Joseph Parker sees a victory over Fabio Wardley because the gateway to fights towards Oleksandr Usyk and Moses Itauma.
The winner of Parker’s October 25 conflict with Wardley would be the necessary challenger for the WBO heavyweight title that Usyk, the undisputed champion, holds.
Usyk must struggle the Parker-Wardley victor, or vacate that WBO belt.
If Usyk does not take that bout, the winner would then be upgraded to full world champion, with rising star Moses Itauma already the No 1 challenger within the WBO rankings.
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Sky Sports activities Boxing’s Andy Scott explains what’s subsequent for undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk
“There are a lot of options out there after this fight,” Parker instructed Sky Sports activities Information.
“But when I do not get previous Fabio Wardley there is not any level speaking about any Moses Itauma, any Usyk, the rest.
“But those fights are down the line and those fights are options once I get through this fight.”
Nevertheless he added: “All my focus is on Fabio Wardley. He deserves to be respected, the position that he’s in, being No 1 with the WBA and he deserves my full attention.”
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Joseph Parker has challenged the undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk to face him together with his distinctive rendition of ‘Tackle Me’. Footage courtesy of IG: @kerryrusselltv
Wardley confirmed how harmful he may very well be in his final struggle, towards Justis Huni, when languishing on the playing cards he nonetheless managed to unearth a one-punch end of their tenth spherical.
“He was able to land just a clean, nice right hand on Justis Huni,” Parker stated. “You can’t even switch off for a second, otherwise you’re going to get caught and it’s game over.
“If I slip and do not have that focus all through each second of each minute of each spherical, he can catch me as nicely.”
However Parker is adamant that he’s a extra extreme menace to Wardley.
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Following his beautiful knockout victory towards Daniel Dubois, Oleksandr Usyk jokingly disregarded Joseph Parker’s suggestion of a struggle between the pair sooner or later
“I think any heavyweight can put someone else’s light out. But going into this fight, I do believe there’s levels in this sport and I’ve been in this game for a long time and grateful to have been in this game for a long time and still operate at the highest level and it’ll be nice to see what kind of challenges he’s going to bring,” Parker stated.
“I’m going to be a lot more agile [with] a lot more speed, a lot more movement and pick the shots where I can land in a way that’s important.
“I really feel like it’ll be an evening crammed with energy, pace, drama.”
