December 4, 2024 • 10 mins
Joseph Parker is determined to become a two-time heavyweight world champion after locking in another world title fight.
He will face IBF belt holder Daniel Dubious on February 22 in Saudi Arabia.
Parker says if he wins the belt, he plans to cherish and appreciate the mantle of being a world champion.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Wildegrave
from News Talk Zibby.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
It's only for Joe Parker, Explosive Joseph Jurassic Parker another
shot at a world title. Joe, welcome to the program.
I trust you well and I expect particularly happy around this.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
You know what.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
I am very well and it's taking you know what
it's taking me. It was to get a fight, but
with landing with a big one. My last fight was
in March against Jang and it was great to get
that win. And then from then I was just waiting,
a waiting game, you know, I was. I was told
there was a fight in September, October, December. But now
(00:46):
we're finding locked in a big one in February, and
I'm very happy, happy to be lockdown for February twenty two.
It's not only a big fight, but it's a massive
card to be involved in back in Saudi Arabia.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
So all this waiting is going to come.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
To it's going to come to come to an end
because we have this big fighting, big challenge for ahead
of us.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
You're always on track. After your dismissals of Shang of
Dante Wilder, which is stunning. But to get a crack
now at the world title, is it sooner than you
expected considering what you've been doing, or around about the
right timing.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
I feel like it's I feel like it's around about
the right timing. You know, with the Wild and Jang fight.
We've always talked about it, not inly myself, but when
I talk, when I say we, it's Andy Lee, George
Locket myself. We're always talking about, you know, just doing
the right things at the right time and taking the
right fights at the right time. And we spoke about
(01:42):
fighting for the IBA Championship of the World a year
ago or a year and a half ago, and now
we're here. Now we don't know how we're going to
get there. A lot of things had to happen, you know,
Joshua had to know, Joshua losing to Dubois and you know,
beating her covention, all these things had to happen in
order for us to be in this position. So I'm
really aesthetic that we're here and now it's it's just now,
(02:07):
it's just the beginning.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
It's the beginning of the journey.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Because the title is where it's at on the twenty
second of February Button to get there, There's a lot
of things that have to happen, you know, it's a
hard work flying to Ireland, leaving the family for Christmas
and New Year's, meeting up with the team and training,
you know, two or three times a day, six days
a week, eating, breathing, and just doing everything boxing.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Joe Parker joins the show, Joe, how hard of a
fight was this to make? I mean, it's not your job.
It's a managerial situation, I expect because it was released early.
I think the news maybe the day before it was
supposed to have been. But difficulty in putting this together
from a management perspective, do you.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Know, well, if you know it was, it was tough
putting any fight together because we've been waiting since April,
so when we had the opportunity, there's a lot of
people working behind the scenes. To me, this happened is
Spencer Brown, David Higgins, Andy George, myself and it is.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
It's one of those things when the opportunity gets given.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
To you, then you then you take it, but then
there's things that happen behind the scenes where you have
to negotiate, you have to get the right terms. You
have to make sure that things are okay, because it's
there's it's not just about this fight, it's the fights
after it, one loser drawer that you have to set
yourself up for after these this fight.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
If you know what I mean, Are you gonna try
and punch Touba in the ice socket because it worked
for Joe Joyce. I still remember that fight. It was
brutal the way he fell apart is that one of
your clear imprisoned targets, Joe Pargett.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
Watching those fights and seeing them being susceptible to those
to that spot.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
In particular, you are gonna you are going to want
to aim for that spot.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
But Dubois and the team that he has now I
think really works well for him. And with each fight
that he had a big baby Miller onto Philip Hokovich,
Anthony Joshua, He's growing in confidence each and every time
and you can see that. And then a few of
those fights he has to show the really dig deeper
grip and determinations get through those hard times in the fight.
