E270 - Joseph Parker defeats Deontay Wilder, ruins Christmas

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Joseph Parker defeated Deontay Wilder and ruined everyone’s most wanted Christmas present that is Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder. The performance from Joseph Parker was nothing short of fantastic and Parker deserves all the praise and big name fights he gets going forward. Not to take away from Jospeh Parker but Deontay Wilder looked like HOT GARBAGE! It also makes sense that Joseph Parker trains with Tyson Fury, the only other man to beat Deontay Wilder. In addition to Deontay Wilder losing to Joseph Parker, we will talk about Anthony Joshua beating Otto Wallin better than Tyson Fury did. Anthony Joshua has got much criticism for looking bad since the Andy Ruiz loss. But this fight marked a return of sorts. But I won’t be so quick to say AJ is “back” per se. I want to see that from him in his next couple fights before I can say that he’s back. Regardless, it was a throwback performance from Anthony Joshua with the fifth round finish of Otto Wallin. What’s next for the former heavyweight champ? Lastly, we talk everyone’s favorite decision merchant: Dmitry Bivol. He took on Lyndon Arthur and looked great. Dmitry Bivol dominated the fight from bell to bell but lacked that killer instinct that we all love from him. Bivol is great but what did it cost us? All 12 rounds of 1-2’s and 1-1-2’s. Does Dmitry Bivol face Artur Beterbiev next? What did you think of Joseph Parker defeating Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua returning to form and Dmitry Bivol cruising to the win? Fight Finders 002 is out now on YouTube now: https://youtu.be/bdR36vvPADs Check out my latest article, The Art of the Ninth Limb: How the headbutt changes a fight. It includes interviews with Dave LeDuc, Bas Rutten, Phil Dunlap and Mark Kerr on the topic: https://fight-library.com/2023/12/20/the-art-of-the-ninth-limb-how-the-headbutt-changes-a-fight/ Follow me on X and reach out about Fight Finders! Let me know what you thought. Twitter: x.com/@BlaineHenryTFL Subscribe to the free Substack newsletter where I do fight analysis on a weekly basis! Substack: fightlibrary.Substack.com (free!) Fight-library.com