Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-23, pretty good fight between Joseph Parker and Jason Bergman: it gets three stars.The undefeated Joseph Parker entered this fight with a perfect record of 17-0-0 (15 KOs=88%) and he is ranked as the No.11 heavyweight in the world. He fought five times last year beating Kali Meehan (=Parker vs Meehan) and Daniel Martz in his last two bouts (=Parker vs Martz).
His opponent, Jason Bergman, has a boxing record of 25-11-2 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.79 in the same weight class. He lost to Akhror Muralimov in 2014 but then he has won over Robert Hawkins and Jerry Butler. Parker vs Bergman is valid for the WBO Oriental and WBO Africa heavyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2016-01-23
Where: Faleata Sports Complex, Apia, Samoa
Division: heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Title: WBO Oriental and WBO Africa heavyweight titles
Parker’s previous fight: Joseph Parker vs Daniel Martz
Parker’s next fight: Joseph Parker vs Carlos Takam
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Terrible mismatch. I like Parker, but I’ve seen him beat up enough old fat guys.
I cannot understand why a boxer so technical competent and a quite hard puncher also selected a rival like Bergman to defend his title. I don’t believe that Bergman, who has a poor record, was the mandatory opponent for the title. Is Parker still building up his record or just trying to learn in the ring how to fight with an experienced southpaw boxer but unskilled one? Since Parker dominated the whole fight was no much to learn from his rival but some kind of risk of receiving a lucky punch, like the left hand he ate in the first round that may ruin his excellent record.
If learning was the reason better to do that in sparring sessions with the full assistance of his coach instead of getting involved in shameful fights like this one.
Parker has already very good credentials to fight with higher level of competition because this fight in reality is kind of diminishing his lustre. In spite of it took a quite good time for him to complete his job.
well said tango –
good athletics. I bit unbalanced. But those fast hands might make up for the height differential with the 6’7 guys.
Not a great outing at all from Parker and Colonel Bob’s biased commentary was cringeworthy.
Nevertheless Parker’s right in the mix. Some great match ups available right now with the new HW scene.
A super six could sell big time if done right.
Won’t happen obviously due to greed and ego..
colonel bob has to calm down.
If Joseph keeps dropping his right hand while coming in he will be history against any competent heavy weight. Fighting an incompetent journeyman like Bergman is a farce.