Joseph Parker vs Razvan Cojanu
By Elizabeth Fuavao
Joseph Parker signed off his 2017 New Zealand campaign in solid fashion on Saturday night as brighter things beckoned.
Parker out-pointed big Romanian Razvan Cojanu in south Auckland in the first defence of his WBO world heavyweight title.
The judges scored it 119-108, 117-110, 117-110 in a fight which went the distance. It was a solid first defence, in what promised to be an exciting 12 months.