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Joshua vs Parker: Joseph Parker has returned to Britain with champion's mentality, says Johnny Nelson

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Johnny Nelson analyses how Joseph Parker can defeat Anthony Joshua this Saturday, live on Sky Sports Box Office

Joseph Parker has been walking and talking "like a champion" in the days before his unification clash with Anthony Joshua in Cardiff, says Johnny Nelson...

As the weeks have gone by, I think Parker has grown in confidence. Now, when I look at him, I don't sense any doubt in him. He's an unbeaten young fighter, so he doesn't know how else to act. I think we have got a real fight on our hands.

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I think he was calm at the press conference, I don't think he was nervous. People saying that are talking rubbish. He conducted himself like a champion.

Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker pose for photographs during their press conference held at Sky Sports on March 27, 2018
Image: Parker faces Joshua in Cardiff at the Principality Stadium this weekend

If we didn't know better, if we did not have Anthony Joshua in Britain, then you would think he came across very confidently.

Some of Anthony Joshua's previous opponents had tasted defeat before, but Joseph Parker has confidence in his chin, his resume says it all.

I don't think he was nervous. People saying that are talking rubbish. He conducted himself like a champion.
Johnny Nelson on Joseph Parker

In the southern hemisphere, he's as popular as Anthony Joshua. Now, all of a sudden, you have got two guys that really believe they are going to win.

When he first come over and we filmed 'The Gloves Are Off', I thought that Parker did not seem very confident.

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Now, listening to him, and just looking at him, he looks very confident. That impressed me, because he looked like a totally different person.

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