Joseph Parker has held the World Boxing Organization interim heavyweight title since 2024.
120 Facts About Joseph Parker
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Joseph Parker was born in South Auckland on 9 January 1992, to Dempsey and Sala Parker.
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Joseph Parker is of Samoan descent, with his ancestry roots going back to the Faleula Village on the main island of Upolu where his mother hails from.
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Joseph Parker grew up in the large suburb of Mangere in Auckland, and attended Marcellin College in the suburb of Hillsborough.
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Joseph Parker was trained by Grant Arkell and former boxer Manny Santos.
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When Joseph Parker was growing up, he admired David Tua and Maselino Masoe who were from the same area as him.
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Joseph Parker is the middle child; he has one older sister, Elizabeth, and a younger brother, John, who is currently a professional boxer.
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Joseph Parker comes from a religious family, belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Joseph Parker had success during his 66-fight amateur career, becoming a two-time New Zealand amateur heavyweight champion in 2010 and 2011, as well as winning several amateur tournaments and scoring some notable wins on the international circuit.
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Joseph Parker followed up with a second placing at the New Zealand Elite National Championships, losing to rival Junior Fa.
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Joseph Parker was looked after by the Australian National Team Management as his coach Grant Arkell could not afford to accompany him.
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Joseph Parker was the sole representative of his country in the quarterfinals after he beat Turkey's Yusuf Acik to face the Pan-American champion Yuniel Castro Chavez from Cuba.
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Joseph Parker won the bout on points, 8:1 to advance to the semifinals.
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Joseph Parker then travelled to Singapore, to compete at the Youth Olympics.
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Joseph Parker won silver after defeating Jozsef Zsigmond in the semifinals.
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Joseph Parker then proceeded to the final where he lost on points against Tony Yoka of France.
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Joseph Parker was down 7:5 on points when he landed a decisive right hand to Bence's head with one minute 15 seconds remaining.
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The judges gave Abdul Haqq the win by a majority decision of three of the five judges, meaning that Joseph Parker missed earning a medal.
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In 2011, Joseph Parker won his first notable gold medal in Darwin, Australia, at the Arafura Games.
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Joseph Parker began with two wins by stoppage, with a first round victory in the quarterfinals over Jean Tuisamoa of New Caledonia.
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Joseph Parker had little trouble with his opponent, with the referee ending the contest in the first round.
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Joseph Parker continued his rise up the World Amateur standings, with further gold medal success.
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Joseph Parker opened his Chinese campaign in Guiyang at the China Open tournament, stopping Iderbat Davaalkhagva from Mongolia.
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Joseph Parker was awarded the victory by way of a six-point winning margin.
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At the 50th Belgrade annual boxing tournament, Joseph Parker ended his amateur career defeating 2012 London Olympics berth winner, Johan Linde of Australia, to claim his third gold.
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Joseph Parker had previously beaten Erik Pfeifer of Germany on points to secure a place in the finals.
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Joseph Parker made his professional debut SkyCity's Convention Centre in Auckland.
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At the time, Joseph Parker was considered New Zealand's most promising boxer since David Tua.
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Joseph Parker defeated Garmonsway by technical knockout midway through the second round.
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Botha was known to be capable of landing a quality punch or two and had the ability to send fighters to the canvas, though Joseph Parker was considered the favourite to win.
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Joseph Parker defeated Botha in June 2013 by a second-round knockout over the former four-time world heavyweight contender.
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Joseph Parker secured the New Zealand National Boxing Federation title with a win marred only by a serious cut he suffered in the opening round when the fighters clashed heads.
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Joseph Parker's charge responded with a flurry of punches which lowered former champion Tatupu two minutes into the second round.
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Joseph Parker started off 2014 after he defeated Marcelo Luiz Nascimento after a flurry of blows in the seventh round saw referee Brad Vocale stop the fight, although Nascimento protested the decision.
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Joseph Parker was the dominant figure throughout the bout and won the Pan Asian Boxing Association interim heavyweight title for his efforts.
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Joseph Parker claimed that he would knock out Parker in the sixth round in a re-match.
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Joseph Parker was quoted saying that it was not up to him, and that they are fighters and to leave it to the judges to decide.
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Joseph Parker continued his winning form after he knocked out WBO Latino heavyweight champion Irineu Beato Costa Junior in December 2014, before doing the same to Jason Pettaway in March 2015.