(04:11):
So but going back to your question, of course I
want to punch them directly in that spot.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
That's what I want to hear as far as the
build up and the training you means you're going to
go back. You've got a massive fight camp. What adjustments
if any, have you made with Andy Lean, of course
your nutritionists who's done so much for you. George Lockhart's
been one of the stars of your camp, quite frankly,
But anything adjusted, anything change as far as the build
up for this fight. When you consider how important it
(04:39):
is for the heavyweight strap.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
You know when you're when you're when you're just training
with no fight in front of you, you're just training
with no real goal or no real aim. And and
now that I have an opponent and Daniel Dubra, everything
is more specific now going into this camp. But by
training since April, I've put on some good weight. I
think it's all muscle weight. A lot of people will
be to this, but I think it's all muscle weight,
(05:04):
upt on about ten kgs. And it's time for me
to put all of this ten extra ten kgs into action,
and that's to trim down. My endurance is still at
the best, my power has gone up, and I feel
like my ring IQ has grown just just knowing and
understanding and what I'm doing in a ring and why
(05:24):
I'm doing certain training.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Schedules each and every day, you know.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
So I'm in a great place and I'm really I'm
ready to take on this training camp and put in
the best work for this massive fight mat.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
I've been stalking your Instagram. I swear your arms are
bigger than my legs. Now. You've definitely grown, there's no
doubt about that, and I think with your ring, IQ,
this is something your treasure. Over recent times. You're now
pacing your fights particularly well. You know ween to strike,
how to strike, and how that operates with your opposition,
and that's been a huge part of what you're doing.
(05:58):
You're not green behind the ears anymore, are you, Joe Parker.
You're an experienced pugilist and people thought you were a
journeyman and two oh, you're probably hitting the straps right
about the right time.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
I feel like I'm heading into my prime, and I
think with all this experience I have behind me, I'm
able to go into this ring. Not only like you said,
I'm not greeting anymore. I've been in this game for
a while now. But do you know what the best
thing about it is? Dos he the best thing about
it is that I enjoy it way more now and
I love it way more now because I understand what
I'm doing and there's certain things that were introduced now.
(06:32):
I'm like, holy moly. If I knew this a while ago,
things would have been different back then.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
But you learn to.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Appreciate the journey and what you've been through, the ups
and downs, and it really makes you appreciate the now
and what I'm doing now.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Some eight years ago when you picked up that title.
I don't think anybody can prepare anyone for picking up
the world title when it comes to being a heavyweight boxer,
and you were so young then too. Probably if you
knew it now, you do different. But how did that
work for you? Was it a shock that you deal
with it as well as you you could have done?
(07:06):
What lessons did you take that to apply? Because being
changed in the world at twenty fours a little on
the strange side, Joe, So.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
It's very different. You know, we're twenty four years old.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
You want to be your whole goal is to be
champion of the world in the sport of boxing, and
then you're doing it for New Zealand you're doing it
for some more you're doing it for your dad, doing
it for your coach Kevin Barry, doing it for your team.
But I didn't really do it.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
I did it. I did it for myself.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Obviously I wanted to do it for myself, but I'm
not really fully for myself. It was more for everyone else.
And I think winning the Championship of the World at
twenty four as a young age and I'm still I
was still learning and I'm still growing, and i was
still experimenting with life. But now that I'm at this
age thirty two, and I'm a father and I'm a
(07:51):
married man, it's very different going into this fight with
standing the bars. I feel like if I had the
chance now to win the Championshi of the World, I'm
the twenty second February, I would I would. I would
treat it very into how I treated it before when
I was twenty four years old. I feel like I'm
a lot more mature and I will appreciate it, and
my goal is to keep that belt once I win.
It is to keep it and hold on to it
(08:12):
for as long as they can, and it would be
nice to be nice to finish off at the top.
I'm thirty five, years old, finish off from the boxing
world at the top of my game, champion of the
world or unified or undisputed.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Well, it was that your target thirty five. You're going
to hang it up regardless are you? Have you given
us a retirement.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Around thirty five, But listen, if I'm dominating, I might
even make it.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Freddy six, how does your mate Tyson Fiery? He must
have responded really well to that. He must be loving
this for you. You're at this all part of your
rise and rise as well. You're good friendship with the
Gypsy King.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
He's been very helpful in my career through the ups
and downs and on. My plan is to be there
to support him. In two and a half week's time,
he's fighting Music for the second time in the rematch,
and I'd love to go over and support him and
back him and see him come come on top. You know,
if any man can do it, Tyson Fury can do
it through the things that he's been through. The comeback
(09:05):
to it. But he's been really very supportive and I'm
sure that he's very happy for me as well. And
it's imagine that too. You know, we're not brothers of
you know, DNA brothers, but brothers and boxing brothers in
life and if we could both take over, that'll be
truly amazing.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
And this is it, I promised the last one. Does
that mean at some stage you might actually fight him
if there's a couple of straps on the line that
you can both pick up?
Speaker 3 (09:28):
Is that?
Speaker 2 (09:29):
I know you seed you would before, But is that
still a possibility?
