On Saturday night Whyte V Parker will go to war at the O2 arena. There’s no question it is going to be a very exciting fight to watch, but this fight could also be a lose lose fight for both men because they have everything to win and everything to lose.
This fight came as something as a surprised to the boxing world. As many people thought that Dillian Whyte was next in line to fight WBC king Deontay Wilder however the WBC installed Dominic Breazeale as the mandatory challenger. As a consequence Whyte was ordered to fight Luis Ortiz in yet another elimination fight. At the same time the IBF ordered him to fight Kurat Pulev, however a deal could not be reach for this fight to be made. So at this point everyone thought that he would stay on the WBC route to a world title. Instead on the 7th June in front of the worlds boxing press it was announced the Dillian Whyte will fight Joseph Parker. The press conference was very interesting both were very respectful saying that both men wanted the fight because outside of a world title fight this is the best and biggest fight out there for both of them and the fans.
Another big question about this fight is why Joseph Parker would want to come back over here straight after he lost his unification fight with Anthony Joshua. I believe it’s because he’s got something to prove to himself and to the world because he didn’t box well in the Joshua fight it looked like he fought the whole fight within himself. He’s said that he fought a smart fight, but I just think that he got his game plan wrong. Throughout the whole fight it looked like he didn’t want to fully engage with Joshua. Ok I know the referee did not let either man fight on the inside and let their hands go. Toward the end of the fight he did start to let his hands go but it was too little too late. When you consider that the Joshua fight wasn’t his first poor performance in the U.K when he fought Hughie Fury in Manchester in 2017, he got the decision but it wasn’t a good performance and many people still believe that Fury won the fight.
Fans on social media have gone mental over this fight I think that’s because nobody knows who’s going to win which makes it a true 50/50 fight and these are the kind of fights we all want to see.
I called this post everything to win and everything to lose because the winner will be thrown straight into the world title picture, and a possible rematch with Anthony Joshua could be in their future assuming that he comes through his mandatory title fight against Alexander Povetkin on the 22nd September at Wembley Stadium. However for the loser it could be the end of his boxing career, or they are going to have a big rebuild job on their hands which could put their career back a good 12-18 months or it could put them in the who needs them club.
This is a big fight for both British and world boxing so as always I love to hear what you guys think, so please comment below and let me know your thoughts. I will be posting a Fight Night review and preview so check them out, the preview will be posted on Friday and the review will be posted Sunday morning.
As I’m going to the fight I’m really looking forward to watching this one and as you said it’s a 50/50 No knows what going to happen but good luck the body snatcher cheers Chris.