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A deal has been reached for the New Zealand grudge match between heavyweights Joseph Parker and Junior Fa. The two sides have been engaged in negotiations for more than six months – and they were finally able to square away all of the disagreements over money and even the gloves. The fight has been set down for December 11 at Spark Arena in Auckland.

An official press conference has been scheduled for this coming Tuesday in Spark City. Parker, Fa, David Higgins, and Mark Keddell will all be present at the media function. We’ve finally agreed terms for Joseph Parker to fight Junior Fa, so the fight is on, Higgins confirmed to Newhub. “This is the biggest boxing event in NZ history. I’m so pleased to see Auckland is going to back to level 1 and it’s so nice to confirm this great event can happen on he same day.

It’s been a battle of attrition, with each side giving concessions either way, and then also the realization there there are no other options on the way in the pandemic. Common sense prevailed and we just contractually wrote up a detailed process around the gloves, so our side was happy and that their side was happy. So, we’re finally there Parker v Fa is on.

Parker and Fa collided four times in the amateur ranks – with each boxer gaining two wins. Parker, a former WBO heavyweight champion, is ranked at three by the sanctioning body. Fa, an undefeated contender, is ranked by the WBO at six. Parker last fought back in February, when he stopped Shawndell Winters in five rounds. Fa has been out of the ring since November when he won a unanimous decision over Devin Vargas.

Joseph Parker and Junior Fa will clash in the biggest fight in New Zealand boxing history, live on DAZN from Spark Arena, Auckland, on Friday December 11. Former WBO World Heavyweight ruler Parker is ranked 3 with the WBO and is plotting his return to World champion status having stopped Shawndell Winters in five rounds in his last outing in Dallas in February.

Unbeaten Fa is hot on Parker’s heels in the WBO rankings at number six and the 30 year old will be determined to come out on top in the biggest fight of his life with huge stakes on the table. The South Auckland fighters are aiming for a shot at the WBO World title and the winner of this highly anticipated bout will put them on a trajectory for a huge 2021.

This is going to be war, said Eddie Hearn. We’re looking forward to co-promoting our first event in New Zealand with David Higgins and Duco. There’s plenty of needle with the amateur rivalry and there’s national pride at stake. A win over Fa will catapult Joe back into World Title contention.

Given the challenges facing major sporting events around the globe right now, getting this fight over the line is absolutely huge, and we are grateful to our partners Matchroom for their backing to make this happen said Parker’s manager and Duco’s founder and Director David Higgins. With both boxers inside the WBO top 10 world rankings and in their prime, this is undeniably New Zealand’s fight of the century.”

Former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker is not taking any chances in his upcoming clash with undefeated New Zealand rival Junior Fa. The two boxers will collide, with a lot on the line, on December 11 in Auckland. After suffering back to back defeats to Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte, Parker has been able to reclaim a top spot in the WBO rankings – at number three. And Fa is sitting at number six in the WBO’s ranks.

he two rivals met four times in the amateur ranks, with each boxer securing two wins. Their collision in the pro ranks will be the tiebreaker. Should Fa win the bout, Parker’s career will be in shambles. I think this fight is pretty much make or break for me, Parker told Stuff. People are saying there’s a lot of pressure and big risk, and they are right. I’ve had two losses and if I lose another one it will be very hard to climb back to the top. People will be saying, why is he fighting, he has already had his time’.

If Junior Fa loses, he can come back having just had one loss to a former champion. So there is a lot of risk from our side but in saying that I love pressure and I love the risk factor of boxing. There was no point sitting back waiting a year or even two years to get a big fight. I said to David and Kevin I’m hungry for a fight, I don’t care who it is. So everyone was on board and finally we’ve made it happen.

While Parker is widely viewed as a big favorite to win the fight, he won’t be overlooking Fa in any way. Even though my record shows my opponents have been a better class, you can’t take anything lightly. It’s the heavyweight game, anything can happen. Look at Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin recently. Povetkin was getting owned and then one punch took Dillian apart, Parker said.

Joseph Parker vs. Junior Fa is an upcoming heavyweight professional boxing match contested between former WBO champion Joseph Parker and WBO interim Oriental champion Junior Fa. The bout will take place on 11 December 2020 at the Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. The event is co-promoted by David Higgins of Duco Events, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing and Lou DiBella of DiBella Entertainment, and is considered a history-making moment and New Zealand’s next Fight of the Century.

Background

As well as growing up in the same neighborhood in South Auckland and being members of the same church, Joseph Parker and Junior Fa have a history stretching back to their amateur days, having fought on four occasions with two wins each. Junior Fa made his professional debut in 2016. Later that year he began plotting his path to fight against Parker. In 2017, Fa won the vacant New Zealand heavyweight title against Daniel Tai. The following year he won the WBO Oriental interim title against Luis Pascual to secure a world ranking.

In September 2018, negotiations began between team Parker and team Fa for a potential fight in December 2018. The fight failed to materialize after the teams could not come to an agreement regarding the purse split, with Parker opting to fight Alexander Flores while Fa fought on the undercard against Rogelio Rossi. At the post-event press conference, Parker’s trainer Kevin Barry unleashed verbal blows when the possibility of a Parker vs. Fa bout was mentioned.

Talks between the teams resumed in early 2020, however, they quickly broke down after Parker claimed Fa’s team priced themselves out while Fa’s team reportedly claimed they were given a lowball offer. In August Fa’s manager, Mark Keddell said the fight was close to being agreed upon, stating, We’ve sent our final offer to them today and in terms of the money I just cannot see it being a problem.

Fight details

Joseph Parker vs. Junior Fa. will be held at the Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. Tickets for the fight went on sale on 7 October after Duco Events announced that general admission tickets would start from a price of $69. Approximately 9,000 tickets went on sale to the general public. They had elected to go with Ticketmaster for the distribution of sales. Corporate tables went on sale privately through Duco events themselves with prices ranging from $495 for a single seat to a maximum of 14,995 for a table of 10 in the front row.

Broadcasting

Duco events began a new partnership for this event with relatively new sports broadcaster Spark Sport and media company NZME. The fight was televised through a pay-per-view produced by Spark Sport and Duco Events. Internationally across the world, the event will be broadcast on DAZN. For New Zealand, PPV prices began at $39.99 for people wishing to purchase the event before October 26th. After that date, the price goes up to $49.99 until the 10th of December. On the 10th and 11th of December, the price will go up again to $59.99. David Higgins is aiming to break the New Zealand PPV record which is currently held by the last New Zealand Fight of the Century David Tua vs Shane Cameron. The second highest PPV record in New Zealand is held by Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker and third with highest held by UFC 253 Israel Adesanya vs Paulo Costa.

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