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Former world boxing champion Joseph Parker can finally be named as the high-profile sportsman linked to an international drugs ring.
Customs removed a flag on boxer Joseph Parker’s international travel file allowing him to leave the country, before police were able to execute a search warrant over allegations he was linked to an international drugs ring, police documents reveal. Parker’s name was repeatedly mentioned at the 2019 High Court trial of three men later jailed for their part in an international drug syndicate. In 2018, as detectives were preparing their case against the trio, they were also investigating whether the former world heavyweight champion was involved in buying and supplying cocaine.
Boxing: Joseph Parker v Derek Chisora - How the fighters fared in their last five bouts
28 Apr, 2021 04:00 AM
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Heavyweight Joseph Parker reveals there’s a lot more than just the title on the line in his next fight against Dereck Chisora. Video / NZ Herald
Heavyweight Joseph Parker reveals there’s a lot more than just the title on the line in his next fight against Dereck Chisora. Video / NZ Herald
Christopher Reive is a sports reporter for NZME@chrisreive
With Joseph Parker set to meet Derek Chisora in a pivotal heavyweight clash this weekend, Christopher Reive ranks each boxer s past five performances.
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Joseph Parker wanted advice from Tyson Fury, instead, he got a new trainer. Parker (28-2, 21 KOs), sent a text message to Fury, the WBC heavyweight world champion, just days after his unanimous decision win over Fa in Auckland. Figuring that the undefeated Fury had changed trainers several times, Parker thought he would be able to offer some advice on the process but Fury’s return phone call to Parker offered more than that. “I thought about Tyson and the changes he has made in trainers so I sent him a text and asked if I could ask him some questions, Parker told
CHICAGO (WLS) A year after the pandemic, there s a new problem in Illinois embattled unemployment system: extended benefits. Some people are having trouble getting renewed.
With no work prospects during the pandemic, initial benefits for some people have stopped. They say they can t get through to unemployment, so they reached out to the ABC7 I-Team for help. I haven t had benefits, going on three months now, says Alexander Flores, who worked at McCormick Place.
Due to the coronavirus, conventions started canceling in early March. Soon after, it shut down completely. Flores received unemployment benefits until November. He has been trying to re-apply ever since.
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