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Joseph Parker retained his Pan Asian Boxing Association and WBO Oriental heavyweight titles.
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Joseph Parker maintained his unbeaten record, notching his fourteenth win and twelfth by knockout while retaining his two titles.
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Joseph Parker controlled the opening two rounds, en route to a third round stoppage victory, adding the WBC's Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council and WBA Oceania titles to his collection.
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Joseph Parker notched his 18th consecutive win with an eighth-round technical knockout of Jason Bergman in Samoa.
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Joseph Parker started off strong knocking down Dimitrenko in round one.
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Joseph Parker then used his speed in round two and knocked Dimitrenko down twice following right hands.
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Dimitrenko was knocked down a final time in round three; as he was falling, Joseph Parker hit another body shot, which the referee appeared to miss.
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The organisation had granted permission to Joseph Parker fighting Andy Ruiz for their belt with their championship committee voting unanimously in favor of the title fight.
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Joseph Parker pointed out that WBO rules stated that the two best-classified contenders will challenge for the title.
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Joseph Parker said his experience dealing with Parker and his team has so far been a pleasure.
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Joseph Parker became the first heavyweight boxer from New Zealand to win a world title as he won via majority decision.
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Joseph Parker picked up the pace in the middle rounds winning most of them but Ruiz got back into the fight during the championship rounds.
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Joseph Parker was determined to make a statement but couldn't manage that as he left his New Zealand campaign in a convincing unanimous decision.
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Joseph Parker out-pointed Cojanu in the first defence of his world heavyweight title.
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Joseph Parker showed Fury respect throughout the fight, having to get through Fury's jab in order to land anything.
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The opening six rounds saw Fury flicking his jab into thin air, which caused Joseph Parker to think twice before going on the attack.
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Joseph Parker finished strong in the last two rounds as Fury started showing signs of fatigue.
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Joseph Parker was really awkward and his movement was good, but I caught him with the harder punches I felt.
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Joseph Parker made it clear that the result would not be investigated or overturned.
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The most likely opponent being ranked Kyotaro Fujimoto, leaving Joseph Parker to have rights for a voluntary defence.
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Joshua and Joseph Parker both came in lighter compared to their respective previous bouts.
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Joseph Parker weighed in first at 236.7 pounds, his lightest since he beat Solomon Haumono in July 2016.
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Joseph Parker used his movement well to slip a lot of Joshua's attack but in doing so did not do enough himself to win more rounds.
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Joseph Parker started on the backfoot in the opening rounds allowing Joshua to take the rounds.
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Joseph Parker suffered a cut over his left eye after Joshua accidentally elbowed him.
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Compubox Punch stats showed that Joshua landed 139 of 383 punches thrown and Joseph Parker landed 101 of his 492 thrown.
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Joseph Parker weighed 242 pounds, 16 pounds lighter than Whyte, however 6 pounds heavier than what he weighed in his loss to Joshua.
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Joseph Parker was warned once earlier in the fight and then warned again in the championship rounds no points were deducted.
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Joseph Parker took over in the championship rounds but was unable to put Whyte away.
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Joseph Parker had an explosive start to round 12, knowing he needed a knockout to win, eventually knocked down a fatigued Whyte with 20 seconds left in the fight with a right hand to the head.
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Joseph Parker stated he would continue fighting for another five years.
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Joseph Parker's opponent was later announced to be American boxer Alexander Flores, whose sole loss was to former IBF world champion Charles Martin in 2014.
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However, the fight is marred with controversy, as Joseph Parker allegedly hit Flores below the belt several times, as he promised he would in a pre-fight interview.
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Joseph Parker told the press, his six-year deal and relationship with Duco Events had ended in March 2019.
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Joseph Parker advised his former promoter, David Higgins, would in return become part of his management team instead.
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Joseph Parker went on to win his second consecutive fight after suffering back-to-back defeats with a tenth-round stoppage.
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Joseph Parker instead returned to the ring in Frisco, Texas on 29 February 2020, where he defeated Shawndell Winters by fifth-round technical knockout.
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Joseph Parker had four opponents in the super-heavyweight division, one being Fa.
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Joseph Parker was eliminated, Fa claiming a closely fought three-round encounter eleven points to eight.