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Never say never.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
Brothers brother against brother, England against New Zealand, Tyson against Parker.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Never know USO on USO, and on that one, Joe Parker,
thanks very much, congratulations, looking forward to watching you do
what you do best and good luck with your diet
of a Christmas mate that is torture. No more cakes
for you, big man hah.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Might just have a secret.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
For more from Sports Talk, listen live to News Talks
it'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Wildegrave
from News Talk Zibby.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
It's only for Joe Parker, Explosive Joseph Jurassic Parker another
shot at a world title. Joe, welcome to the program.
I trust you well and I expect particularly happy around this.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
You know what.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
I am very well and it's taking you know what
it's taking me. It was to get a fight, but
with landing with a big one. My last fight was
in March against Jang and it was great to get
that win. And then from then I was just waiting,
a waiting game, you know, I was. I was told
there was a fight in September, October, December. But now
(00:46):
we're finding locked in a big one in February, and
I'm very happy, happy to be lockdown for February twenty two.
It's not only a big fight, but it's a massive
card to be involved in back in Saudi Arabia.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
So all this waiting is going to come.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
To it's going to come to come to an end
because we have this big fighting, big challenge for ahead
of us.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
You're always on track. After your dismissals of Shang of
Dante Wilder, which is stunning. But to get a crack
now at the world title, is it sooner than you
expected considering what you've been doing, or around about the
right timing.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
I feel like it's I feel like it's around about
the right timing. You know, with the Wild and Jang fight.
We've always talked about it, not inly myself, but when
I talk, when I say we, it's Andy Lee, George
Locket myself. We're always talking about, you know, just doing
the right things at the right time and taking the
right fights at the right time. And we spoke about
(01:42):
fighting for the IBA Championship of the World a year
ago or a year and a half ago, and now
we're here. Now we don't know how we're going to
get there. A lot of things had to happen, you know,
Joshua had to know, Joshua losing to Dubois and you know,
beating her covention, all these things had to happen in
order for us to be in this position. So I'm
really aesthetic that we're here and now it's it's just now,
(02:07):
it's just the beginning.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
It's the beginning of the journey.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Because the title is where it's at on the twenty
second of February Button to get there, There's a lot
of things that have to happen, you know, it's a
hard work flying to Ireland, leaving the family for Christmas
and New Year's, meeting up with the team and training,
you know, two or three times a day, six days
a week, eating, breathing, and just doing everything boxing.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Joe Parker joins the show, Joe, how hard of a
fight was this to make? I mean, it's not your job.
It's a managerial situation, I expect because it was released early.
I think the news maybe the day before it was
supposed to have been. But difficulty in putting this together
from a management perspective, do you.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Know, well, if you know it was, it was tough
putting any fight together because we've been waiting since April,
so when we had the opportunity, there's a lot of
people working behind the scenes. To me, this happened is
Spencer Brown, David Higgins, Andy George, myself and it is.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
It's one of those things when the opportunity gets given.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
To you, then you then you take it, but then
there's things that happen behind the scenes where you have
to negotiate, you have to get the right terms. You
have to make sure that things are okay, because it's
there's it's not just about this fight, it's the fights
after it, one loser drawer that you have to set
yourself up for after these this fight.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
If you know what I mean, Are you gonna try
and punch Touba in the ice socket because it worked
for Joe Joyce. I still remember that fight. It was
brutal the way he fell apart is that one of
your clear imprisoned targets, Joe Pargett.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
Watching those fights and seeing them being susceptible to those
to that spot.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
In particular, you are gonna you are going to want
to aim for that spot.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
But Dubois and the team that he has now I
think really works well for him. And with each fight
that he had a big baby Miller onto Philip Hokovich,
Anthony Joshua, He's growing in confidence each and every time
and you can see that. And then a few of
those fights he has to show the really dig deeper
grip and determinations get through those hard times in the fight.
(04:11):
So but going back to your question, of course I
want to punch them directly in that spot.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
That's what I want to hear as far as the
build up and the training you means you're going to
go back. You've got a massive fight camp. What adjustments
if any, have you made with Andy Lean, of course
your nutritionists who's done so much for you. George Lockhart's
been one of the stars of your camp, quite frankly,
But anything adjusted, anything change as far as the build
up for this fight. When you consider how important it
(04:39):
is for the heavyweight strap.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
You know when you're when you're when you're just training
with no fight in front of you, you're just training
with no real goal or no real aim. And and
now that I have an opponent and Daniel Dubra, everything
is more specific now going into this camp. But by
training since April, I've put on some good weight. I
think it's all muscle weight. A lot of people will
be to this, but I think it's all muscle weight,
(05:04):
upt on about ten kgs. And it's time for me
to put all of this ten extra ten kgs into action,
and that's to trim down. My endurance is still at
the best, my power has gone up, and I feel
like my ring IQ has grown just just knowing and
understanding and what I'm doing in a ring and why
(05:24):
I'm doing certain training.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Schedules each and every day, you know.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
So I'm in a great place and I'm really I'm
ready to take on this training camp and put in
the best work for this massive fight mat.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
I've been stalking your Instagram. I swear your arms are
bigger than my legs. Now. You've definitely grown, there's no
doubt about that, and I think with your ring, IQ,
this is something your treasure. Over recent times. You're now
pacing your fights particularly well. You know ween to strike,
how to strike, and how that operates with your opposition,
and that's been a huge part of what you're doing.
