One thing the Heavyweight division has a lot of right now are emerging prospects that have the potential to really liven up the division in the next few years. For our money one of the very best prospects is 22 year old New Zealander Joseph Parker (8-0, 7) who has really impressed us so far. Parker will be hoping to continue to impress this weekend when he battles against American veteran Brian Minto (39-7, 25).
Minto, known as "The Beast", isn't the stiffest test out there but has always been a solid opponent and should be Parker's most interesting opponent so far, despite being 39. Sure some might point to Parker's very impressive stoppage over Frans Botha as a better test of his ability but in all honesty Botha was a fat shell of his former self whilst Minot recently scored a big win down under against Shane Cameron will allowed him the opportunity to earn this fight.
If Parker managed to stop Minto we're going to be very happy to dub him as the "best prospect in Heavyweight boxing". What we're expecting however is a very well fought bout that sees Parker needing to relying on his boxing to take a decision over his American foe.
Unfortunately outside of the Parker/Minto bout there really is very little to get excited about over Saturday. One of the other bouts will see the debut of Haxhi Duraj (0-0) who will be fighting against Sasa Dajic (0-1) whilst another of the bouts will see Bosnian Cruiserweight-come-Heavyweight Haris Gredelj (2-0, 2) battling against the debuting Emir Islamovic (0-0). Both of these bouts will be on a show in Germany and, we'll be honest, it's hard to care about either of these two contests.
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