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Talks between the teams resumed in early 2020 they quickly broke down after Joseph Parker claimed Fa's team "priced themselves out" while Fa's team reportedly claimed they were given a "lowball" offer.
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Joseph Parker weighed 240.1 pounds and Fa scaled in heavier at 260.4 pounds.
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Fa was able to get his shots of during the clinches and Joseph Parker was more busy when there was no clinch.
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Joseph Parker praised Parker, calling him a world class opponent.
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Joseph Parker largely dominated the bout, landing many overhand rights and uppercuts that hurt Chisora.
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Joseph Parker knew the winner would ultimately be pushed towards a world title fight.
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Joseph Parker credited his performance in the Chisora rematch, where he felt he performed much better than the first bout, indicating this was the reason for Joyce's team putting the clause in.
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Joseph Parker believed the fight would not have been agreed, had his team not agreed to the clause.
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Joyce weighed 271.6 pounds, sixteen pounds more than Joseph Parker, who came in at a career-high 255.4 pounds.
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Joseph Parker was able to rise to his feet, but the referee deemed it unsafe for him to continue, halting the fight to declare Joyce the winner by eleventh-round knockout.
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Joseph Parker was confident he would win, but admitted, a loss would mean he would be out of world title contention.
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Ahead of the fight, Joseph Parker discussed how this comeback trial was similar to when he lost to Whyte in 2017.
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Joseph Parker felt, he is back at that position and wanted to stay busy, to fast track himself back into contention.
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Joseph Parker said, of all the fights, a rematch with Whyte intrigued him the most.
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Joseph Parker had a 40 pound weight advantage over Massey, who weighed in 215 pounds, compared to Joseph Parker's weighed of 245 pounds.
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Joseph Parker won the fight by way of unanimous decision after 10 rounds of boxing.
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Joseph Parker opened a cut above Massey's eye and landed clean uppercuts which stumbled Massey.
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On fight night, Joseph Parker made short work of Opelu and won the fight by TKO in the 1st round.
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Joseph Parker started the fight quick and landed a flurry of punches followed by a right hand, which dropped Opelu.
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Joseph Parker weighed 250.1 pounds and Kean stepped on the scales at 255.1 pounds.
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Joseph Parker began slow and patient, working out Kean style and tactics.
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Wilder made the case that both he and Joseph Parker were former world champions and said it was more exciting fight.
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Joseph Parker's team were going into this fight knowing they were capable of forcing a stoppage.
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The weigh in took place the day before, with Joseph Parker weighing in at 245.1 pounds.
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Some felt it was an easy win for Joseph Parker, considering Wilder's tactics and low output.
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Joseph Parker fought smart, out-boxed and out-worked Wilder in all the rounds.
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Joseph Parker managed to stay clear of Wilder's right hand and in return landed his own power punches to the body and head.
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Joseph Parker was courageous as the rounds continued, catching Wilder with eye-catching shots and working him against the ropes.
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Joseph Parker's shots were thrown with little accuracy and did not let his right hand go.
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The action heated up in round 7, when Joseph Parker had Wilder against ropes and landed a triple hook to the head.
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Joseph Parker then had Wilder hurt again in round 8 when he threw more heavy shots, whilst Wilder was against the ropes.
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Joseph Parker landed more than double the amount of power shots through the 12 rounds.
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Joseph Parker beating Wilder, seemed to derail his future fight against Joshua.
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Joseph Parker was unsure why he was unable to let his hands go and said his timing was off.
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Joseph Parker admitted he did catch a few of Wilder's right hands, saying he did punch hard.
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Joseph Parker called Parker a warrior who doesn't back down from any challenge.
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Zhang weighed 291.6 pounds and Joseph Parker came in at 247.6 pounds.
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Joseph Parker got knocked down twice, but won the fight by majority decision.
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Joseph Parker won majority of the second half by being a bit busier than Zhang, who was being patient, but looked like he wanted to land the knockout blow.
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Joseph Parker would be next called as mandatory however, once the fight is over.
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Joseph Parker goes by the high chief name of Lupesoliai La'auliolemalietoa.
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Joseph Parker bestowed his blessings on Parker, reminding him that the bestowed title is a gift and a "blessing to him from the village".
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Joseph Parker was the youngest recipient of an award at the ceremony.