Tyson Fury calls on Joseph Parker vs Anthony Joshua rematch after first-round KO

Tyson Fury has declared he’d prefer to see Joseph Parker rematch Anthony Joshua after naming 4 potential opponents for his shut pal, who comfortably stopped Faiga Opelu within the first spherical to win the Commonwealth heavyweight title in Australia. The Gypsy King flew Down Under to help his stablemate in Melbourne and the journey was seemingly made worthwhile following a spectacular TKO victory.

Opelu was left dancing across the ring helplessly as Parker continued to bludgeon his opponent with a sequence of savage combos.

The Kiwi appeared extremely heavy-handed as soon as once more as he continued his comeback path following his brutal knockout defeat to Joe Joyce final September.

Parker has since defeated Jack Massey and now Opelu to reposition himself within the heavyweight division and Fury mentioned ringside that his mate ought to now be eyeing the massive fights as soon as once more.

The Gypsy King mentioned: “I’d prefer to see the rematch with Andy Ruiz, Joe Joyce, Dillian Whyte and even AJ. F**okay ‘em all, Joseph Parker is back!”

Back in March 2018, Parker became the first man to ever go the distance with Joshua in the professional ranks despite defeat in Cardiff.

But since then, both have endured rocky patches to say the least having both suffered a series of losses.

Yet Fury evidently feels Parker has the sharpness to challenge AJ once again while there are other big fights out there on the table for the 31-year-old, who to his credit has remained active.

Parker also previously beat Andy Ruiz Jr for the vacant WBO world heavyweight title in December 2016 before later losing the belt to AJ.

Fury also made it clear he would never fight Parker, who is coached by his cousin and team member Andy Lee.

“Definitely not. No,” he said, when asked if he’d consider a fight with Parer. “I’d quite give him the belt than struggle him for it. We’re too shut for that struggle, and there’s loads of heavyweights on the market.”

New Zealander Parker, who now resides in Morecambe Bay with Fury, has received 32 of his 35 skilled bouts.

Speaking to SecondsOut final December, Parker made it clear he was prepared to pursue rematches with Whyte, Joyce and Joshua earlier than declaring he’d already reached out to AJ’s staff however obtained no response.

“It would be nice to get a rematch with Joshua, a rematch with Dillian Whyte and probably in the future, a rematch with Joe Joyce,” Parker mentioned.

“I like to fight those guys that I lost to. Before I flew here and before I locked in this fight, my manager put in a message to Joshua’s team and asked if they wanted to have a rematch.

“We had no reply however we’re nonetheless attempting to chase these fights, these rematches and it could be superior if we will. It’s simply as much as every fighter and their staff.”