Champ Parker Hits the Road to Boost Profile
SECTION B VISIT SAMOA NEWS ONLINE @ SAMOANEWS.COM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 CLASSIFIEDS • CARTOONS • ALOHA BRIEFS & MORE ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ C M Y K Team AS wrestlers Iafeta, Nolan, Seali’itu and Daniel sporting their awesome training shirts provided by Aunu’u Chen’s new Tutuila Store in Tafuna, across from Cost-u-less. ank you for supporting Team American Samoa and providing our traveling, training and casual wear shirts. [Photo: Terry Custodio Auva’a] Heavyweight champ Parker hits the road to boost profi le MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Fresh from getting his chest waxed and boasting a slick new haircut, heavy- weight champion Joseph Parker arrived in a tailored two-piece suit for a fi nal news conference before the second defense of his WBO belt. The New Zealander cer- tainly looks the part outside the ring going into Saturday’s fi ght against Hughie Fury in Manchester. What is still unknown is how he shapes up inside it. In a bid to strengthen his “brand” and gain exposure in the boxing world, the 25-year- old Parker is hitting the road after fi ghting in his native C M country for 12 of his last 13 Y K bouts. Britain is his fi rst stop. The plan is to beat Fury, the 23-year- old cousin of former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, to improve his record to 24-0 and potentially set up a showdown with WBA and IBF champion Anthony Joshua. “I feel like the UK is where the heavyweight scene is at, at the moment,” Parker said on Thursday at Old Trafford, home of storied soccer team Manchester United.
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