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ZachParker

Former WBO Intercontinental Champion

ZACH PARKER WAS on the cusp of making it big in the super middleweight division before a cruel hand injury forced him out of battle in a fight for the WBO Interim world title against John Ryder at The O2 in November of 2022.

Parker failed to emerge from the fifth round and now Ryder proceeded to a shot at the undisputed champion Canelo.

After having surgery on his hand, Parker returned to the ring at Wembley Arena in September 2023 and defeated the stubborn Khalid Graidia, forcing a retirement with seven rounds completed.

Afterwards, he hinted a switch up to light heavyweight could be on the cards and it remains a strong option.

Luck wasn't on Parker's side in 2022. A fight with two-weight and three-time world champion Demetrius Andrade was looming and would have happened back in the May if it wasn't for the American sustaining a shoulder injury. It was a fight his promoter Frank Warren won a competitive purse bid to stage and Andrade withdrew again when the process was repeated.

While you wouldn't describe the strapping Derby man as the quiet man of the county or backward in coming forward, at the same time, he doesn't shout from the rooftops and has been content to let his explosive performances do the talking for him.

After all, it has served him well, with him working his way into the No.1 spot with the WBO before his Ryder setback.

Parker is more than pleased with the promotional push being awarded to him by Frank Warren. Prior to teaming up with the Hall of Famer, Parker was known to boxing people, but he went on to make the wider public sit up and take notice, along with a good few divisional rivals who wanted no part of the next passage of his upwardly mobile career progression.

Working in tandem with Warren, Parker is a headline act, a fitting bill-topper whose exploits are beamed into the homes of millions via the TNT Sports platform.

On initially teaming up with Queensberry and before demolishing Marcus Morrison in four rounds, Parker's actual time under the lights amounted to not much more than seven minutes as both Vaughn Alexander and Sherzod Khusanov - neither previously stopped - succumbed to his punching prowess.

His most recent activity came in March and July of this year when he defeated strong opposition in former world champion Tyron Zeuge and Jack Arnfield respectively.

  • WINS

    25

  • LOSES

    1

  • DRAW

    0

  • kOs

    18

  • WEIGHT

    172 lbs
    (78 Kg)

  • HEIGHT

    6’0”
    (183 cm)

  • REACH

    74”
    (188 cm)

  • Trainer

    Paul Mann

  • Born

    2 April 1994

  • Born in

    Derbyshire, UK

  • nation

    British

  • residence

    Derbyshire, UK

  • KO Percentage

    72%

  • Stance

    Orthodox

  • Rounds

    124

  • Debut

    11 July 2015

Fighting History

Upcoming

Willy Hutchinson

Co-op Live Arena, Manchester, UK

8 Feb 2025

win

4 round tko

Jack Arnfield

Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, UK

20 Jul 2024

win

10 round ud

Tyron Zeuge

Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, UK

16 Mar 2024

win

7 round rtd

Khalid Graidia

Wembley Arena, London, UK

23 sep 2023

Loss

4 round rtd

John Ryder

O2 Arena, London, UK

Vacant WBO Interim World Super-Middleweight Championship

26 nov 2022

win

4 round tko

Marcus Morrison

Utilita Arena, Birmingham, UK

WBO International Super-Middleweight Championship

6 nov 2021

win

1 round ko

Sherzod Khusanov

Royal Albert Hall, London, UK

WBO International Super-Middleweight Championship

10 Jul 2021

win

2 round tko

Vaughn Alexander

Copper Box Arena, London, UK

WBO International Super-Middleweight Championship

26 Mar 2022

win

11 round tko

Rohan Murdock

Manchester Arena, Manchester, UK

Vacant WBO International Super-Middleweight Championship

26 Mar 2020

win

4 round tko

Steven Crambert

The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK

18 May 2019

win

12 round sd

Darryll Williams

The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK

Vacant British Super-Middleweight Championship

3 Nov 2018

win

8 round ud

Geard Ajetovic

Baden-Arena, Offenburg, Germany

14 Jul 2018

win

2 round TKO

Adasat Rodriguez

Manchester Arena, Manchester, UK

17 Feb 2018

win

8 round ud

Matingu Kindele

Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle, Stuttgart, Germany

7 Oct 2017

win

1 round TKO

Luke Blackledge

Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK

16 Sep 2017

win

8 round TKO

Baptiste Castegnaro

Guild Hall, Preston, UK

17 Jul 2017

win

5 round tko

Bartlomiej Grafka

Hilton Hotel, Blackpool, UK

15 Apr 2017

win

4 round tko

Bradley Pryce

Guild Hall, Preston, UK

21 Jan 2017

win

1 round tko

David Bauza

Tewkesbury School, Tewkesbury, UK

10 Dec 2016

win

6 round pts

Adam Jones

Town Hall, Walsall, UK

19 Nov 2016

win

4 round TKO

Raimonds Sniedze

Bescot Stadium, Walsall, UK

2 Sep 2016

win

1 round TKO

Gordan Glisic

Civic Hall, Bedworth, UK

21 May 2016

win

4 round PTS

Vaidas Balciauskas

The Deco, Northampton, UK

23 Apr 2016

win

2 round KO

Jamie Ambler

Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, UK

5 Mar 2016

win

4 round pts

Mark Till

Hatherley Manor Hotel, Gloucester, UK

20 Nov 2015

win

3 round rtd

Samet Hyuseinov

Utilita Arena, Birmingham, UK

17 Oct 2015

win

4 round TKO

Lewis van Poetsch

Chase Leisure Centre, Cannock, UK

11 Jul 2015