Joseph Parker likely to get Alexander Dimitrenko test as final prep for shot at Joshua 07/25/2016 James Slater It’s not official yet, but New Zealand media feel tomorrow’s press conference hosted by Joseph Parker’s promoter Dean Lonergan will confirm how the IBF mandatory challenger will face experienced Ukrainian Alexander Dimitrenko in his next fight, penciled in for September. read full article
Fresh off his stoppage win over Haumono, Joseph Parker will box another prep fight for Joshua shot; opponent to be named Tuesday 07/22/201607/22/2016 James Slater Unbeaten heavyweight contender Joseph Parker certainly likes to keep active. The 24-year-old New Zealander picked up a 4th-round stoppage win over Solomon Haumono yesterday and he is expected to get his mandatory shot at IBF heavyweight ruler Anthony Joshua late this year or early next. read full article
Joseph Parker stops Solomon Haumono in 4th-round – Team-Haumono launch protest 07/21/2016 James Slater Today in Christchurch, New Zealand, unbeaten IBF mandatory heavyweight contender Joseph Parker scored a dominant 4th-round stoppage over a game Solomon Haumono. read full article
Parker vs Haumono: Trainer Justin Fortune says Solomon Haumono hits as hard as Foreman, needs to “make Parker angry” 07/15/2016 James Slater During his time in boxing, trainer and former pro Justin Fortune has tasted, either in a real fight or in sparring, the power of Lennox Lewis, Tommy Morrison and, arguably the freakishly strongest puncher of them all, George Foreman. read full article
Parker’s manager: “How is AJ going to go when he’s eating Joseph’s jab all night?” 06/29/201606/29/2016 James Slater Unbeaten Joseph Parker, the mandatory challenger for Anthony Joshua and his IBF heavyweight title, was confident before this past Saturday’s defence by Joshua against Dominic Breazeale, but the New Zealander and his team are even more confident of taking the title when the fight happens; so says Parker’s manager, Dean Lonergan. read full article
Hearn says it could be Joseph Parker next for Anthony Joshua 06/26/201606/26/2016 James Slater Anthony Joshua fought through a virus in the lead-up to last night’s 7th-round stoppage win over a game Dominic Breazeale, his promoter Eddie Hearn tells Sky Sports. read full article
Justin Fortune: “Solomon Haumono can punch like a train” – confident of upsetting Joseph Parker 06/19/2016 James Slater 40-year-old Solomon Haumono will certainly be ruining a lot of big plans if he pulls off the upset and defeats top-ranked IBF heavyweight contender Joseph Parker when they meet next month, but Haumono’s trainer Justin Fortune is confident it can happen. read full article
Joseph Parker visits Sonny Liston’s gravesite, speaks about the need to have “the right people around you” 06/17/2016 James Slater Heavyweight great Mike Tyson used to visit the gravesite of the legendary Sonny Liston (and maybe still does) and, legend has it, Tyson would carry out imaginary conversations with the 1960s heavyweight king who was so mysterious in so many ways. read full article
Team-Parker want big fight with David Haye in UK, say a win would make him a superstar in England 05/30/2016 James Slater Joseph Parker’s promoter Deal Lonergan has revealed how he has been in talks with the UK’s Eddie Hearn about the idea of having Parker, the mandatory challenger for Anthony Joshua’s IBF belt, fighting on a Joshua under-card this November. read full article
Joseph Parker set for quick return, fight with Solomon Haumono signed, to be officially announced today 05/24/201605/23/2016 James Slater In what has to be looked at as a quite amazingly quick return to action for a world-ranked, indeed IBF mandatory heavyweight contender, New Zealand’s Joseph Parker will fight again in a couple of months. read full article
