Road to Undisputed – Joshua v Parker – See Here for the Best Betting Offers and Markets
Anthony Joshua v Joseph Parker – Road to Undisputed
The first major boxing event of 2018, Road to Undisputed, is a heavyweight unification match set to take place at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on March 31st. There’s plenty on the line for this one, including Anthony Joshua’s IBF, WBA (Super) and IBO heavyweight titles and Joseph Parker’s WBO heavyweight title. Joshua and Parker will not likely take to the ring before 2230hrs, though no official information is yet released as to the exact time the fighters will be walking to the ring to start the match.
History
Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, offered an 80-20 split to Joseph Parker’s camp, but since the fight is taking place in the UK, which favours Joshua, this was seen as disrespectful, and the deal would have to be improved, or Parker would fight someone else, such as Lucas Browne, Bryant Jennings, or Alexander Povetkin.
Joseph Parker’s promoter, David Higgins, was able to negotiate a split from 30-35%, and if Joshua should lose, Parker would get a 55% split in the potential rematch.
The fight was announced on January 14, 2018. Live on Sky Sports Box Office, and Showtime in the USA, the Road to Undisputed heavyweight unification was officially on for March 31st, at Principality Stadium in Cardiff.
The Tale of the Tape
Anthony Joshua is the clear favourite, at 1/10. “AJ”, as he is commonly known, from Watford, England, standing in at 6 feet and 6 inches, has a record of 20-0 with 20 knockouts.
Joseph Parker’s odds are currently 6/1 to win, or 20/1 for a draw. From Auckland, New Zealand, standing in at 6 feet and 4 inches, Parker has a record of 24-0 with 18 knockouts.
Both fighters box in the Orthodox style. Parker underwent successful elbow surgery in November 2017.
The Hype
The previous undisputed heavyweight champion was Lennox Lewis all the way back in 1999. This contest is expected to rake in about £35 million.
Parker said he would “smash Joshua’s glass chin”. He later clarified this further, stating “All we have said is that Joshua has a glass chin. We know it, he knows it, everybody knows it, they just don’t talk about it… We were just stating facts that he’s been dropped. It’s a fact that he has been dropped if not once, but many times in sparring.”
Joshua had this to say:
“There is a lot of talk about me being dropped, but there have been only three times it has happened. The first was the European Championships when only two weeks before I had been called back into the programme because I was banned from the British team. I was very unfit but I got stopped, not dropped. The second time was with David Price when I had just come out [of] a police cell. Price is a puncher and that was down to a lot of experience. And Klitschko taught me that it will take more than a human to stop me from going where I am going. The rumours they have heard are all fake news.”
But Higgins had this to say about the Kiwi fighter:
“He’s never been stopped, never even been wobbled in the ring. He’s consistently fought fighters in the world’s top ten and he’s beaten them all easily. It certainly won’t be a shock to me when he beats Joshua and takes his titles back home to New Zealand.”
So What Next for the Winner?
With four major belts within the heavyweight boxing division, WBA (Super) IBF WBO WBC, the winner of the Joshua v Parker bout will hold three -WBA (Super), IBF and WBO. The missing belt is that held by Deontay Wilder (WBC) so a historic unification could be only two fights away with no one ever holding all four of the belts at the same time!
So history beckons, will Anthony Joshua continue on his road to unifying the division and realising his dreams or will it be Parker, What is certain Fight Night is going to be a cracker!
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