Former WBO heavyweight champion and sparring partner of Tyson Fury, Joseph Parker, has look ahead to ‘The Gypsy King’s’ undisputed title challenge against unified title-holder Oleksandr Usyk, assuring fans that the Brit will ‘take care of business’.
The long-awaited undisputed showdown is just weeks away and fans and pundits alike remain split as to whom may come out on top.
One opinion is that Tyson Fury’s arguable career-best wins over Deontay Wilder have been diminished after his good friend Parker whitewashed the ‘Bronze Bomber’ last month.
Meanwhile, Fury’s below-par display against Francis Ngannou has only added to doubts that he can topple the tricky Ukrainian, despite his obvious physical advantages.
However, Parker told Boxing News that he has full confidence in the abilities of Fury is expecting the WBC title-holder to get the job done.
“I just think that it’s great that the fight is actually happening and locked in. It’s a fight that has been talked about for a long time, we have never seen an undefeated undisputed champion in a long time.
“You know who I am going for, you know who I am backing, I am very biased in that sense. Even if I take off my bias hat, there’s still some bias anyway, I just know that Tyson is going to take care of business, he’s going to be the undisputed champion and it’s going to be great.”
Fury-Usyk takes place on February 17th in Riyadh, with an undercard featuring Jai Opetaia and Sergey Kovalev now confirmed, ahead of the battle to crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt era and the first of any kind since 2000.