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The Kiwi will face the British on Sunday morning.
Joseph Parker was waiting for Dillian Whyte to try to rob him but all clashes between British fighters did not count for anything with the two heavyweights preparing for the Battle of London on Sunday morning (NZ time) Whyte called Parker "loose" for his performance when he lost the WBO title in a loss of points to Anthony Joshua in April and said the New Zealander dropped his country suffering the first loss of his career Boxing Professional Cardiff
The winner of this high profile fight at the 02 Arena in London will return in the fight for a rematch with Joshua, the British World Champion who holds the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO belts, and Parker must defeat Whyte to stay in the global title conversation amidst a host of strong heavyweights.
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Joseph Parker and Dillian Whyte at their pre-fight press conference before their clashes in London
The promoters of Parker and Whyte, David Higgins (Duco Events ) and Eddie Hearn (Matchroom Boxing), formed The relationship and the clash, nicknamed "The Eliminator of the People," were decided after just three days of negotiations
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Comments The series of events from the unveiling of the fight until the weekend end of combat, which included the truth behind Parker's elbow problems, anguish on the referee after previous controversies with the two Kiwi fights in Britain, Whyte shooting colored shots, and Parker's promise "bad intentions" after struggling to really upset Joshua in his last fight.
June 7: Parker v Whyte announced
After losing his undefeated record against Joshua, Parker's return to the ring against Whyte is confirmed. two fighters in front of their first press conference in London. Whyte, nicknamed "The Body Snatcher", promises "blood, pain and a knockout". Parker responds: "We were both with AJ [Anthony Joshua] one of us ended the fight, the other did not walk. The only loss of his career for Whyte was a defeat of Joshua in 2015.
Read all you need to know about Whyte here Born in Jamaica in 1988 before settling in Great Britain at the At age 12, he was stabbed three times and shot at the age of 16 during a troubled childhood in Brixton, South London, Whyte says boxing "saved his life"
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Dillian Whyte is Joseph Parker's next opponent after losing to Anthony Joshua
June 9: Joshua supports Whyte to stun Parker
Joshua, the only man to beat both Parker and Whyte, supports his compatriot B laughs at KO Ki. "[It’s a] very, very, very good fight," said Joshua. "If you ask who I support, I go with Dillian, and I also go by knockout, I have the impression that Dillian has nothing to lose, he shouted world champions saying that he wanted fight here, he wants to fight there, and I want to prove himself. "
June 10: Parker misses the birth of a second baby
Parker reveals that he will miss the birth of his second daughter because of his training in Las Vegas to prepare to fight Whyte. "Yeah, it sucks that I'm going to miss this experience," he said. "It's hard not to be here to help my partner, but she's very understanding and supportive. She realizes I'm not doing this just for myself, I'm doing it for my family and it's going to pay for it." the future once we are set up for life
June 12: Parker reveals the truth around the elbows of trouble
Parker has not spilled an opponent since his victory against Alexander Dimitrenko in October 2016, and he revealed in June the problems he was facing with both elbows that had forced corrective surgery.By Parker said the problems still held him for most of his preparations for Joshua: " The truth is, and there is no excuse, the first four or five weeks of Joshua's camp was the most painful I've ever had, it was as if we were n & # 39; 39; had not even undergone surgery, that is it is worse. "
June 26: Higgins asks for a world class referee
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Promoter of Parker David Higgins
After the Italian Giuseppe Quartarone unanimously condemned Parker's unification fight with Joshua, his promoter Higgins beat the first drum by wanting a world-class referee for his clash with Whyte. "Twice we came to the United Kingdom" Why, for a unification of heavyweights [did] they chose an obscure Italian, who mainly officiated lighter weights? "
July 1: Higgins questions Whyte's Mood
Higgins began shooting at Whyte as the countdown to the first bell really began: "Whyte is not calm as well as Parker," says Higgins. Whyte is a guy who struggles to control his emotions. could fly in a rage pretty easily. This is not going to help in the ring, being stubborn and tending to take unnecessary risks. "
July 10: Parker welcomes his second daughter
Joseph Parker and the second daughter of his partner Laine, Shiloh Jasmine, were born just a few weeks before the fight
his second daughter, Shiloh Jasmine Parker, was born while he was training in Las Vegas
July 11: Hanging boxer with Parker
Parker starts training with the suspended American boxer Eric Molina, who serves Molina has been tested positive for dexamethasone, a corticosteroid banned by the World Agency anti-doping, during a routine test after his own fight against Joshua in 2016.
July 18: Belts to be taken as appointments of referees [1 9659006] With an appointment of # Imminent referee, it is announced that the WBO internationals and WBC will be up for grabs in London, as well as the enticing prospect of becoming the main challenger for Joshua.
