Drowning in a sea of alphabet soupPHOTOSPORT New Zealand heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker is closing in on a world title, but will it be WBC, WBO or IBF? I thought those horrendous work rosters had been banished a decade ago, yet here we go again. The $1.27 million award for damage to reputation is a stunner – on top of the cost of the hearing. Parker, ranked a hot prospect in both the WBO and the WBF, is also quite the talking point in rural branches of the WDFF. The WBF, meanwhile, is preoccupied negotiating a code merger with the NRL, since the two "sports" are so closely aligned.

Source: Stuff October 07, 2016 02:37 UTC