Whereas they’re on good phrases now, New Zealand’s archetypal good man admits there have been occasions when he needed to ‘smash Whyte’s face in’.
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“One second we’re good after which we’re not. I am unsure what’s up with him; he’s up and down.
“However typically he sends me a impolite message, like I might write ‘How are you?’ and he’d reply ‘f*** you’.
“So there have been a good few occasions the place I’ve disliked him and needed to smash his face in.
“After which there are different occasions when I’ve thought he is not a foul man.
“It is up and down, however for the time being we’re mates, I believe.”
Their relationship reached boiling level within the build-up to their showdown at London’s O2 Enviornment in July 2018.
Parker took exception to some feedback made by Whyte throughout a tense pre-fight ‘Gloves Are Off’ interview.
‘The Bodysnatcher’ branded the Kiwi a ‘coward’, and insisted he had ‘let his nation down’ in defeat to Anthony Joshua 4 months prior.
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Whyte’s phrases lit a fireplace below Parker, resulting in a barnburning bout, which noticed each males trade three knockdowns between them.
Within the twelfth and last spherical, with 27 seconds left on the clock, Parker decked Whyte with a dynamite proper hand.
When he regained his footing, Parker poured on the stress like a person possessed.
It was a sound that got here as a large aid to the pro-Whyte crowd and proved sufficient for the Brit to get his hand raised.
Ultimately, the judges scored the combat 114-110, 115-110 and 113-112 in Whyte’s favour to seal a hard-fought unanimous choice victory.
