Do not look back in anger Joseph Parker swear to ride the aggression to win

A senior Joseph Parker camp observer returned and noticed after the last Kiwi boxing training in London: "I do not think I've ever seen it hit harder or cleaner." They might have added, "or with more anger".

Here's a new Joseph Parker who goes to the professional ring in a sold-out O2 Arena on Saturday night to fight London's tardy Dillian Whyte in what's labeled. Parker's promoter, David Higgins, has called it the biggest fight of his career – considering him superior to the heavyweight unification match against Anthony Joshua last April – and he's making no doubt "

. Parker, who has won 24 of his 25 professional fights, does not seem in the mood to consider this prospect. The sound of the boxer gloves hitting the pads of his coach during Tuesday's training session at David Haye's gym in London certainly had the vivid and sharp relationship of a man who was throwing with intent world class

And some of Parker's words in his week spent in London confirmed the fact that he's not just a man on a mission, but that he's looking to leave an indelible mark on him. making.

New Zealand sport still shows up in most of its business in the public arena, but there have been strange comments, strange reactions that have indicated a hardening of the resolution to the approach from this career crossroads.

Aucklander, who missed the birth of his second daughter Shiloh because of this fight, was happy to make his way into his latest media appearance to promote a fight that will be broadcast to an audience world.

had told Stuff a day earlier that he had wanted to hurt his training partners in Las Vegas, this was the result obtained at the best camp beforehand. fight that he had in Sin City. And, yes, some decidedly piquant comments from Whyte in the buildup may also have just a little under his skin.

But it's a new territory for Parker. And if it takes a bit of anger for Hulk to emerge, no one in New Zealand will complain.

For the first time in his career, Parker is breaking up. Yes, the Kiwi-Samoan with chin like a stone has not been sitting in all his career. But he lost. Reasonably understanding too, for all the fuss over the incompetence of the Italian referee.

"The state of mind is different," Parker explained. "Before I went there, the sparring is good, I learn that, I learn it, and it would be nice to catch them here and there." This time, I went really wanting to hurt them. break a rib, flatten a nose.I wanted to try to knock them out. "