06-30-2016, 07:02 PM
Joseph Parker is 'very confident' of beating Anthony Joshua says promoter
Joseph Parker will fight Anthony Joshua for the IBF world heavyweight title.
Joseph Parker's promoter insists the Kiwi heavyweight is 'very confident' of defeating Anthony Joshua when they clash for a world title.
Joshua defended his IBF crown last weekend with a seventh-round stoppage over American fighter Dominic Breazeale and the Brit is not expected to fight again until the end of the year.
Parker fights Solomon Haumono in Christchurch on July 21, but negotiations for his mandatory bout with Joshua are not scheduled until November.
Joshua defeated Dominic Breazeale in seven rounds in London.
The Kiwi's promoter, Dean Lonergan, said they would happily jump at the chance to fight Joshua in that month, or at least by end of this year.
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"We're ready now," Lonergan told Sky Sports UK. "If Eddie Hearn (Joshua's promoter) rang me up tomorrow and says we want to fight in the mandatory period, we want to fight November or December - that would be fantastic.
"They are going to take a long break, which I think Anthony Joshua deserves, and they will make their decisions.
"It doesn't worry us either way. We've got our shot guaranteed and it's going to happen.
"Eddie himself was saying it's either November, December for Joseph or March, April. Either one doesn't worry us.
"Joseph fights on July 21. We'll probably fight another time after that in late September, early October, and then the mandatory period comes up November 19. Any day after that, Joseph would be ready."
Lonergan said that Parker's jab would cause problems for the reigning IBF world champion.
"After Saturday night, we're very confident, Joseph is very confident," Lonergan told Sky Sports.
"Breazeale was plenty tough, plenty brave, but I always question how good he can be going into that fight when he's 30 years of age and only had 17 professional fights.
"Joseph is 24 years of age and by the time he fights Anthony Joshua, he will have had 20, maybe 21 fights. Breazeale hasn't exactly been active since he became a professional, so his skill set was incredibly limited.
"He did show he's got a hell of a chin, but he didn't offer much for Anthony Joshua to be worried about at all. But Joshua showed a lot to us that makes us very confident going into this fight.
"How is AJ going to go when he's eating Joseph's jab all night?
"Joshua could do what he wanted in that fight because he wasn't getting hit. One of the many things that Joseph has got is a great jab."
- Stuff
Joseph Parker will fight Anthony Joshua for the IBF world heavyweight title.
Joseph Parker's promoter insists the Kiwi heavyweight is 'very confident' of defeating Anthony Joshua when they clash for a world title.
Joshua defended his IBF crown last weekend with a seventh-round stoppage over American fighter Dominic Breazeale and the Brit is not expected to fight again until the end of the year.
Parker fights Solomon Haumono in Christchurch on July 21, but negotiations for his mandatory bout with Joshua are not scheduled until November.
Joshua defeated Dominic Breazeale in seven rounds in London.
The Kiwi's promoter, Dean Lonergan, said they would happily jump at the chance to fight Joshua in that month, or at least by end of this year.
READ MORE:
* IBF set deadline for Joshua to fight Parker
* Joshua eyes Parker after KO win
* Tyson Fury denies doping claim
* Jager bombs on 'our leader' Fury
"We're ready now," Lonergan told Sky Sports UK. "If Eddie Hearn (Joshua's promoter) rang me up tomorrow and says we want to fight in the mandatory period, we want to fight November or December - that would be fantastic.
"They are going to take a long break, which I think Anthony Joshua deserves, and they will make their decisions.
"It doesn't worry us either way. We've got our shot guaranteed and it's going to happen.
"Eddie himself was saying it's either November, December for Joseph or March, April. Either one doesn't worry us.
"Joseph fights on July 21. We'll probably fight another time after that in late September, early October, and then the mandatory period comes up November 19. Any day after that, Joseph would be ready."
Lonergan said that Parker's jab would cause problems for the reigning IBF world champion.
"After Saturday night, we're very confident, Joseph is very confident," Lonergan told Sky Sports.
"Breazeale was plenty tough, plenty brave, but I always question how good he can be going into that fight when he's 30 years of age and only had 17 professional fights.
"Joseph is 24 years of age and by the time he fights Anthony Joshua, he will have had 20, maybe 21 fights. Breazeale hasn't exactly been active since he became a professional, so his skill set was incredibly limited.
"He did show he's got a hell of a chin, but he didn't offer much for Anthony Joshua to be worried about at all. But Joshua showed a lot to us that makes us very confident going into this fight.
"How is AJ going to go when he's eating Joseph's jab all night?
"Joshua could do what he wanted in that fight because he wasn't getting hit. One of the many things that Joseph has got is a great jab."
- Stuff