Joseph Parker (born South Auckland, 1992) is an amateur boxer who fought for New Zealand in the super heavyweight category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He is expected to compete at the 2012 Olympics should he qualify.
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Joseph Parker was born in 1992 in South Auckland. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is the elder brother of John Parker, also an up and coming amateur boxer. Joseph took up boxing when he was eleven and trains at a gym in Papatoetoe. [1]
Parker competed for New Zealand in the super heavyweight category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He won his first fight by 14-7 over Canadian Didier Bence after scoring nine points in the final round. [2] Parker needed only to win his second fight, the quarter final, to pick up a medal but lost to Tariq Abdul Haqq. The fight was tied at 7-7 after Parker landed a late punch to tie up the scores. The judges, however, gave Abdul Haqq the win by a majority decision of three of the five judges. [3]