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With world Champions Anthony Joshua Deontay Wilder lighting the heavyweight
world on fire and New Zealand's Joseph Parker barely maintaining room
temperature during his brief title reign it seems fair to ask where would the
Kiwi be in the heavyweight conversation if he didn't have the WBO world title
belt around his waist? would he still be considered one of the best big men in
the world or just another face in the crowd? there's no denying that the
extremely athletic 25 year old Kiwi cut a uniquely destructive swath through the
usual heavyweight riffraff on his way up the ranks. But even though he's
maintained his undefeated record, and snapped the WBO world title around his
waist, Parker has managed to merely stay in his
lane on the heavyweight championship Speedway, scoring tight, some would say
unconvincing, majority decisions in his title clinching win over Andy Ruiz, as
well as against crafty Brit Hughy Fury, and Parker was taken the distance by
unheralded Rozvan Kojanu and while Fury is a stylistic nightmare for anybody, it's
not unfair to view Parker's brief time perched on Mt. heavyweight as a bit
of a letdown, considering the billing he received during his ascent. But if Parker
has merely fallen into a bit of a rut, fighting down to his less than stellar
opposition, and is indeed still the spectacular fighter that once had
grizzled boxing men giddy in anticipation, then it's time to get him in against a
man who will measure Parker's true Worth as champion, while gauging his own
considerable talents against, supposedly, one of the world's best. Boxing Gods
please put Joseph Parker to perhaps the most dangerous uncrowned test in the
heavyweight division, and pair him against Jerrell big baby Miller.
Although an imposing presence the near 300-pound Miller does much more than just
take up space, with an athleticism bordering on freakish, Miller's
actually one of the world's nimblest heavyweights. Miller's movement however
would be the least of Parker's worries. Parlaying that size and athleticism with
crunching power, Miller amounts to one of the most dynamic offensive fighters the
division has seen in a while. But if Parker can use his own outlying
athleticism to time Big baby's forays, then he'll both enhance his own
championship status and overcome the stiffest test of his career to date,
proving he could be the best thing to ever happen to the WBO heavyweight belt...
and not the other way around.