(05-23-2016, 09:22 PM)diehard Wrote: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/80303917/sir-bob-jones-joseph-parker-nowhere-near-ready-for-top-boxing-echelon
100% correct analysis there by Bob.. The emperor has no clothes..
Poor Joseph has to try and live up to the unwarranted hype around him. These Duco clowns are delusional and out of their league.. know nothing about boxing. They dare match Parker with any Whyte, AJ, Klitch, Fury or Hayes and the dream is over.
Parker has to learn the craft of boxing.. learn to box through the rounds and grind out a result. Learn composure, how to slip, cover up and move. That's a hard ask when his Team have spoon fed him a diet of easy kills. Now he is faced with the prospect of title fight.. too too soon. Parker is not a preordained World Heavyweight Champion and - currently - is not equipped with the skills to get there.
On Saturday night hype and reality parted company at the sound of a bell. All the comparisons with former Champs, all the endorsements and high profile well wishers - just hype. Reality is Joseph has a long journey ahead of him as he desperately needs to master some of the basics before dreaming of Title glory.
He seems locked into the Duco pathway so, I doubt anything will change... until, he is lifting himself off the canvas and realizes something needs to ...