July 20: Whyte Parker's Appeals Was A Coward
Whyte called Parker cowardly for his performance against Anthony Joshua on Sky Sports. Gloves are off TV show in the UK.
Whyte labeled Parker a "coward" for his performance against Joshua and said he dropped New Zealand. "I understand that it's a big fight and he has to be careful, but six or seven rounds in the fight, you're in the country of the house fighter, where the champion is a gold boy" said Whyte. "Six or seven rounds in you know you will be on the scorecard, there comes a time when you have to go after that and I just think that he was too loose to make the decisions that he had to take "
July 21: A British Referee Veteran Appointed
Parker's Camp said he was happy that former British referee Ian John-Lewis was taking the Whyte's head. "We looked at his credentials, he has a very good reputation and I think even Barry Hearn [father of Whyte’s promoter Eddie] has named him as one of the best referees of all time," Higgins said. "We had a slant of names, and Kevin Barry and I had already decided if that was the name, we would humbly accept it."
July 24: "punches with bad intentions" Parker
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Joseph Parker visits the famous London Hank's music store Guitar Shop where he shows some skills of his own.
Parker faces media at the back of a London taxi after a week in the UK and he sends a warning to Whyte while showing his guitarist talents in the famous music store , Hank's Guitar Shop. He said, "The workout was the best, with the sparring rounds we had and the strength and conditioning work, I felt like I was hitting with more bad intentions." than the last fight. I missed the birth of my daughter, so I can not wait to go see her, but I want to first hit this guy and give him a hug.
July 25: Higgins: Make or break for Parker
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Parker looks ready You can see it in his
Higgins admits that Parker's fight against Whyte in a sold-out O2 Arena will be "his most important one." He said: "It's more important than Joshua's fight because even his He did not beat Joshua, he still has a huge sold out match at the O2 Arena, World TV and, if he wins this fight, he returns to the front row. position for a rematch with Joshua.
July 25: Whyte Haye Labels a "scumbag"
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Dillian Whyte during his public training before the fight in London
Parker went to the London gym to retire heavyweight David Haye and this prompted Whyte to call Haye a "hangman" for helping Parker. "David is a bastard, it's a piece of shit, he's not very patriotic, is not it? Whyte said. "It's about David, no. ;is this not? It's going to be funny to see what he's doing now without the limelight now that he's retired. "
July 26: Hearn Scales Parker Joshua Carrot [19659006] Whyte and promoter Joshua Hearn admits that a Parker victory in London would propel the Kiwi as part of Joshua's new attempt. "It all depends on how you win, but most importantly , is that he is a young man and there is very little fighting in the division, he wins against Whyte, he has time to make a revenge Joshua – that 's it. is just a case of when, "Parker told Parker of the public training session at Westfield Mall in Stratford, London
Read Anatomy of a Big Fight: How Joseph Parker played the chances of getting in shape in his life to understand how the Kiwi is preparing for such a heavyweight competition. [19659006] July 27: Higgins takes 20k goal on winning Parker
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The two promoters put their money in their mouths.
British heavyweight Dereck Chisora, who is fighting Carlos Takam as part of the undercard competition, challenged promoters to bet on the main event during the pre-fight press conference and Higgins and Hearn trembled at £ 20,000. "It's a 20,000 bet. When we win, I'll look for 20K from Eddie," said Higgins
July 27: The Parker-Whyte litigation judge was removed
The Parker team welcomes the decision to remove a non-active Canadian judge, claimed by the WBC, from the panel for high-level combat in London. "Fortunately, common sense has prevailed and the judge will not be involved," Higgins said. "I can confirm that Team Parker is largely happy with the panel of officials, but we hope not to leave it in their hands anyway."
July 28: Parker raises weight issues
Joseph Parker weighs nearly 110 kg – 3 kg more than when he fought Anthony Joshua. A confident and calm Parker tells the weighing conference that he hopes his extra muscle will lead to more power against 117.5 kg Dillian Whyte
JOSEPH PARKER (NZ & Samoa)
Age : 26
Recording: 24-1 (18 KOs)
Height: 1.93cm
Scope: 1.93cm
DILLIAN WHYTE (Jamaica and GB)
Age: 30
References: 23-1 (17 KOs)
Height: 1.93m
Range: 1.98m
FREQUENT OPPONENTS
– Lost to Anthony Joshua (GB) – Parker by points unanimously in 12 rounds, Whyte by TKO in 6th round
– Beat Brian Minto (GB) – Parker won when Minto threw the sponge in the 7th round, Whyte by round 3 TKO
– Beat Marcelo Luiz Nascimento (Brazil) – Parker by round 7 TKO, Whyte by round 2 KO
– Beat Irineu Be ato Costa Junior (Brazil) – Parker by lap 4 KO, Whyte won by round 1 KO
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