Short notice, great opportunity: Bakole takes Parker

The promoter of Martin Bakole, Ben Shalom, says he quickly made a deal with Turki Alalshikh for Bakole (21-1, 16 COs) to be the substitute opponent for Joseph Parker on Saturday night after the IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois from the struggles due to the struggle due to the disease.

Initially, today there was a lot of disappointment over Dubois that was drawn from the map due to the disease. Many boxing fans were looking forward to the Dubois-Parker battle and in some ways considered the main event than more interesting. However, Bakole is the perfect replacement opponent and can make it an even more interesting battle than the original.

Short notice, great struggle

Bakole will not fall apart spiritually and suddenly stop when it is difficult against Parker. This is the knock on Dubois. He has a reputation that he is a quarry when things go bad for him, and he could not shake the representative.

Shalom says he immediately contacted Martin’s team to find out if their fighter would be willing to fight with Parker (35-3, 23 COs). They told Ben Bakole could fight. Shalon says he sent Turki and told him that they would enter as the replacement. Then it was negotiated quickly.

“This is the most ridiculous agreement I have ever done. Usually we like to take our time. Daniel was injured, and I saw the tweet like everyone from the Ring Magazine. I talked to Martin’s team, and I said, “Would we fight this battle?” It’s like ‘100%, we’re in’, ‘promoter Ben Shalom said Fight Hub TV about how the battle between Martin Bakole and Joseph Parker was fed.

“So I sent his excellence and said, ‘We’re in. We want this fight. If there is an opportunity, this is the only struggle to wage. That’s it. “There was a little back and forth. I am on the phone with his excellence. We did very, very quickly. No mess. Martin (Bakole) wants it. Go on a flight and are ready to go.

‘There is a lot of work to do with the medicine and all kinds, but it happens. We’re going to get him (bakole) here. It is incredible, and he deserves a large amount of credit because there is no other heavyweight on the planet Earth that will work on two days’ notice against Joseph Parker. It’s incredible. “

Parker vs. Bakole is the co-function on Saturday’s Artur Betterbiev against Dmitri Biblical 2 card at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. The event will be shown Live on dazn Ppv.

From Congo to Riyadh

“Martin got a call two hours ago, and it was in the Congo. He will probably finish his meal, and then he will come. That’s what he’s all about. He is ready to go. They must keep in mind about all the hearts and thoughts of every boxing fan, because they ask people to do so, and all of them for fighters to do so, and they ask for fighters to take crazy risks, ”says Shalom.

An airplane flight from Congo to Saudi Arabia only takes six rounds, which are not bad compared to what some fighters do if they travel to Riyadh in ten hours. Bakole should go well if he sits on a plane for so long and fights on Saturday, as long as he leaves soon.

“So don’t say that he dares too much risk, because that’s what heavyweight boxing is about, and he deserves every credit to come. Hopefully I believe he will shock the world on Saturday night, ”says Shalom.

Parker will have to devise a perfect game plan to beat Bakole on Saturday, because the tactics he used in his last two battles probably won’t work. He defeated Zhilei Zhang and Deontay Wilder with corners, in-and-out attacks and constant movement. However, he fought older heavyweights that were nowhere near their lead. Wilder watched guns against Parker, and the 291-pound Zhang disappeared after three rounds.

“He (Bakole) got an IBF final eliminator that he worked very hard, a guaranteed shot at a world title if he won the battle. So, no, it’s not. What I believe is that the winner of Parker Dubois had to fight against Martin anyway. If you are going to have a chance against Martin Bakole, you will get him notice on two days. Credit to both fighters to take it, ”says Shalom.

What a fight would be bakole at dubois if it happens next. Unless Anthony Joshua prefers to take the rematch with dubois, Bakole would be next if he decided to follow the IBF route. Shalom points out that Parker is the WBO tussentage champion. So it can be an option for bakole. It is unlikely that the current champion, Oleksandr Ulsyk, would be willing to fight bakole, but if he does, it would be a big fight. The two haunted, and there are reports that Bakole has dropped USyk.

“What happens if he wins? We just have to practice with the IBF and the WBO, but I think Joseph Parker is the WBO Tussent time champion. We will see what is happening to the IBF, but I will do it all, ”says Shalom.

Bakole seems to be able to take his choice in whatever direction he wants to go for a world title if he wins against Parker on Saturday night in their fellow battle in Riyadh.