Joseph Parker

New Zealand boxer

ジョセフ・パーカー

Born

9 January 1992, Auckland

Citizenship

New Zealand

Sport

boxing

Discipline

super heavyweight, heavyweight

Occupation

boxer

Height

193 cm (6 ft 4 in)

Weight

103 kg (227 lb)

Joseph Dennis Parker, OM (born 9 January 1992) is a New Zealand professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight title from 2016 to 2018. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the WBO Oriental, Africa, and Oceania titles; as well as the PABA, OPBF, and New Zealand titles. As an amateur, he represented New Zealand at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the super-heavyweight division, and narrowly missed qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Parker turned professional in July 2012 with Duco Events in Auckland, under the tutelage of Sir Bob Jones. After defeating Andy Ruiz for the vacant WBO title, Parker became the first heavyweight boxer from either New Zealand or the Pacific Islands to win a major world championship.

Competitions

Awards and honours

• Order of Merit of Samoa 2017
• The Ring magazine Comeback of the Year 2023
• WBO World Heavyweight Champion

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q16227145 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.