According to manager David Higgins, former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker is now a free agent. Parker's career over the past few years has been largely shaped by Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing. In December, Parker took part in the main event of the evening in Manchester, where he won a landslide victory by unanimous decision in a rematch with Derek Chisora.
Higgins added that Parker is ready to work with Hearn again if he offers them the right fight.
“We worked well together, there were no arguments or anything like that,” Higgins said in an interview with Newshub. "That's good because if Matchroom offers us a good fight, they know we're good to work with and we can make a deal quickly."
Parker is exploring career options in the US and UK. Preference, according to Higgins, they will give to fighting the best in America.
“Basically, this means that Joseph can fight anywhere with any broadcaster and work with any promoter – and that’s good,” Higgins said. - When you're young and on your way up, it's good to have a big promoter, but that can be a limitation as some of the promoters don't get along with each other and are tied to certain TV networks. We are currently exploring all options and I think we will get something very tempting in the window between April and June. As for Joseph, now the whole world knows him, and he can become an attractive opponent for a pay-per-view fight, and he does not need a permanent promoter.
“Now we can freely negotiate with, say, the Frank Warren team about Joe Joyce, who breathes down our necks. Joseph's name is known to everyone in New Zealand, Australia, parts of Asia, Great Britain and parts of Europe. America is next. Tyson Fury is probably the only one of the current boxers who went there and earned several victories. The holy grail of boxing is to be on the pay-per-view map on both sides of the Atlantic,” Higgins added.