(05:58):
You're not green behind the ears anymore, are you, Joe Parker.
You're an experienced pugilist and people thought you were a
journeyman and two oh, you're probably hitting the straps right
about the right time.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
I feel like I'm heading into my prime, and I
think with all this experience I have behind me, I'm
able to go into this ring. Not only like you said,
I'm not greeting anymore. I've been in this game for
a while now. But do you know what the best
thing about it is? Dos he the best thing about
it is that I enjoy it way more now and
I love it way more now because I understand what
I'm doing and there's certain things that were introduced now.
(06:32):
I'm like, holy moly. If I knew this a while ago,
things would have been different back then.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
But you learn to.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Appreciate the journey and what you've been through, the ups
and downs, and it really makes you appreciate the now
and what I'm doing now.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Some eight years ago when you picked up that title.
I don't think anybody can prepare anyone for picking up
the world title when it comes to being a heavyweight boxer,
and you were so young then too. Probably if you
knew it now, you do different. But how did that
work for you? Was it a shock that you deal
with it as well as you you could have done?
(07:06):
What lessons did you take that to apply? Because being
changed in the world at twenty fours a little on
the strange side, Joe, So.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
It's very different. You know, we're twenty four years old.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
You want to be your whole goal is to be
champion of the world in the sport of boxing, and
then you're doing it for New Zealand you're doing it
for some more you're doing it for your dad, doing
it for your coach Kevin Barry, doing it for your team.
But I didn't really do it.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
I did it. I did it for myself.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Obviously I wanted to do it for myself, but I'm
not really fully for myself. It was more for everyone else.
And I think winning the Championship of the World at
twenty four as a young age and I'm still I
was still learning and I'm still growing, and i was
still experimenting with life. But now that I'm at this
age thirty two, and I'm a father and I'm a
(07:51):
married man, it's very different going into this fight with
standing the bars. I feel like if I had the
chance now to win the Championshi of the World, I'm
the twenty second February, I would I would. I would
treat it very into how I treated it before when
I was twenty four years old. I feel like I'm
a lot more mature and I will appreciate it, and
my goal is to keep that belt once I win.
It is to keep it and hold on to it
(08:12):
for as long as they can, and it would be
nice to be nice to finish off at the top.
I'm thirty five, years old, finish off from the boxing
world at the top of my game, champion of the
world or unified or undisputed.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Well, it was that your target thirty five. You're going
to hang it up regardless are you? Have you given
us a retirement.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Around thirty five, But listen, if I'm dominating, I might
even make it.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Freddy six, how does your mate Tyson Fiery? He must
have responded really well to that. He must be loving
this for you. You're at this all part of your
rise and rise as well. You're good friendship with the
Gypsy King.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
He's been very helpful in my career through the ups
and downs and on. My plan is to be there
to support him. In two and a half week's time,
he's fighting Music for the second time in the rematch,
and I'd love to go over and support him and
back him and see him come come on top. You know,
if any man can do it, Tyson Fury can do
it through the things that he's been through. The comeback
(09:05):
to it. But he's been really very supportive and I'm
sure that he's very happy for me as well. And
it's imagine that too. You know, we're not brothers of
you know, DNA brothers, but brothers and boxing brothers in
life and if we could both take over, that'll be
truly amazing.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
And this is it, I promised the last one. Does
that mean at some stage you might actually fight him
if there's a couple of straps on the line that
you can both pick up?
Speaker 3 (09:28):
Is that?
Speaker 2 (09:29):
I know you seed you would before, But is that
still a possibility?
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Never say never.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
Brothers brother against brother, England against New Zealand, Tyson against Parker.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Never know USO on USO, and on that one, Joe Parker,
thanks very much, congratulations, looking forward to watching you do
what you do best and good luck with your diet
of a Christmas mate that is torture. No more cakes
for you, big man hah.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Might just have a secret.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
For more from Sports Talk, listen live to News Talks
it'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
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