Martin Bakole’s second round loss to WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker Last Saturday night, he took his chance to fight in an IBF Sankioned title eliminator against Efe Ajagba on May 2. Although the bakingols against Ajagba collision will still happen, it will not be an eliminator.
Eliminator away
Dan Rafael says he was said by an IBF spokesman that Bakole is ‘Out of the Eliminator‘And that they are looking for the next’ available contender ‘. Bakole reportedly received a $ 600,000 payday for his fight with Parker; Some people believe it can be higher. However, it is awful to lose the IBF title -Liminator event.
Martin’s chances of defeating Ajagba to be compulsory for the IBF belt would have been great, and there is much more money he could struggle for a world title. Bakole is now stuck in a situation where he has to slowly return to the place where he was before his loss of Parker. It took him eleven years to be in position to be about to fight for a world title.
Since the Bakole-Jagba battle is no longer an IBF eliminator, Bakole would be better to pull out of the competition and focus on having a more prominent name. Even a re-broadcast with Jared Anderson would be preferable than against Ajagba (21-1, 14 COs).
310 pounds
Afterwards, Bakole (21-2, 16 COs) should not have agreed to stand with Parker (36-3, 24 COs) with two days notice without a training camp. Bakole weighed 310 pounds and was not in the physical condition to have a good chance of winning. Despite being overweight, Bakole Parker bumped into the first round, but was too slow to finish him.
It would have been a winable battle for Bakole if he came in the kind of form in which he was on Jared Anderson in August last year. He weighed 284 pounds in that competition and was more agile.
News: After getting through Parker Ko’d on Saturday, Martin Bakole is not eligible for the May 2 -IIBF heavyweight title “Bakole is outside the Eliminator,” IBF spokesman said. “We’re going to the next leading available contender.” #boxing
– and Rafael (@Danrafael1) February 26, 2025
Last updated on 02/26/2025
