The eyes of the boxing world have turned to New Zealand, as heavyweight world champion boxer Tyson Fury has praised New Zealand heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker overnight.
British boxer Fury is currently preparing to defend his lineal, WBA (Super), WBO, IBO and The Ring magazine titles against former world champion Wladimir Klitschko in Manchester on July 9.
Speaking from his training camp in Belgium, Fury deviated from his usual belittling of opponents and other boxers, taking time to promote and praise the WBO Oriental and WBC OPBF regional heavyweight titleholder from New Zealand ahead of his IBF Heavyweight Title Eliminator bout against Carlos Takam in Auckland tomorrow night.
"I like what I see with Joseph," Fury told Sky Sports UK.
"He's a really nice guy, I speak to him a lot on the internet, on Twitter, give him advice and that, and he takes it on board.