New Zealand's Number 1 world ranked heavyweight Joseph Parker (21-0, 18 KOs) scored a routine third round KO over 6’7 Alexander Dimitrenko (38-3, 24 KOs) tonight at the Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau, New Zealand. Parker was all business, hurting Dimitrenko with practically every shot he threw, dropping the Ukranian giant in round one with a left/right combination. Parker sent the ponderous Dimitrenko to the canvas twice more in the second, followed by a fourth knockdown from a body shot in round three, the final shot seeming to land as the desperate Dimitrenko was on the canvas.. Dimitrenko rolled around on the canvas in agony as he was counted out by referee Marlon Wright, who didn’t acknowledge any foul. Time was 1:38.
The win still sets Parker for either a November championship shot at IBF champion Anthony Joshua or a possible WBO shot at Andy Ruiz jr depending on the WBOs stance regarding the Fury episode. The Dimitrenko result is relatively meaningless, the Ukrainian looking a mere shadow of the 2006 version of himself, Parker realistically requires better preparation for such huge upcoming opportunities.
Earlier in the evening, unbeaten WBO #12 heavyweight Izuagbe Ugonoh (17-0, 14 KOs) remained undefeated with a second round TKO over journeyman Gregory Tony (21-7, 16 KOs).
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