Joseph Parker pledges to stop the Joe Joyce 'hype train' in its tracks

Joseph Parker pledges to stop the Joe Joyce ‘hype train’ in its tracks when the two heavyweights collide on Saturday night – with the New Zealander confident of derailing the ‘lump’ and moving into top spot to challenge Oleksandr Usyk

  • Joseph Parker has vowed to go straight through Joe Joyce on Saturday evening 
  • The two boxers will clash for the WBO interim heavyweight title in Manchester
  • Whoever wins will be in prime position to challenge Oleksandr Usyk next up
  • And New Zealander Parker insisted he will stop the Joyce ‘hype train’ in its tracks 

Joseph Parker has vowed to derail the Joe Joyce ‘hype train’ when the heavyweights clash in Manchester on Saturday. 

The New Zealander (30-2) will collide with the undefeated Brit, who has 13 knockouts from his 14 wins, with the winner in prime position to fight three-belt world champion Oleksandr Usyk. 

And Parker, a former world champion, insists he can stop the ‘lump’ that is 37-year-old Joyce and take the WBO interim title.

Joseph Parker has vowed to derail the Joe Joyce ‘hype train’ when the pair clash on Saturday

The New Zealander faces Joyce (left) for the WBO interim heavyweight title in Manchester 

He said at a press conference on Thursday: ‘I see a lump, a big man. A man that’s confident, a man’s that ready, but a man who is going to be stopped in his tracks. Hype train.’ 

Joyce responded: ‘This big lump is going to be coming at you on Saturday night.’

Parker’s trainer Andy Lee added: ‘Any fight can be an easy fight. Joseph knows how to make this an easy fight, I know what he has to do.

The winner is in prime position to fight three-belt world champion Oleksandr Usyk (above) next

‘Parker is leagues apart. Joyce has a big engine, is strong, punches hard himself. We know what we’re up against. This is elite. Joe’s reaching new levels every time. Forget what you saw from Parker before, you’ve only seen glimpses.’ 

Parker, who also promised to knock Joyce out, lost against Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte in successive fights in 2018 but has won six on the spin since then. 

With WBC champion Tyson Fury set to fight Anthony Joshua in December, Ukrainian Usyk could be free for a bout with the winner of Saturday’s fight. 




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