Joseph Parker

Hughie Fury or David Price next for Joseph Parker

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker’s next fight on April 8 is down to Hughie Fury or David Price. Team Parker would like to fight David Haye, but he’s opted instead to take a fight against cruiserweight Tony Bellew on March 4. However, Parker’s management is still interested potentially in a fight against Haye later on after Parker’s April 8 fight.

With Parker winning the vacant WBO title, he’s technically supposed to fight the No.1 contender in the WBO’s rankings next. Of course, the decision ultimately rests with the WBO if they want to push for that.

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Joseph Parker vs. David Price possible for April 8

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By Jeff Aranow: #8 WBO David Price (21-3, 18 KOs) is being talked about as the WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker’s opponent for his maiden defense of his title April 8. In addition to the 33-year-old Price, unbeaten #6 WBO,#8 WBA, #9 IBF, #12 WBC Jarrell Miller is also under consideration by the promoters of the 24-year-old Parker. Parker reportedly would potentially take the fight with Price in the UK rather than in his home country of New Zealand.

Price would be a strange pick for the 6’4” Parker to be defending his WBO title against, because it was just several fights ago that Price was knocked out in the 2nd round by Erkan Teper in July 2015.

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The Heavyweight Division: Is it really booming?

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By Rameez Haider: After my previous article on Anthony Joshua, I have had several tweets debating whether David Haye would beat him? Is Wladimir Klitschko a step up for Joshua? Do these fights matter when the number one heavyweight Tyson Fury is inactive? How will Joshua hold up against Deontay Wilder?

The questions got me thinking about the heavyweight division and where we currently sit. I think it is fair to say that everyone will agree on the current top heavyweights in the division:

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Parker vs. Ruiz Jr and the mysterious illness of the Heavyweight division

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By Matthias Predonzan: Once upon a time there was a weight class that was not only the most important, because the fighters competing in it where the biggest and strongest athletes in the sport of boxing but also because it was a very competitive weight class, with many excellent fighters. For many years we had had epic fights, with the like of Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ken Norton fighting each other.

Then, there was a time when the level of the heavyweights was not as good but maybe just because we were comparing boxers like Larry Holmes to the previous generation mentioned before. Nonetheless we saw plenty of good fights at that time.

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Parker could face Hughie Fury or Deontay Wilder next

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By Scott Gilfoid: The promoters for new WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (22-0, 18 KOs) are talking about his first fight as the WBO champion either a unification match against WBC champ Deontay Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) or a mandatory defense against unbeaten #5 WBO Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs).

Even if the World Boxing Organization orders the 24-year-old Parker to defend against Hughie next, he could still potentially face the talented 6’7” Deontay in a unification match due to unification fights overriding mandatory defenses. Wilder vs. Parker would be a great fight. I’d be the first in line to see that one.

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Was Parker’s win over Ruiz better for Heavyweight division?

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By Gerardo Granados: Last Saturday I got up at 3 AM to watch the Andy Ruiz vs. Joseph Parker bout, and through the day I saw many fights. Some of those fights were really good, some were ugly mismatches, a couple of great knockouts and one epic battle. To me the boxing year could not have closed any better and we still will get to see Bernard Hopkins fight for the last time against Joe Smith Jr next Saturday.

I was disappointed with Joseph Parker performance; it was like he knew he had the lead before the first bell rang. As Andy Ruiz stated at an interview prior to the fight that he felt he was 2 points behind in the score cards already.

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Parker beats Ruiz in a close fight!

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By Jim Dower: Fighting in front of large crowd in his own hometown, unbeaten Joseph Parker (22-0, 18 KOs) won a highly controversial 12 round majority decision victory over previously unbeaten Andy Ruiz Jr. (29-1, 19 KOs) to capture the vacant WBO heavyweight title on Saturday night at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Joseph Parker vs. Andy Ruiz Jr – Official weights

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By Jim Dower: Unbeaten Andy Ruiz Jr. (29-0, 19 KOs) weighed in at 255.7 pounds on Thursday for his fight against #1 WBO Joseph Parker (21-0, 18 KOs) in a battle of puncher vs. boxer this Saturday night at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. Parker weighed in at 246.7lbs. The two heavyweights will be fighting for the vacant WBO heavyweight title that was recently vacated by Tyson Fury.

Ruiz Jr’s nine pound weight advantage might not be enough for him to get a win on Saturday night, because he’s going to have a hard time cornering Parker, who likes to use movement to keep out of punching range.

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Joseph Parker vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. analysis

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By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank heavyweight Andy Ruiz Jr. (29-0, 19 Kos) has a chance of picking up the vacant WBO heavyweight title this Saturday night against Joseph Parker (21-0, 18 KOs) in their fight at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. Parker is the favorite to win on Bovada by the line -400 to +300 for Ruiz Jr.

That doesn’t mean that Ruiz Jr. will necessarily lose the fight on Saturday. He’s got a real chance of winning the fight. Parker, 24, is a good heavyweight, but he’s still green and doesn’t have a lot of big fights under his belt that proven that he’s worthy of his No.1 ranking with the World Boxing Organization. HBO Championship Boxing will be televising the Parker vs. Ruiz Jr. fight on Saturday night.

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Arum sees Parker vs. Ruiz Jr. winner as best heavyweight in division

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By Eric Baldwin: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is now the co-promoter for unbeaten #1 WBO heavyweight contender Joseph Parker (21-0, 18 KOs), which means that if he wins his fight against unbeaten #3 WBO Andy Ruiz Jr. (29-0, 19 KOs) this Saturday night in their fight for the vacant WBO heavyweight title, Arum will have his first heavyweight champion in his stable since Hasim Rahman.

It’s pretty clever of the 84-year-old Arum to sign a co-promotional deal with the 24-year-old Parker, because it means that no matter what happens this Saturday on December 10, Arum will have a new heavyweight champion for his Top Rank stable. Arum also promotes the 27-year-old Ruiz Jr., so it’s a great deal for him. The Parker vs. Ruiz Jr. fight will be televised by HBO Championship Boxing on Saturday, and it’ll be taking place at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. The start time for U.S fans watching the Parker-Ruiz Jr. fight on HBO in the States is at 9:35 p.m. ET/PT. It’s a delay fight.

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