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5 months ago

Joseph Parker, 33, is more motivated than ever because he "got the passion back."

Joseph Parker chats to DAZN about how he feels going into his fight with Fabio Wardley on October 25 at London's O2 Arena. He also talks about how he sees himself as a boxer now opposed to how he saw himself ten years ago. Parker talks about how it feels to finally have his next fight set “First of all, I'm excited and happy. I was just saying that you can do all this training—running, weights, boxing—but nothing beats locking in a fight, having a date, an opponent, and a goal. "Right after a fight, you're motivated; you just want to keep getting in shape for the next one. But when it goes on and on, you start to wonder why." Why can't we just schedule three or four fights in a year? That would have been great. "This is a huge fight." He carries the WBA mandatory, like, I know that everyone wants to fight Usyk, but right now, Fabio Wardley is my Usyk. The target is on him, and nothing else counts because if I don't get this right, there's no use in talking about any other conflict. On whether his resume doesn't get the credit it deserves "I fought all these fighters, but I lost a few." But I love it now that I'm at this point in my career. I love waking up every day and working out. I'm glad I have this fight set up. I work out hard every day for a cause. I really like boxing. I got my passion back for it. About his career goals right now "I want to be the undisputed, unified world champion twice. That's what every warrior wants to do. Before I did it for my dad, I checked that box and won the world champion largely for him. Now I'm doing it for me. Now I do it for myself, my wife, and my kids, and that's what keeps me going every day. I really like it. What training with Andy Lee has done for him and how it has helped him "Andy, he's a great teacher..." He makes everything easier. When I first started working with Andy, it was hard to go back to the basics and then move on from there... Andy was a great fighter in his heyday, but now as a coach he's getting better and better.