In an interview with the Ring, this is what Jpseph Parker had to say about Dillian Whyte as he further named the best he’s faced.
“I would love to have a rematch with Dillian Whyte,” he said. “Our fight (in which both men were on the canvas before Whyte won by unanimous decision) was quite entertaining. He was the better man on that day but I still believe in my heart that I can beat him. I would love the opportunity to have a rematch with him.” He said.
Check out his best fights in this dialogue
BEST OVERALL
Anthony Joshua: Leading into our fight, he was very professional. And what he did in the ring, being able to use his jab and his boxing skills to keep me at bay. He uses his height and his reach very well. And I thought his performance in the rematch with Ruiz was great, it was a boxing lesson. He boxed, he moved, he punched without getting hit. I bet some of my family members that AJ was going to win that rematch, they had Ruiz. My family paid up.
Best Boxer
Andy Ruiz: “He has a lot of skill and he showed it in our fight; he was difficult to hit. All that experience he had in the amateurs has really helped him in the pros.”
BEST JAB
Anthony Joshua: With his jab, he was able to keep me at bay in our fight. He boxed a lot better than I thought he would.
BEST DEFENSE
Filip Hrgovic: When I fought him in the amateurs, he used his height and reach very well. We were both 18 years-old when we fought in Azerbaijan. He didn’t move a lot, but he slowly walked me down and tired me down. His defense was quite good.
BEST CHIN
Ruiz: I hit him with a few good shots that had a bit of pop behind them, but he just ate them and kept coming. I think it’s his body type; he is compact and tucks his chin into his neck and comes forward. He rolls with the punches and doesn’t really catch them clean.
BEST PUNCHER
Ruiz: Dillian Whyte did drop me, but with Ruiz, I really felt the sting in his punches. I think it was a left hook he caught me with in our fight that hurt me. From that point on, in the whole fight, I was deaf in one ear.
FASTEST HANDS
Andy Ruiz: It’s the hand speed that makes Andy’s punches so effective.
FASTEST FEET
Anthony Joshua: Moving backward, forward, sideways – he was hard to hit when we fought. He would move back and I would chase him and then the ref would jump in before I could do any work. But I didn’t adapt and change the way I should have; it was a learning experience. If I did have another fight with him, I could show how I’ve improved.
SMARTEST
Anthony Joshua: Our fight was a tactical fight and he did enough to win. He didn’t overdo it and didn’t underdo it, he did just enough.
STRONGEST
Dillan Whyte: He used his body in our fight, I wasn’t expecting that, he roughed me up. He pushed me around and I didn’t counter that as much as I should have.
–Boxing Ghana.
