Martin Bakole’s direct elimination defeat against Martin Bakole’s heavyweight champion against WBO heavyweight champion, Joseph Parker Last, cost him the chance to fight in a title eliminator sanctioned by IBF against EFE Ajagba on May 2. Although the Bakole shock against Ajagba occurs, it will not be an eliminator.
Eliminator Party
Dan Rafael says we told an IBF spokesperson that Bakole is “Outside the eliminator“And that they will look for the next” Content available “.” Bakole would have obtained a salary of $ 600,000 for his fight with Parker; Some believe it could be higher. However, losing the opportunity to eliminate the IBF title is terrible.
Martin’s chances of defeating Ajagba to become compulsory for the IBF belt would have been high, and there is much more money than he could have earned for a world title. Now Bakole is stuck in a situation where he will slowly make his way to the place where he was before his defeat against Parker. It took him eleven years to get into position to be about to fight for a world title.
With the Bakole-Ajagba fight not being an IBF eliminator, Bakole would be better to withdraw from the competition and focus on a larger name. Even a revenge match with Jared Anderson would be preferable to the fight against Ajagba (21-1, 14 KB).
310 pounds
With hindsight, Bakole (21-2, 16 KB) should not have agreed to face Parker (36-3, 24 KB) with a two-day notice without training camp. Bakole weighed 310 pounds and was not in physical condition to have a good chance of winning. Despite being overweight, Bakole amazed by the first round but was too slow to finish it.
It would have been a winning fight for Bakole if he had entered the kind of form in which he was for his victory over Jared Anderson last August. He weighed 284 pounds in this competition and was more agile.
News: After being Ko’d by Parker on Saturday, Martin Bakole is not eligible for the eliminator of the heavyweight title of May 2, he was ready for VS Efe Ajagba. “Bakole is out of the eliminator,” said an IBF spokesperson. “We will go to the next candidate available.” #boxing
– Dan Rafael (@ danrafael1) February 26, 2025
Last update on 02/26/2025
