Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-08-01, good start between Joseph Parker and Bowie Tupou: it gets three stars.The undefeated Joseph Parker entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 14-0-0 (12 KOs=86%) and he is ranked as the No.20 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, Bowie Tupou, has an official record of 25-3-0 (17 knockouts). Both boxers have already fought in 2015: Parker has beat Jason Pettaway and Yakup Saglam (=Parker vs Saglam) while Tupou has won over Hunter Sam. Parker vs Tupou is valid for the vacant OPBF, PABA, WBO Oriental and Africa heavyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2015-08-01
Where: Stadium Southland, Invercargill, New Zealand
Division: heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Title: vacant OPBF, PABA, WBO Oriental and Africa heavyweight titles
Parker’s previous fight: Joseph Parker vs Yakup Saglam
Parker’s next fight: Joseph Parker vs Kali Meehan
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Another fight ending with a suspect blow. Should have been at least declared a no-contest.
Suspect blow?
It was a right hand that contacted on top of the head as guy came in.
Guy was cold and got KTFO.
pretty simple to me
Since when has the top of the head been contained in the legitimate scoring area? Ergo, it was suspect at best although not intentional.
I dont know ive watched it over and over and i just don’t see a significant blow land. both angles not very good so ill give it the benefit of the doubt but i dont see the knock out blow.
As No10Count said, Parker’s right hand hit the top of Tupou’s head as the latter was leaning forward. It is a very sensible brain region involved mostly in motor control, movements and orientation. As a result, Tupou totally lost it all in a blink of an eye.
In addition of being a hard puncher Joseph is a very good technical boxer. This is my second time to watch him and I’m really impressed. He could have a good opportunity in this category because he if tall, a power puncher and very fast.