Boxing Thread
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@MN5 rumours bakole will replace him , not a title fight but a difficult opponent on short notice,
I’ll still be watching, a great card
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@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 rumours bakole will replace him , not a title fight but a difficult opponent on short notice,
I’ll still be watching, a great card
Absolutely. Always great watching Zhang.
I just assumed the Parker fight would be cancelled
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@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 rumours bakole will replace him , not a title fight but a difficult opponent on short notice,
I’ll still be watching, a great card
Absolutely. Always great watching Zhang.
I just assumed the Parker fight would be cancelled
So much money involved they tend to have replacements on stand by ,
Shakur Stevensons opponent pulled out a few days ago and they named a new opponent within hours , a young fighter ranked about 10 in the world who hasn’t had a payday yet . On Monday he will be able to buy himself a nice house and a flash car . Life changing money .
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Not really as high on Bakole as others are. I think he's a tad overrated.
Still, a good replacement for 1 days notice, and Bakole has been waiting for his shot for a while.
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@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
Not really as high on Bakole as others are. I think he's a tad overrated.
Still, a good replacement for 1 days notice, and Bakole has been waiting for his shot for a while.
I think it’s a risk v reward thing , he’s pretty much an unknown to the casual fan so he’s not selling many ppvs ,
Add to that he’s a tad dangerous , it’s not smart business for the bigger names
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Joe finding out it’s bakole
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@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
Joe finding out it’s bakole
How can you not like Parker ?
Great guy, lets hope he does the business.
In terms of Bakole 22-1 is a very good record, not exactly littered with huge names to be fair.
Worth noting he knocked out Carlos Taken who Parker could only get a decision against, then again that was "young" Parker who has improved out of sight since then.
Fairly sure that's their only common opponent ?
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@MN5 I think a lot will depend on what condition he is in ,
Taken this fight on 2 days notice and jumped on a plane from the Congo , who knows what he has been up to as far as his fitness is concerned, throw in a bit of jet lag on top.
It’s potentially good timing for Joe to get that name on his resume you would think
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@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
Joe finding out it’s bakole
How can you not like Parker ?
Great guy, lets hope he does the business.
In terms of Bakole 22-1 is a very good record, not exactly littered with huge names to be fair.
Worth noting he knocked out Carlos Taken who Parker could only get a decision against, then again that was "young" Parker who has improved out of sight since then.
Fairly sure that's their only common opponent ?
Takam was well past it by the time he faced Bakole, he also barely got past Sergey Kuzmin (I thought Kuzmin dud enough to at least get a draw) and got stopped earlier in his career by Michael Hunter.
He's a fringe top 10 contender and that's about it. He's OK at everything without standing out in a particular area.
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The disappointing thing for me , and I’ve been a critic in the past, but everything was aligning for him and coming together nicely, and I honestly believe Joe was in his prime condition to pinch this .
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