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What milestone did Joseph Parker achieve by winning the WBO title?

  • First Kiwi to win a minor world championship

  • First heavyweight boxer from NZ or the Pacific Islands to win a major world championship

  • Youngest boxer to win the WBO title

  • First to win WBO title in his first professional boxing match

Answer

Joseph Parker is the first heavyweight boxer from New Zealand or the Pacific Islands to win a major world championship. He won the World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight title in December 2016.
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