Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk: AJ is dangerous throughout a 12-round fight, says former champ Joseph Parker



"Joshua has the regular heavyweight capacity to hurt individuals. He can constantly be perilous"; previous adversary Joseph Parker battles Joe Joyce to become driving challenger for AJ-Usyk champ


Anthony Joshua can be risky over the span of a 12-round battle, says previous rival and another ex-world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker.


Parker was the main man to go the title distance with Joshua when he lost the WBO belt to the then-bound together boss in 2018.


The New Zealander excused ideas Joshua's molding will give him down access his stupendous rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, live on Sky Sports Box Office on August 20.


"He can constantly be perilous," Parker said of Joshua. "He has the normal heavyweight capacity to hurt individuals and to hurt different heavyweights. How about we find out the thing his arrangement is coming into this battle and see where his head's at. You can be genuinely looking good however intellectually on the off chance that you're not there it's an exercise in futility.


"He was a decent boss and he can be champion once more. It's simply it depends on him now. It depends on him and his new group to roll out the improvements that he really wants to go after the thing Usyk will bring. There's a ton of help for him. Everybody's supporting him here in the UK. Yet in addition Usyk has a ton of help too from his home so we'll see what occurs."


New Zealand's Parker battles Joe Joyce on September 24 to choose the main competitor to challenge the Usyk-Joshua champ. He in this way has a sharp eye on that August 20 conflict for the WBO, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles.

"I would need to favor Usyk [winning] as a result of the certainty that he will come in with from the main battle. Yet, it'll be fascinating," Parker told Sky Sports.

"I see it being an extraordinary battle. The principal battle was an incredible battle. Not certain how Joshua's doing his group, as far as changing his mentor and how he will change and change his style coming into the subsequent battle."


To battle his direction through to the Usyk-Joshua victor, Parker would need to beat Joyce two times. The Londoner has a rematch statement which he can set off on the off chance that he loses the principal challenge.


"The arrangement is simply to zero in on this battle, take care of business and afterward rematch again in December. Do exactly the same thing, take care of business and win and see what's straightaway. The heavyweight division generally changes. It doesn't remain in that frame of mind for quite a while. You have the rematch with Joshua and Usyk and things could transform, another person could become an integral factor," Parker said.

"I will likely win. Each battle is win, win, win," he proceeded. "Win, then rematch in December and win again on Sky. The principal battle will be on BT and the subsequent battle will be on Sky. They believed that a rematch statement should safeguard [his position].


"Assuming that it's a thrilling battle I figure individuals couldn't want anything more than to see it once more yet on the off chance that it's not we're actually trapped in this rematch statement."


Given their particular styles probably it will be an exhilarating battle. "He's extreme," Parker said of Joyce. "Exceptionally intense, extremely extreme battle, enormous test. He's greater than me.


"His record justifies itself. Fourteen battles, 13 knockouts. He has power, he has an extraordinary motor, we've seen that he can take a punch and he's positioned exceptionally in the WBO and WBC above myself and there's a motivation behind why. Since he's quite difficult for anybody and he has an incredible beginner family.

"I think it'll be an extraordinary battle and ideally it satisfies what we figure it ought to be or could be."

Olympic super-heavyweight bronze medallist, and Team GB boxing commander Frazer Clarke has been preparing close by Joshua in Loughborough.



He was in the camp before the previous top dog set his preparation base up in Jeddah for the last couple of weeks before the Usyk rematch.


Clarke has been intrigued with what he's seen and is unyielding that Joshua's molding will wait.


"He's running. He's running hard to get fitter," Clarke told Sky Sports. "[People say,] 'AJ's enormous, he's brimming with muscle, he extinguishes after six adjusts.' He's running and he's preparation exceptionally hard.

"Running's not the most important thing in the world but rather he's preparation extremely difficult to check that. It's something he's remembered he could develop from the primary battle. Furthermore, it's basic maths, I didn't do what's needed of this," Clarke proceeded, "so I'll accomplish a greater amount of this. Check that container.


"You have around 10 boxes as a contender going into a battle that you want to tick. Assuming that you tick eight of them you could luck out, you could win. Assuming that you tick 10 of them, you allow yourself each opportunity.

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