Joseph Parker Says He’ll Never Fight His Friend Tyson Fury, Will Find Another Way To A Belt

Joseph Parker and Tyson Fury are friends and have trained with one another in the past so Parker says he won’t fight the Brit.

Just recently, Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum who promotes Fury mentioned Parker as a potential next opponent, for Fury. However, Parker says that won’t happen as he doesn’t want to fight Fury given he has stayed at his house and he knows his family quite well.

“We have a great relationship. He treats me like a younger brother, his whole family looks after me. I’ve based myself here in Morecambe now. I’ve stayed in his house, I’m using his gym. I think I’ll never fight him. I’ll let him do his thing and fight everyone else,” Parker told Talk Sport (via BoxingScene). “I’ll try to go another path and do my best to win the other belts if I can.”

Joseph Parker is coming off a dominant 12-round win over Derek Chisora where he even dropped Chisora three times in the fight. After the victory, he was offered a IBF title eliminator bout against Filip Hrgovic but he turned it down due to the monetary concerns, his manager said.

Even though Parker does not have his next fight booked he says he is back in training camp with Tyson Fury among others which has been good for him.

“I’m back into training, back into training camp with Tyson. We’ve got Sonny Bill Williams here doing some training for his fight, David Nyika back on board. It’s great to be back training,” Parker said.

Joseph Parker currently holds a number three ranking with the World Boxing Council so the bout against Fury could very well happen soon. Yet, if Parker has any say he doesn’t want the fight. When and who he will face next is still uncertain.

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