Joshua is coming off a win over Carlos Takam (whom Parker had previously defeated) stopping him in the tenth in October, while Parker's last fight was a unanimous decision win against Hughie Fury in September.
Joshua seems to be the easy pick with stronger punching power and better victories (Wladimir Klitschko and Dillian Whyte) compared to Parker's best wins being over second-tier
challengers( Takam, Hughie Fury and a tight decision over Andy Ruiz).
Parker might be one of those fighters that need to have the challenge of tougher fighters on a bigger stage though and he'll have no bigger stage than the one he'll see Saturday.
I think this will be a tougher fight for Anthony Joshua than many think and I think Parker's going to deliver a career effort, but the heavier hitter will wear Parker down and Joshua pulls away late in the fight for the decision.
I added three undercard fights to the boxing challenge with former WBA champion/current WBA & WBO number one contender/multiple time PED cheat Alexander Povetkin against former Olympic bronze medalist/faded prospect David Price in what appears to be a massive mismatch.
Povetkin's failing tests aside, he possesses plus punching power and Price has been stopped in all of his losses-against far lesser competition than that will be provided by Povetkin.
It's too bad that Price's chin crumbles worse than a generic potato chip when hit because he otherwise looks the part of a contender.
All things considered, this fight looks like a bad idea to me.
Ryan Burnett holds the WBA and IBF bantamweight titles, but will only be defending the WBA belt against Yonfez Parejo, who is unranked by the IBF, but second in the WBA.
This happens more than you think in the lightest weight classes, but the 24-2 Parejo should be rated by the IBF as both of his losses have been to former world champions (Zhanat Zhakiyanov by split decision and Hugo Ruiz by late round KO) appears more qualified for a title shot as anyone else in the 6-15 range of contenders.
Former WBA lightweight champ Anthony Crolla continues his comeback after two decision losses to Jorge Linares against Edson Ramirez.
Crolla defeated Ricky Burns in his last fight via a less than an action-packed decision, but Ramirez should come to Crolla and I think this should be a more entertaining battle for the viewer...
In the boxing challenge, I lead Ramon Malpica 48-37
Unification WBA/IBF- WBO Heavyweight titles. 12 Rds
Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker
R.L: Joshua KO 7
TRS: Joshua Unanimous Decision
Heavyweights. 12 Rds
Alexander Povetkin vs David Price
R.L: Povetkin Unanimous Decision
TRS: Povetkin KO 2
WBA Bantamweight title. 12 Rds
Ryan Burnett vs Yonfez Parejo
Both: Burnett Unanimous Decision
Lightweights.10 Rds
Anthony Crolla vs Edson Ramirez
Both: Crolla Unanimous Decision
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