Comments Thread For: After Saturday's upset, Martin Bakole already has eyes on next target

[baroidi]

Top Rank made a big mistake matching Jared so soft for his first 17 fights. The Martin fight should have been an eye opener as far as the potential of Anderson. Imo he needs to work on sticking to a game plan that saw him easily win rounds. Defense is poor also. Here's hoping they match Torres a little tougher so he can develop into a contender. Where does Jared go from here? He can come back but will he want to after that pummeling he took? I wouldn't be surprised if TR released him from his contact he looked so bad after getting dropped. Kudos to Bakole, I picked Anderson to win big.

The Martin fight was an eye opener for TR, that's why they gave him two more easy no hopers right after the Martin test. If he breezed through Martin, they would've continued his progression with a Franklin level opponent. The Bakole fight was probably the Desert Turkey's pick and nobody can turn down the Saudi $

[Old Spice]

His speed and accuracy were impressive.

[boogbx]

Bakole vs Miller would be a lot
of fun. Make it happen!

[57Blues]

Not sure why they call it an upset, I had it pretty much a 50/50 fight leaning towards bakole’s power , totally disrespectful to call it an upset .

wasnt it nice to see Andy stumble around the ring looking for his feet then stagger thru the ropes and even given a chance by the Ref to be too drunk to walk forward...... lucky he did not catch a second DWI charge on that one only this time there would be no deadly weapon on his person as in his fists................enjoyed the hell out of that one.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Top guys will avoid this guy. I would guve him a good chance to Ko any of top 3.

[drablj]

the only fight bakole should target is charr. bakole is charr's mandatory and it's a very winnable fight. with that victory bakole would either be a mandatory to usyk/fury winner or a champion by default/upgrading (when belts become splintered again). surely becoming a champion is more important than fighting irrelevant hunter.

[boxing IQ]

Bakole is strong and rangy, but very limited. Anderson wasn't ready and had nothing but his grit to carry him for as long as it lasted

Bakole's matchmakers need to keep it to top 10-15 type guys for now until he targets the body more, improves his overall defense, and increases his stamina

[crimsonfalcon07]

I'd be interested to see Bakole vs the likes of Zhang/Parker/Kabayel. A big dude who can crack generally makes for a fun heavyweight fight. He did better moving his head than I was expecting too. Anderson is young; he just wasn't ready. I think he would do fine vs Miller or Ruiz.

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

Not sure why they call it an upset, I had it pretty much a 50/50 fight leaning towards bakole’s power , totally disrespectful to call it an upset .

It's based on the betting odds.

[Roberto Vasquez]

Top guys will avoid this guy. I would guve him a good chance to Ko any of top 3.

He looked great here but he has 21 fights and has hardly beaten anyone. