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Parker turns to art, music in bid for rematch with Anthony Joshua

13:44 pm on 11 April 2024

Britain's Anthony Joshua (L) and New Zealand's Joseph Parker (R) face off posing during a press conference in London. Photo: AFP

Joseph Parker is calling for a rematch with British heavyweight Anthony Joshua.

Parker posted to his X (formerly Twitter) calling for a rematch with British heavyweight Anthony Joshua with a video of himself singing along to Ed Sheeran's 'Lego House'.

It opens with Parker painting and hanging his framed work on the wall, as per the song's lyrics, before highlights of their previous fight are shown.

As he wanders through his home staring longingly at his stuffed toy collection bearing the faces of Joshua, Parker admires a Lego ring he has built for featuring the two fighters, before revealing the earlier painting was a portrait of Joshua.

It was accompanied with the words, "Let's build a LEGO ring for Parker v Joshua 2."

Parker is becoming renowned for his creative callouts on social media, having last week directed a Take That parody of 'I Want You Back' to Dillan Whyte.

Comments praised the Kiwi fighter for his imagination, many referring to him as the 'GOAT' (greatest of all time) for callouts.

Parker lost his WBO heavyweight to Joshua by unanimous decision in March 2018.

He has since enjoyed a career resurgence, and is riding a five-fight winning streak, most recently outlasting Chinese powerhouse Zhilei Zhang in Saudi Arabia on 8 March.

Joshua, meanwhile, is coming off the back of an absolute destruction of former UFC Heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.