JOSEPH PARKER tapped into one of boxing's best encyclopaedias for advice on how to take down Deontay Wilder when he turned to pal Tyson Fury.
The Gypsy King remains the only man to have beaten the Bronze Bomber and is renowned for his knowledge of the sport.
He's seen off the American twice in emphatic fashion and arguably deserved the decision in their first showdown in 2018 when it was deemed a draw.
So Kiwi puncher Parker could not have had a better stablemate to get insight from as he worked with one of Fury's trainers and cousins in Andy Lee at the world champion's Morecambe gym.
But the counsel was much briefer than an encyclopedia.
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