Buatsi gets unpopular decision over Parker

Source: DAZN

02/11/2025

Buatsi gets unpopular decision over Parker

Joshua Buatsi W10 Zach Parker... The consensus coming out of Manchester, England is that Zach Parker got robbed by the judges, losing a majority decision to Joshua Buatsi in a light heavyweight bout with international implications on Saturday night. Parker (26-2), a former British super middleweight champion appeared to have a wide advantage at the end of ten rounds, having outlanded the Buatsi, a 2016 Olympic medalist with intelligent work. The judges didn't see it that way, turning in a 95-95 and 96-94 (twice) verdict to some boos from the crowd. DAZN attributed Buatsi's win to busier output off the front foot in the later rounds, plus the number of clinches made by Parker. "I'm fuming," Parker told DAZN's broadcast afterwards. "I won that fight easily. I think every single person at ringside would say I won it. I won seven rounds. He couldn't outbox me. He couldn't even touch me. I should be the champion now and heading on for bigger fights. Everyone's got eyes, so they can see the fight. He can't even land a clean shot." Buatsi, now 21-3 including the World Series of Boxing, was coming off a punishing loss to ex-super middleweight champ Callum Smith. Buatsi could be headed for a WBC title shot vs. the winner of David Benavidez vs. Anthony Yarde.