Joseph Parker got his career back on track with a comprehensive win over Alexander Flores to move to 25 wins and two losses for his career.

The win came in the third round with Parker dominating the American Mexican for the majority of the fight.  

With two minutes and 51 seconds gone in the third, the 26-year-old from South Auckland ended Flores' night with a brutal eight punch combo to earn the knockout victory.

A late rally wasn't enough for Joseph Parker as he suffered his second defeat in a physical bout with Dillian Whyte.

Whyte won the fight 113-112 on Steve Gray's card (the closest of the judging trio) and much more convincingly on the other two, 115-110 on Christophe Fernandez' and 114-111 on Phil Austin's.

Joseph lost the WBO world title, but gained thousands of fans for his arduous yet skilful display against Anthony Joshua in Cardiff.

While he was defeated in the world heavyweight unification bout by unanimous decision, Joseph did New Zealand and Samoa proud and was the first man to go the distance with the Englishman.

New Zealand judge Ian Scott awarded it 119-109 to Joshua, with the two others, American Steve Weisfeld and Brit Steve Gray scoring it 118-110.