And Kean looks a prime candidate to be the third win on the trot for Parker. Height would seem Kean’s only advantage, with the 34-year-old Canadian being three years older than Parker, boasting less experience and having zero fights against champions like Parker has fought. Kean, an orthodox boxer who lost in the quarter-finals at the 2012 Olympics, only has one loss on his record, which came against fellow Canadian Dillon Carman (now retired) back in 2018, but he’s also only fought outside of Canada once and doesn’t have a single elite-level opponent on his record. His best win came in his last fight, against a long way past his best Eric Molina (29-8). Joseph Parker’s last fight was a first round knockout against Faiga Opelu. Like Parker, he also has stoppage victories over American journeymen Shawndell Terell Winters and Daniel Martz – who the Kiwi knocked out in the first round way back in 2015. The Fury and Ngannou undercard is exclusively a heavyweight affair, highlighted by an exciting all-English clash between two undefeated boxers in David Adeleye (12-0 11 KOs) and Fabio Wardley (16-0 15 KOs). Former Parker opponent, Carlos Takam (40-7-1 28 KOs), takes on Martin Bakole (19-1 14 KOS) with unbeaten contender Arslanbek Makhmudov (17-0, 16 KOs) going up against Agron Smakici (19-2 17 KOs). Highly rated British southpaw Moses Itauma (5-0 3 KOs) will also be in a heavyweight fight against a yet-to-be-named opponent. RE: Joseph Parker - diehard - 10-18-2023 I can surprise him': Simon 'Grizzly' Kean confident of ambushing Joseph Parker Sam Wilson Heavyweight fight: Joseph Parker v Simon Kean. Where: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. When: Sunday, October 29 (NZT). Coverage: Follow live updates on Stuff A 6ft 5in man mountain known as 'The Grizzly' is hoping to catch Joseph Parker unawares when the pair cross paths in Riyadh later this month. Parker (32-3, 22 KOs) returns to the ring for his third outing of the year on October 29 (NZT), taking on Canadian heavyweight Simon Kean in Saudi Arabia's capital. The 34-year-old Kean will be unfamiliar to all but the most ardent boxing fans, though the native of Quebec has put together a solid record since entering the pro ranks in November 2015. In 24 fights, Kean has stopped 95% of his opponents, winning 23 and tasting defeat once, a shock knockout to compatriot Dillon Carman that he later avenged. The last of those victories came in March when Kean halted two-time world title challenger Eric Molina (29-9, 21 KOs) in seven rounds to extend his winning sequence to eight and set himself up for the biggest opportunity of his career. On paper at least, the big-punching Canuck ought to present a sizeable challenge for Parker. Yet Kean is, by his own admission, still to face someone of the New Zealander's calibre. After all, the former WBO titleholder, who is coming off a first round destruction of Faiga 'Django' Opelu in May, has operated at the highest level for close to eight years now, facing the cream of the heavyweight crop along the way. While some believe he has passed his explosive peak, Parker still commands plenty of respect among the division's elite, not least from his good friend and reigning WBC champion Tyson Fury, on whose undercard his encounter with Kean takes place. Seeking his third victory of a productive 2023, Parker enters the contest as a big betting favourite ($1.20 to $4.50 for Kean at the TAB) with many expecting a similarly emphatic result as the one he delivered in Melbourne last time out. But Kean seems likely to offer a bit more resistance than the undersized Opelu given his recent form and amateur pedigree. Unlike Parker, Kean earned a spot at the Olympics – albeit in controversial circumstances – representing Canada at the London Games in 2012. And he came away from the UK with a significant scalp, beating France's Tony Yoka before losing to Kazakhstan's Ivan Dychko in the next round. Yoka went on to win gold four years later in Rio, edging Parker's nemesis Joe Joyce of Great Britain in the final. Kean also packs more of a punch than Opelu and Jack Massey and can ask questions of Parker's much-vaunted chin, which has lost some of its lustre since that first stoppage loss to Joyce some 13 months ago. Molina aside, Kean's biggest win came against long-faded former WBO titleholder Siarhei Liakhovich, stopping the Belarusian in the 10th and final round in December 2019. To add further intrigue, the two rivals also have a couple of opponents in common in the shape of American journeymen Daniel Martz and Shawndell Winters. Parker made shorter work of both Martz (first round TKO) and Winters (fifth round TKO) than Kean (third round KO and ninth round TKO), suggesting that the level of competition might be behind Kean's comparatively high knockout percentage (95.65% to 68.75%). Besides, one of Kean's recent 'stoppages' came in bizarre circumstances and made headlines around the world last September. Facing Newfel Ouatah in the co-feature at Montreal Casino, the contest was over in 16 seconds when Ouatah immediately took a knee and raised his right fist in protest, having been deemed an insurance liability by the French Boxing Federation. That forced referee Martin Forest to wave it off without a single legitimate punch being landed, though a bemused Kean did graze the kneeling Ouatah's temple with a straight left. It capped off a frustrating night for the home favourite, who had been out of the ring for seven months and badly needed a test as he and his team targeted more meaningful fights. One thing is for certain; he will get no such gifts against Parker, a fighter renowned for his durability and toughness who was in near career-best shape last time out after working with conditioning coach and former US marine George Lockhart. The Aucklander knows he needs to win and win well to keep his own hopes of returning to the heavyweight summit alive. A loss would be catastrophic to those aspirations. Kean, on the other hand, has nothing to lose and everything to gain from his first foray at elite level. “This is the fight that can change my life”, he said when it was announced last month. “There are no limits after that. Like all business, you are there to make money. I consider my career in boxing as a business. This is the fight that could allow me to live well after this.” Joseph Parker made short work of Faiga Opelu and he is expected to do the same against Simon Kean. Kean and his trainer Jessy Ross Thompson are full of respect for Parker's achievements and are not about to engage in trash talk with the amiable Kiwi. Still, they like their chances of an upset. “I think I can surprise Parker,” said a confident Kean, praising his decorated opponent's “boxing IQ”. “He's not a super athletic guy like Anthony Joshua, but if he got to where he is today, it's because he has great intelligence in the ring. “Sometimes guys aren't the most impressive in the gym, but once you get in the ring, it's a different story.” RE: Joseph Parker - Kiwi - 10-20-2023 Hope JP makes a real statement here Clearly they are having him fight 3x per year which is great to climb the rankings RE: Joseph Parker - diehard - 10-20-2023 He has to, kiwi. He's on the undercard, but it's on a big stage with Fury. He's facing a guy bigger than him though, although without much opposition. As we keep saying, he needs a big name. RE: Joseph Parker - Kiwi - 10-20-2023 Needs to fight someone like Hrgovic or Zhang next How else can he move up? RE: Joseph Parker - diehard - 10-20-2023 I would also target Sanchez or Bakole. Even Charr, since he shares some belt as a co-champion. RE: Joseph Parker - diehard - 10-22-2023 https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/combat-sports/300992785/how-a-favour-from-tyson-fury-saw-joseph-parker-land-on-the-biggest-boxing-card-of-the-year RE: Joseph Parker - Kiwi - 10-22-2023 I notice Parker says he has no plans to retire in his early 30s now That is a big change. And it gives him an advantage. Of the Top 6 guys, I think Parker is by far the youngest - and potentially still has further improvements in him He can outlast the field and come thru RE: Joseph Parker - diehard - 10-22-2023 All top 6 can beat him (AJ, Fury, Wilder, ZZ, Usyk, JJ). So yeah, he needs to focus on the next tier town who are in the top ten. Maybe in a couple of years all 6 will retire. From the article, it seems he has to beg to even get a fight. |