Kevin Barry enunciated two ominous words when he previewed Joseph Parker's fight with Solomon Haumono and they were 'Alex Leapai', not 'knockout victory'. Expectations of Parker protecting his status as mandatory challenger for Anthony Joshua's IBF h...
Joseph Parker is under orders not to talk up - or down to - Anthony Joshua as the New Zealand heavyweight boxer's preparations for a title fight enters its next phase in Christchurch - and don't expect him to bad mouth Solomon Haumono either.
When your average 24-year-old has gone the distance on the Las Vegas strip and thrown in the towel, Joseph Parker's day is just beginning. The alarm is set for 4.50am, and 40 minutes later Parker is waiting for the security gates to open so he can jo...
Joseph Parker stops at the resting place of Sonny Liston, the heavyweight champion who was brought to his knees outside the ring. Liston's unexceptional grave marker at the Davis Memorial Park's Garden of Peace in Las Vegas has one distinguishing cha...
Levini Haumono lies bedridden in western Sydney nursing home, yet each time her boy enters a boxing ring he senses Mum is in his corner. The 71-year-old, who suffered a stroke five years ago, famously raced on to Belmore Oval when Solomon Haumono was...
Adding punch to the Chiefs and All Blacks backline is now Sonny Bill Williams' priority after a bid to rebuild his reputation as a professional boxer ended with a successful outcome in Sydney on Saturday night. Williams recorded a clinical unanimo...
As physical specimens Sonny Bill Williams wins by unanimous decision, but he is still burdened by the weight of expectation leading into his boxing comeback against jovial American journeyman Chauncy Welliver. Williams will attempt to restore cred...
