Joseph Parker team make 'final offer' for Joshua fight

WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker has met with the media in Auckland, in a bid to arrange a world-title unificaiton bout with England's Anthony Joshua.

New Zealand heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker , coach Kevin Berry(L) and promoter David Higgins (R) pose for camera after a press conference in Auckland on Nov 22, 2017. He is currently the WBO heavyweight champion, having held the title since 2016. His team announces their latest attempts at signing a unification bout with WBA and IBF champion Anthony Joshua. [Photo: IC]

"I feel like we both want to unify the belts, so he saying he wants to unify, I'm saying I want to unify and as you can see, we're the only ones pushing for the fight. I think they have gone pretty quiet, but if they really want to unify, then they should make the fight happen."

The Parker camp revealed they would lower their demands in order to come to an agreement to do battle with IBF and WBA title-holder Joshua.

Parker's team has made a "final bottom line" offer of a 65-35 percent split for the heavyweight unification fight.

The 25-year-old Parker is after Joshua's IBF, WBA and IBO titles and is unbeaten so far in a 24-fight career with 18 knockouts.

Joshua is also undefeated and all 20 of his victories have come about by knockout.

Parker's promoter David Higgins says if the fight is made, it may take place in the spring in the United Kingdom.