It’s one battle after another for Joseph Parker and Andy Lee

When not in the gym trying to improve fighters, Lee, 41, is either performing the duties of a husband and father or winding down by watching movies. His referencing Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” to explain his current state of mind is therefore no accident or coincidence. In fact, there is, for Lee, a loose correlation between the two – life as a coach, that particular film. If, for example, the film explores the notion that nothing changes in battle and that every battle fought, regardless of its outcome, ultimately endures, that is something Lee can understand. He also understands the repetitive, circuitous nature of a battle and how everything we do in the past often impacts our future.