Kiwi taunts 'big lump' ahead of world title fight

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A assured Joseph Parker has laid retired his plans for beating Britain's Joe Joyce successful Manchester this weekend.

Parker and Joyce clash for the WBO's interim heavyweight rubric (on Sunday greeting AEST). Joyce is No.1 and Parker No.2 with the WBO and the combat volition spell a agelong mode to sorting retired a aboriginal hostile for existent champion Oleksandr Usyk.

Parker has wrapped up his grooming campy successful Morecambe successful northbound England to transportation to Manchester, a venue helium knows well, securing 3 important victories determination against Hughie Fury and Dereck Chisora (twice).

Joe Joyce volition look erstwhile satellite champion Joseph Parker successful a titanic clash for the interim WBO satellite heavyweight rubric connected Sunday, September 25 from 3am AEST. Live & Exclusive connected Stan Event

Parker, "glowing" disconnected the backmost of his 3rd campy with his British trainer Andy Lee, has nary doubts helium volition manus Joyce (14-0), who helium labels "Big Lump", his archetypal nonrecreational defeat.

"I'm going to beryllium excessively fast, I'm going to beryllium excessively quick. I volition person amended question than helium does," Parker (30-2) said.

"Of course, he's got this jab, and helium comes forward, and helium has got a bully engine. But I've prepared for that, I've had large sparring partners to hole for that.

"Joe Joyce has had a large amateur background, helium has that unbeaten assurance arsenic a professional, helium has a bully engine, helium takes a bully changeable and helium throws a batch of punches. But I'm going to bushed him, I'm going to springiness him his archetypal loss."

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Joseph Parker and trainer Andy Lee aft the WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Title triumph against Derek Chisora. (Getty)

Parker feels his narration with erstwhile satellite cruiserweight champion Lee and Tyson Fury, the existent WBC heavyweight champion, has taken his skills to different level, and he's anxious to showcase that successful a combat of immense consequence.

Parker is adamant his powerfulness origin has increased, thing helium volition request if helium is to topple the overmuch larger Joyce who volition bask useful height, value and scope advantages for a combat that could spell toe-to-toe for agelong periods.

"I've made this the champion campy I've had, I've trained hard each day, I'm glowing," Parker said.

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"You are going to spot a much improved Joseph Parker successful the ring. Andy has added a batch much to my weapons.

"When you situation yourself with champions, you get a champion mindset yourself.

"There's nary doubt, nary worries, due to the fact that I've done the work. So erstwhile the combat comes astir this large lump (Joyce) is going to get a lump connected his head."

AT A GLANCE – Joseph Parker v Joe Joyce

Joseph Parker (NZ)

• 30 years old
• 32 wins (21 KO) / 0 draws / 2 losses 65.6% KO
• 193 cm gangly / 193cm reach
• Resides successful Auckland, New Zealand
• Ranked Number 2 WBO, No 3 WBC, No 4 Ring Magazine, No 6 IBF
• Former WBO World Heavyweight Champion;
• Former WBO Oriental Heavyweight Champion;
• Former WBO Africa Heavyweight Champion;
• Former OPBF Heavyweight Champion;
• Former New Zealand National Boxing Federations Heavyweight Champion;
• Two-time Former New Zealand Heavyweight Amateur Champion;
• Parker fought reigning Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua and took him 12 rounds
• Fought successful beforehand of grounds satellite pay-per-view TV assemblage vs Anthony Joshua
• Fought unrecorded successful beforehand of 80,000 radical vs Anthony Joshua successful Cardiff
• Never been knocked out

Joe Joyce (UK)

• 36 years old
• 14 wins (13 KO) / 0 draws / 0 losses
• 92.86% KO
• 198cm gangly / 203cm reach
• Resides successful Putney, London
• Born successful London, United Kingdom
• Ranked Number 1 WBO, No 2 WBC, No 5 IBF
• Current WBO International Heavyweight Champion;
• Current WBC Silver Heavyweight Champion;
• Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion;
• Former British Heavyweight Champion;
• Unbeaten

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