By Nicky Styris
Joseph Parker is taking much longer to get to grips with fighting a southpaw than expected, according to his trainer Kevin Barry.
The Kiwi heavyweight has an intimidating record, but all the opponents he's faced in the ring thus far have been of the orthodox variety – and Barry says Parker isn't finding the transition easy.
"This is something I actually expected Joe to pick up a little easier than he actually has," Barry explained.
"Joe is a very good learner – some of things I've taught him over the years, I've shown him a couple of times and he's picked it up straight away.
"I thought when we were changing our style for the southpaw that he would continue to learn fast and make the adjustments, but there's been a few things about this [training] camp that have concerned me."
Watch the interview with Kevin Barry and Joseph Parker, as well as Barry's southpaw demonstration with reporter Nicky Styris, in the video above.
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