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}} Lupesoliai La'auli Joseph Dennis Parker (born January 9, 1992 in South Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand professional heavyweight boxer and the reigning Heavyweight New Zealand Champion, holding the OPBF, PABA, WBA Oceania, WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council, WBO Africa and WBO Oriental Heavyweight titles.〔 Parker was an accomplished amateur boxer, competing in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and narrowly missing qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics before turning professional in May 2012. He has an unbeaten record of 16 professional bouts. Parker is currently ranked the WBO number 5, WBC number 11 and WBA number 12 heavyweight boxer in the world 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Boxing Rankings - WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF - Fightnews )〕 He is also ranked number 9 in the world by independent boxing website BoxRec. Parker goes by the high chief name of Lupesoliai La'auli after contrary to reports that the emerging star was bestowed a matai (chief) title, the village of Faleula revealed to him the name to bestow upon him the chiefly title of La'auli. The paramount chief of the village, Loau Keneti Sio, urged him to be a “strong man”. He bestowed his blessings on Parker, reminding him that the bestowed title is a gift and a “blessing to him from the village”. Loau said informing him that he has been chosen to be bestowed the title La'auli is a sign of respect. It is also a thank you from the village for what he has achieved for Samoa. ==Early life== Joseph Parker was born in South Auckland on January 9, 1992 to Dempsey and Sala Parker. He is of predominantly Samoan descent, but also has little English and German ancestry. Parker's Samoan ancestry roots go back to the Faleula Village on the main island of Upolu in Samoa. He was raised in Māngere and belongs to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Joseph took up boxing at the age eleven and pursued the sport while attending high school at Marcellin College. Parker is the elder brother of John Parker, an up-and-coming amateur boxer. Their father, Dempsey Parker, was named after heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Parker (boxer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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