By Scott Gilfoid: Joseph Parker and his management have reportedly made a final 65-35 offer to IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for a unification fight in the first half of 2018. It’s now up to Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn to see if they’re willing to accept the offer.
By Stanley White: Joseph Parker says he prefers to take a 60-40 split of the revenue for a unification fight against IBF, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for next year. Parker says he won’t go below 35 percent for the fight. That’s the cutoff point for how low the 25-year-old unbeaten Parker (24-0, 18 KOs) would be willing to drop down to take.
By Juan Flores: WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker says IBF/WBA champion Anthony Joshua has 2 choices for his next fight in early 2018. Joshua can either pay him 40 percent of the loot for the fight or he can take a voluntary defense.
By Tim Royner: The negotiations between Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker are moving in a better direction according to Parker’s promoter David Higgins. He says Joshua’s side is now willing to move on the purse split in the negotiations for a unification fight between the two champions.
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 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 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 Scott Gilfoid: The date that’s being talked about for IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s mandatory defense of his International Boxing Federation title is in March against his #1 IBF mandatory challenger Joseph Parker. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn wants to build up the Joshua-Parker fight first by having the 24-year-old talent fighting on Joshua’s next undercard, which could be on November 26.
The only opponent for Parker could be the well-known British heavyweight David Price, who really wants a title shot against Joshua in the worst way. Price is ranked #12 by the IBF so a fight between him and Parker would be an unofficial eliminator of sorts.
Parker has already locked himself down as the mandatory for Joshua, but if he loses to Price, then that would mess up his plans. The odds of Parker losing to Price would have to be seen as very, very low though. It’s a win-win fight for Parker to take on Price on Joshua’s next undercard because it will give him some badly needed visibility.