Joseph Parker: net worth, career earnings and boxing record explained

HE’S a top New Zealand heavyweight and a family man outside of the ring.

Here’s all you need to know about Joseph Parker’s net worth, and his boxing record. 

Parker will face Deontay Wilder and Joseph Parker on the Day of Reckoning card on Saturday 23, December in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

What is Joseph Parker’s net worth? 

Joseph Parker has an estimated net worth north of $5 million, or £3.9 million, thanks to his career in the boxing ring. 

But some estimate Parker’s career earnings of more than $20 million, considering he had a $13.1 million payday for his world title fight against Anthony Joshua in 2018, despite not winning. 

Parker’s 2018 fixture against Dillian Whyte saw him earn significantly less than his fight against AJ, at around £1 million. 

Reports also suggest that Parker went away with £2.5 million after his 2021 fight with Derek Chisora. 

But estimates for Parker’s purse on the much-anticipated fight against Deontay Wilder in Saudi Arabia on the Anthony Joshua vs Otto Wallin undercard stand at around $2–3 million, although unconfirmed. 

Parker has four daughters to look after, with his long-term partner, Laine Tavita, with whom has been with since he was a teenager. 

The heavyweight boxer has Samoan heritage— although born in New Zealand, his mother is from the main Samoan island of Upolu. 

What is Joseph Parker’s boxing record?

Joseph Parker’s heavyweight boxing record stands at 33–3–0

He made his debut in 2012 against Dean Garmonsway winning with a TKO. 

Parker lost against Dillian Whyte and Anthony Joshua, both by unanimous decision, in 2018, and another loss came in 2022 in a fight with Joe Joyce, by KO. 

Parker competed at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, winning a silver medal, and at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, where he placed 5th.

He’s received many awards throughout the course of his career, from New Zealand Pacific Island Sports Emerging Talent Award in 2011, to the Order of Merit of Samoa in 2016, and the 2017 Counties Manukau Sporting Excellence Sportsman of the Year.

Ahead of his fight against Deontay Wilder on Saturday, 23 December 2023, close pal Tyson Fury has given Parker some advice. 

Fury, who’s beaten Wilder twice, and drawn once said: “Don’t get hit in the face with one of them big KO right hands. You’ll be alright.

“Avoid the right hand! That’s my tip for Parker.

“What more else can you say? Don’t get hit by the right hand and you’ll win the fight.”

At the top of the bill, AJ — who is looking for a third win in a row after losses to Oleksandr Usyk — is facing Swedish boxer Otto Wallin, who left Tyson Fury needing 47 stitches after their encounter.

Wilder vs Parker will be broadcast LIVE on DAZN pay-per-view.