By Scott Gilfoid: After learning that he’ll only be receiving “less than half” of the money former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin received for a fight with Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KO’s), WBO champion Joseph Parker (25-0, 18 KOs) says he wants a fair slice of the pie for a unification fight against the Matchroom Sport fighter.
By Jeff Aranow: In explaining why, he chose to lash out on social media recently, heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says he felt the need to bite back at Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury and Joseph Parker due to the things they were saying about him.
By Scott Gilfoid: Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn will need to give WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker a 60-40 split of the revenue if he wants a unification fight with him in 2018. Parker’s promoter David Higgins says he an embarrassingly low offer from Hearn for the Joshua fight. Higgins says he’s not going to accept the offer, and he’s ready to give up on the fight.
By Juan Flores: In a series of Tweets on Thursday, heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua turned into a Mr. Hyde type character in trashing Tyson Fury and Joseph Parker on social media. Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) told Fury to lose some weight in not so kind words. It also seems like it was someone else in charge of Joshua’s Twitter account, because he’s never shown this side to his personality.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker is hoping his management will be able to put together a deal for a unification fight with IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in March of 2018.
By Eric Thomas: Former WBA heavyweight champion Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne (25-0, 22 KOs) is hoping to get a title shot against WBO champion Joseph Parker (24-0, 18 KOs) in March if the fight can be negotiated. Browne, 38, says he’s ready to knock Parker’s head off when the time comes for them to face each other.
By Jim Dower: Joseph Parker (24-0, 18 KOs) doesn’t want his next opponent to be a low level fighter for his next defense of his WBO heavyweight title in New Zealand. With a big money unification fight against IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua on the horizon for next year, it’s not likely that Parker’s promoter is going to match him against someone that is a real threat to beating him from the WBO’s top 15.
By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) surprised a lot of boxing fans on Thursday when he announced on Twitter that he would be fighting 3 times in 2018, starting in April. Fury hasn’t fought in 2 years, doesn’t have a boxing license to fight, and he was as big as a house in recent interviews. Of course, Fury says all kinds of things on Twitter on a weekly basis. It’s hard to take him seriously at this point because he changes his mind so frequently.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn plans on matching Tony Bellew (29-2-1, 19 KOs) up against WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (24-0, 19 KOs) if he gets past David Haye (28-3, 26 KOs) in their fight on December 17 at the O2 Arena in London, England.
By Jeff Aranow: WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker’s promoter David Higgins is talking about a fight between his fighter and former WBA World champion Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne (25-0, 22 KOs) in a voluntary defense for December or February.