A Big Night At The Principality Stadium In Cardiff by Ralph Oates
The heavyweight division over the years has produced a number of fantastic boxers, world champions like Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson, Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis and many more. Fighters who thrilled the fans and in turn often filled the sporting pages of the various newspapers who covered their bouts. At this present time, the heavyweight division continues to turn out heavyweights that capture the imagination of the public.
Joshua was no stranger to Wales, in his fourth professional bout on 1 February 2014 he met Dorian Darch at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff and won when stopping his opponent in round 2 of 6. His second Welsh appearance had taken place on 28 October 2017 at the Principality Stadium whereupon he defeated challenger Carlos Takam in defence of his Super WBA, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles stopping him in the 10th Stanza of a bout set for the duration of 12 rounds. Takam had put in a brave and stubborn performance before being halted by the Briton. While Takam was no pushover Parker looked So it was a big night for to be a much tougher boxing on the 31 March task for Joshua. The 2018 and a big night for WBO champion was Cardiff, since Anthony keen to add Joshua’s Joshua the reigning titles to his own to Super WBA, IBF and become a unified world IBO world heavyweight titleholder. Parker was champion was meeting the first boxer from his the WBO heavyweight country to win a version king Joseph Parker of the world heavyweight from New Zealand, in a championship, so he unification contest fight is assured of a place which was staged at the Anthony Joshua. Image courtesy of Philip Sharkey in the history books of Principality Stadium. It is his nation. The title had always a massive event come into his grasp on to stage a world title bout at heavyweight and 10 December 2016 when he met Andy Ruiz for this fight was no exception. Both men were the vacant belt at the Spark Arena in Auckland undefeated, Joshua having a resume of 20 and won a 12 round point’s decision. Ruiz, bouts and Parker a slate of 24. This looked a very underrated boxer, made Parker dig like being a compelling encounter between two down and fight every inch of the way in this skilful ring operators. At that moment in time, contest. The home fighter was aware that he the WBC world titleholder in the division was had been in a tough battle with his opponent American Deontay Wilder who was nicknamed at the completion of the bout. Parker then The Bronze Bomber and also undefeated in 40 made a successful first defence of the crown bouts. The weight division was seeing exciting on 6 May 2017 against Razvan Cojanu, the times with a number of interesting characters venue being the Vodaphone Events Centre in coming through the ranks to ply their trade. Manukau City, once again securing a 12 round 32 CARDIFF TIMES
