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Bad cut that for Olla (sic). Definite head clash though.

What a pisser, it's working fine in BS6. Like @joe jordans teeth I have treated myself to the Box Office so can't offer any streams, sorry.

Ringwalks between 2215 and 2230 mate.

God knows he's had plenty of practice!

Apologies Dave, I wasn't aiming that at you specifically, just talking generally- I should have made that clear. Parker is definitely underpriced for this fight. If you want a real long shot, Price is generally 150-1 to take out Povetkin in the first 3 rounds hahaha. I don't know why but I've got a sneaky feeling big Dave is going to put on a decent show tonight, although he is surely ending up horizontal.

I don't really get why people think he can ko Joshua when he pitter- pattered on a static, rotund Andy Ruiz, didn't trouble Takam at all and barely landed a shot on Hughie in their snoozefest, whereas Joshua got back up from Wlad's best punch in years. You could have made a case on points if AJ came in much heavier than he has, but I just can't see Parker having the power to stop him. Edit- jinx @Super !

Haha, someone has had bongs for their breakfast!

FIGHT DAY! Can't bloody wait!

Joshua comes in at 17st 4lbs, much better than the 18st 4lbs he was v Takam and his lightest for 6 fights. Parker is 16st 12lbs and looks good.

Exactly what I was going to say mate, it's really suffered from a lack of exposure outside of hardcore fans here up until Groves v Jnr. ITV's tactic of putting virtually all of it on box office makes zero commercial sense really. Imagine how big it would have been on Sky or even BT- they must be kicking themselves for signing an exclusivity deal with Warren just before the Super Series proved so good, especially given the shite he's served up on there thus far haha.

Yeah, I hear you there, politics have been stopping good fights for far too long. There seems to be a bit more of a collaborative spirit with the promoters atm though, the World Boxing Super Series has been such a success that it's expanding into new weights this year and promoters can see it's too much of a good prospect to stop their fighters entering, even if the Sauerland brothers get the majority of the promotional wedge. Hearn says in the IFL video that @Owl Visiting posted about Burnett and Tete being in it. Long may it continue!

Ortiz was indeed a decent amatuer but he didn't win any Olympic medals. He won a silver at the world championships in 2005. Tony Thompson and Bryant Jennings? Hardly names to conjure with are they. Thompson's biggest win is over David Price and Del had a far better go at a Klitschko than Jennings! I agree absolutely that it isn't a good idea to believe Hearn too readily, but I can't see he's doing much wrong here tbh.

I agree, but Wilder is pricing himself out with his ludicrous demands. In the absence of that fight as a boxing fan I would be delighted to see Wilder v Whyte mandated by the WBC, or Wilder will carry on holding the belt hostage and probably be delighted to fight Bermane ******* Stiverne again. He doesn't even want a bar of Breazeale ffs, and we all saw how easily AJ dealt with him. Hearn is Whyte's promoter, it's his job to push Whyte!

Wilder made a career high (by around £600k) £2.1m from the Ortiz fight, Joshua got just under £20m for the Wlad fight, the numbers speak for themselves. As @Kid in the Riot says, you are comparing apples and oranges, a 'fight' between the 2 best known combat sports athletes in the world v a fight featuring a boxer who is almost unknown in his home state. You're right about the cachet of Vegas but financially it makes no sense for Wilder v AJ to happen there. Who do you think Ortiz has beaten who is better than Chisora? Dave Allen? Malik Scott? Monte Barrett? Whyte did a very respectable job of knocking out a very limited boxer with a big punch last time he was out!

Why on earth would Joshua fight Wilder in Vegas for literally 10% of what he could make here? Your hope that his management could put together such a fight is hopelessly misplaced; prior to Ortiz he was getting less than 2k watching him knock over tomato cans in nowheresville Alabama. Whyte- let alone Parker- would beat Wilder imo, he is one of the worst boxers to ever hold the heavyweight title. His resume is a complete joke, he's had 39 fights before getting in with someone with a pulse and even then he nearly got ko'd by an old age pensioner! If he really wanted the AJ fight it could be made in days and he would earn at least 4 or 5 times more in that one night than his entire career so far even at 30% of the take. He is using AJ's name to build his profile while having little interest in actually fighting him until it's cash out time. Unfortunately for him Whyte will be mandated by the WBC now so he is fast running out of options- and if that goes to purse bids he will get considerably less than the £5m Hearn has already apparently offered him.

Hearn going in on Wilder (and several others haha) here, apparently he's not coming to Cardiff now...

I watched his fights against Takam and Andy Ruiz prior to that and was less than impressed. The claim is that this was down to his elbow problem but I just don't think he quite has it at the top level.

There seems to be a bit of a groundswell of respected people like Bob Arum rating Parker's chances, but I really can't see it. I thought the stunt with Higgins with the letter from the doctor about how much better Joe would be after the elbow op seemed a bit desperate. I don't think Parker has the power to worry AJ. He might land quite a few flashy combinations early on- because he has genuinely quick hands for a HW- but I reckon Joshua will walk through them and finish him by tko between 7 and 9.

Wilder seems to be pricing himself out of serious negotiations with AJ, but Whyte may well be appointed his mandatory by the WBC now so he has no option but to fight him or vacate.

Absolutely, they should have got him out of there. Obviously too brave for his own good. It's a highlight reel ko for Whye! Edit, I reckon Whyte beats WIlder too.

Goodnight Vienna. Edit- hope he's ok

I reckon you're not far off there mate, he has had a seriously murky past. I'm sure we all know what the tear tattoos under his eyes are meant to signify too.

Hang on, they've got a boxer who was attending out of the crowd!