The postponed WBO super middleweight eliminator between Zach Parker and Demetrius Andrade appears to be back on, with the fight likely to take place on November 5 in the UK.
“There are some destinations, whether it’s Nottingham or London, but it doesn’t matter where it is,” Parker said on the Joyce vs. Parker broadcast in the UK.
“I am ready to fight now. It’s been a long time, he’s had a shoulder injury, but now we’re in and we’re hoping the fight gets done.”
The last part might give you pause, but this seems likely to happen. Andrade (31-0, 19 KO) was set to go to the UK and face Parker (22-0, 16 KO) earlier this year, before his injury postponed the fight, and has since even vacated his WBO middleweight belt. specifically to take this fight.
Andrade, 34, has held world titles at 154 and 160, never beat a champion to win one and never lost one in the ring. Both his opposition and his style have been criticized, and he recently parted ways with Matchroom following a November 2021 win over Jason Quigley in what turned out to be a final defense of his WWE Middleweight title reign. WBO.
Promoter Eddie Hearn admitted that he just couldn’t get Andrade the fights he wanted, but a lot of that has been put on Andrade for a number of reasons as well, one of the main ones being that he’s obviously good and doesn’t have a lot of fans either. base, so he doesn’t bring a lot of money to fights.
Parker, 28, is a natural super middleweight but about the same height and reach as Andrade. He has been blowing away the opposition lately, even though the opposition is a long way from Andrade’s skill level. It will be a chance for him to get a win that makes him look like a legitimate contender and not just a sanctioning body or a contender “because the division is kind of empty right now.”
The fight on November 5 would bring them face-to-face, in a live broadcast sense, with Dmitry Bivol’s WBA light heavyweight title defense against Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez on DAZN from Abu Dhabi.
