Joseph Parker admits he wants a dominant victory over Jack Massey to stake his declare for a revenge battle in opposition to heavyweight rival Dillian Whyte.
The Brit inflicted simply the second defeat of Parker’s skilled profession 5 years in the past, though the New Zealander did put down Whyte within the last spherical of the competition.
The former WBO champion is on the comeback path, having been stopped by one other Brit Joe Joyce within the eleventh spherical of their punishing bout final September.
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Parker suffered his first knockout defeat final day out by the hands of Joe Joyce
However, the 31-year is optimistic {that a} assertion win over Massey on the Eubank Jr vs Smith invoice, reside on Sky Sports Box Office, may persuade Whyte to just accept the rematch.
Speaking on the media exercise, he instructed Sky Sports: “Dream battle would clearly be to battle for a world title, however I wish to battle Dillian Whyte once more. It was an ideal, robust first battle, he obtained the win, superior for him and I’d wish to avenge that loss.”
Should he be unable to safe the specified rematch, Parker has no problem with dealing with a number of the different main names within the heavyweight division, saying: “You’ve all the time obtained a watch on different fighters.
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Parker had Whyte down in direction of the tip of their battle in 2018
“Get previous Jack Massey, there’s Michael Hunter calling me out. If no-one needs to battle Joyce, I’ll battle him once more, however I’ve to maintain enterprise first.”
Parker’s opponent Massey has solely lately moved as much as heavyweight, having beforehand fought at cruiserweight.
He’s emerged victorious from 20 of his 21 fights thus far, along with his solely defeat coming by the hands of Richard Riakporhe, who can be that includes on Saturday’s undercard in opposition to former two-time world champion Krzysztof Glowacki.
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Richard Riakporhe is the one man to have bested Massey
Despite not fairly realizing what to anticipate from the Englishman, Parker is refusing to underestimate him in what he acknowledges is a must-win battle.
“I’m approaching it like each different battle, prefer it’s the championship of the world. When you method a battle like that and you’re taking each battle severely, you are going to be in the most effective situation and that is what I’ve carried out on this camp.
“It’s a little bit of the unknown what he will are available in as weight-wise. I’m respecting him as a result of a fighter who’s going to return up is assured in themselves.
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Massey presents an unpredictable problem to Parker
“There are plenty of cruiserweights which have carried out nice, I’m not saying he is certainly one of them however there’s potential to do some great things within the heavyweight division.
“Every battle you wish to look good and also you wish to make a press release however if you go on the lookout for it, it does not actually occur. I wish to go on the market, get pleasure from myself and simply execute what I’ve been doing in camp.”
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