08-21-2017, 02:24 PM
Resurgent Bryant Jennings hunting Joseph Parker with Bob Arum's help
Title contender Bryant Jennings has his career back on track and is now hunting down Joseph Parker with some heavyweight support.
American Jennings ended a 20-month layoff with a two round demolition of Daniel Martz in Nebraska and immediately talked up his increasing hopes to fight Kiwi Parker for the WBO world heavyweight title.
"It felt good, but this is just the beginning," Jennings said of his win on Sunday (NZ time).
American heavyweight Bryant Jennings is eager to get a shot against New Zealand's WBO world champion Joseph Parker.
"I'll be working my way towards that fight with Parker. Parker is a champion. He has a belt right now and those are the things you are after as a fighter. Having a belt is one of my goals."
Jennings, 32, has been taken on by Top Rank whose owner Bob Arum co-promoting Parker.
Arums believes a showdown between the two can be worked out next year if they continue on their winning ways.
Parker defends his belt for the second time next month in Britain against mandatory challenger Hughie Fury.
Parker is eager to make his name in the UK but there will also be a desire to headline a major promotion in the United States.
The influential Arum is confident he can make that happen and says he has already sounded out Parker's Kiwi promoters at Duco Events.
"I've talked to David Higgins from Duco and he loves the idea and he would be amenable to a Parker fight with Jennings in the United States," Arum told ESPN Boxing.
Jennings was unbeaten over 19 fights before he lost a unanimous decision to Wladimir Klitschko at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2015 when the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO world titles were on the line.
Jennings was knocked out in the seventh round by big-hitting Cuban Luis Ortiz eight months later and stepped aside until he decided to resurrect his career this year. The win over Martz is seen as a launching pad.
John David Jackson, who was in his second fight as Jennings' trainer but worked him throughout the layoff, liked what he saw in the return.
"He has all the talent in the world," Jackson said. "Two more fights then go for a title. My job is to get him ready for Parker."
Jennings and Parker share a common victim in Martz. Parker knocked out the lanky American in the first round of their 2015 fight in Hamilton.
- Stuff
Title contender Bryant Jennings has his career back on track and is now hunting down Joseph Parker with some heavyweight support.
American Jennings ended a 20-month layoff with a two round demolition of Daniel Martz in Nebraska and immediately talked up his increasing hopes to fight Kiwi Parker for the WBO world heavyweight title.
"It felt good, but this is just the beginning," Jennings said of his win on Sunday (NZ time).
American heavyweight Bryant Jennings is eager to get a shot against New Zealand's WBO world champion Joseph Parker.
"I'll be working my way towards that fight with Parker. Parker is a champion. He has a belt right now and those are the things you are after as a fighter. Having a belt is one of my goals."
Jennings, 32, has been taken on by Top Rank whose owner Bob Arum co-promoting Parker.
Arums believes a showdown between the two can be worked out next year if they continue on their winning ways.
Parker defends his belt for the second time next month in Britain against mandatory challenger Hughie Fury.
Parker is eager to make his name in the UK but there will also be a desire to headline a major promotion in the United States.
The influential Arum is confident he can make that happen and says he has already sounded out Parker's Kiwi promoters at Duco Events.
"I've talked to David Higgins from Duco and he loves the idea and he would be amenable to a Parker fight with Jennings in the United States," Arum told ESPN Boxing.
Jennings was unbeaten over 19 fights before he lost a unanimous decision to Wladimir Klitschko at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2015 when the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO world titles were on the line.
Jennings was knocked out in the seventh round by big-hitting Cuban Luis Ortiz eight months later and stepped aside until he decided to resurrect his career this year. The win over Martz is seen as a launching pad.
John David Jackson, who was in his second fight as Jennings' trainer but worked him throughout the layoff, liked what he saw in the return.
"He has all the talent in the world," Jackson said. "Two more fights then go for a title. My job is to get him ready for Parker."
Jennings and Parker share a common victim in Martz. Parker knocked out the lanky American in the first round of their 2015 fight in Hamilton.
- Stuff