Joseph Parker

Joseph Parker is one of those fighters who genuinely gets better with age, and I find that kind of career arc way more interesting than a straight-line champion. He won the WBO heavyweight title back in 2016 — a big deal for New Zealand, frankly a big deal for the Pacific region — then lost it to Anthony Joshua in 2018 in a fight that was honestly closer than the scorecards made it look. What I respect most is how he bounced back after that; he didn't fade, he retooled. By 2023 he was knocking out top-ten heavyweights and earning Ring Magazine's Comeback of the Year, which tells you everything about the man's resilience. At 193 cm with genuine pop in both hands, he makes for appointment viewing every time he steps in the ring.

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Name (English)

Joseph Parker

Name (Japanese)

ジョセフ・パーカー

Reading

じょせふ・ぱーかー

Born

January 9, 1992 (age 34)

Origin

Auckland, New Zealand

Height

193 cm

Occupation

boxer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Monkey

University

Marcellin College, Auckland

Awards & achievements

• WBO World Heavyweight Champion
• 2017 Order of Merit of Samoa
• 2023 The Ring magazine Comeback of the Year

• Official sitehttps://josephparker.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/joeboxerparker/
• Xhttps://x.com/joeboxerparker
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Parker
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16227145

Tags

• boxer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.