Joseph Parker said his “career was on the rise” as he met England veteran Derek Chisora for the second time at the AO Arena in Manchester this Saturday, December 18, live worldwide on DAZN (except New Zealand and Samoa).
The New Zealand star (29-2, 21 KOs) overcame a knockdown in the first round to overtake last-time world champion title challenger Chisora at the same venue in May via a tough division decision in his first game against former WBO Middleweight King Andy Lee.
World No. 2 with the WBO, former world champion Parker will head into a major rematch this weekend knowing that a loss to Chisora would be disastrous in his pursuit to become the world champion. his two consecutive heavyweight dominance.
“The first battle wasn’t the longest camp with Andy, we were just getting to know each other and getting ready for battle,” Parker said. “Longer camps are more beneficial because I understand more of what Andy is trying to teach me. We worked really hard every day and I think it really shows at night.
“Andy and I did a lot of things in camp and the goal was to get there and look better, and win but also win. I can say I’m going to be more dominant, more aggressive, and stuff like that, but I just want to go out there and fight and I’ll let my actions speak for me.
“I want the best Derek Chisora. I ran into a tough presser in my first bout with Derek and I think he’ll be looking to make some small tweaks to improve, so I’m looking forward to what he’s going to do. bring. As long as I do what I can, it won’t go too far, but I know he feels the same way. It has been no problem for me to build a great and injury-free camp.
“I like Derek and respect him, but this is not the time to be friends before the battle. I need to take care of the business because my career is on the rise here. He’s achieved a lot and I respect him, but that can’t wait until after the game.
“I think the result was right. I did enough to win, it wasn’t the best or the best performance, it was a close fight but I believe I won it and it’s good to be able to come back and show improvements. progress that I made with Andy. This is the first rematch of my career so I’m very excited about it and I just want to go out and fight hard, beat him and have a better performance and win in fashion. better. ”
Parker vs. Chisora 2 topped an epic night of action in Manchester, ‘Little Lever’s Meat Cleaver’ Jack Cullen (20-2-1, 9 KOs) returns to rival scene in Fight of the Year with Felix Cash back in the year. 2019 as he clashed with Kevin Lele Sadjo (16-0, 14 KOs) for the vacant EBU European Super Middleweight title following his win over Avni Yildirim in July, the candidate Manchester super-class Zelfa Barrett (26-1, 16 KOs) hopes to make that three wins from three games in 2021 when he meets Bruno ‘Terminator’ Tarimo of Australia (26-2- 2.5 KOs) in the knockout round for the IBF world belt, undefeated new Super-Middleweight talent Malden Lerrone Richards (15-0, 3 KOs) looks set to build on his impressive win in the EBU European Title against Giovanni De Carolis in May when he faced undefeated IBO 168lbs world champion Carlos Gongora (20-0, 15 KOs), Croatian heavyweight knockout artist Alen’ The Sava ge’ Babic (9-0.9 KO) looks set to win ten knockouts from ten fights, New Zealand Cruiserweight David Nyika (1-0, 1 KO) fights in the UK for the first time against Anthony Carpin (5-6-2, 2 KOs), Derby Super-Lightweight prospect Sandy Ryan (2-0, 1 KO) impressed against Maria Soledad Caprialo (7-13-4) after a knockout win directly with her fierce body strike against Aleksandra Vujovic in Italy, undefeated Cruiserweight Jordan ‘Troublesome’ Thompson (11-0.9 KOs) vs Clement Oppenot (5-1, 3 KOs) in six rounds, former Team GB standout player Cyrus Pattinson (2-0, 1 KO) vs Evgenii Vazem (9-21.4 KOs) in six rounds at Welterweight and Rhiannon Dixon (3-0) coached by Anthony Crolla against Paola Pamela Benavidez (8-5-3) over six rounds.
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