John Wayne Parr on "getting destroyed" by the media

"Karl Stefanovic called me the worst father in Australia"

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So Jase, he's got a chapter in there about when
having a first fight eight years old, when I came
to see you back in the day, so and when
that media destroyed me for two weeks as the worst
father in Australia for putting her in the ring.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
Was Karl Stefanovic.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
At the time, I remember it was a different different
back then. The fighting wasn't quite as popular. And then
I put my daughter into the ring at eight years
old and for us it's just normal, but for the
general public that were so shocked. And then yeah, and
then Carl Stephanovik called me the worst father in Australia,
and then everyone jumped on it, and then I become
the number one trending story in Australia for like two weeks.
I was the first father in Australia for two weeks.

(00:34):
But thankfully Jazz has now gone on to become a
champion and own right. And then it's like a junior football.
If you don'ted that football, you're not going to be
a superstar when you're younger, when you're in your older
So when if you start fighting at a younger age,
by the time you're late teens, early twenties. Hopefully you
can go on to be a superstar.

Speaker 3 (00:50):
How old jazz now twenty one?

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Wow, she's fighting like she's getting better, Like she's she's
in boxing now because she had injuries with more tie
through the hip. Is that right?

Speaker 1 (01:01):
Yes? And plus there's more opportunities with the boxing as well,
bigger promotions, it's more accepted worldwide, bigger opportunities for sponsorships,
and more money.

Speaker 4 (01:11):
She wants the money.

Speaker 5 (01:12):
Yeah, I just can't believe that you went through that
with her, Like we've come a long way. But also
it wasn't very long ago.

Speaker 3 (01:21):
Women girls should be able to fight like boys. I
bet you they wouldn't have said it if it was
a boy. Right.

Speaker 4 (01:25):
Well, I came to Australia twenty one years ago and
women were not allowed to fight in the ring in
New South Wales only twenty one years ago.

Speaker 3 (01:32):
It makes me mad.

Speaker 4 (01:34):
It made me so mad. Yeah, I was like, are
you kidding open? I haven't fighting in America in Las
Vegas and I was on TV, I was on ESPN,
and I thought it was very backwards here.

Speaker 3 (01:44):
Well, then a lot of women must thank your family
because look at what you've done. Maybe through well, I
will thank you on behalf of all the little girl
fighters out there. There's some tough girls coming up through
the ranks and you're teaching them.

Speaker 4 (01:58):
Yeah, I love it. I try to little girl she's
seven years old and she's already fought MMA and there's
no headgehots, it's just body shots and as soon as
it gets to the ground, it's ju jitsu, no ground
to pound. So there is a safe way to get
experience and fight. And you know, Jazzie, she's had over
thirty fights and she needs that experience to fight these

(02:19):
killers that they're trying to put her up against.