(Boxing) Joseph Parker v Razvan Cojanu :WBO Heavyweight Title Challenge Fight

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Joseph Parker, who is the present WBO Heavyweight Title is set to make his first title against Razvan Cojanu at the Vodafone Events Centre, Aukland, NZ on Saturday, 6th of May.

Cojanu, who is based in California, has won 16 of 18 bouts so far, losing his debut and a more recent encounter with unheralded southpaw Donovan Dennis.

Kiwi Joseph Parker (25years) was due to face unbeaten Brit Hughie Fury at Auckland on the sixth but was cancelled, as Fury pulled out du to Back Injury. Joseph Parker is Unbeaten with record (22-0) with about 80% knock out rate and was able to claim the WBO world title against Mexican Andy Ruiz in December 2016.

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About Kiwi Joseph Parker

Joseph Parker was born in South Auckland on January 9, 1992 to Dempsey and Sala Parker. He grew up and was raised in the large suburb of Māngere in Auckland , where he attended
Marcellin College . Boxing had been a part of Parker's life since his early childhood after being first introduced at a very young age of three. His father, who was named after the legendary American boxer Jack Dempsey , brought many boxing accessories and toys for him and his siblings. His father also had a boxing bag and pads at home and used to train Joseph and his younger brother. But it was not until he was ten years old when he joined the Papatoetoe Boxing Club to pursue and learn more about the sport.

He was trained by Grant Arkell and former great, Manny Santos . When Parker was growing up, he admired David Tua and
Maselino Masoe who were from the same area as him. He is the middle child, being one of three children. Parker has one older sister, Elizabeth, and a younger brother, John, who is currently a professional boxer. He is of predominantly Samoan descent, with his ancestry roots going back to the Faleula Village on the main island of Upolu where his mother hails from. Both his parents migrated to New Zealand from Samoa in the early 1980s. Parker also comes from a religious family, belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .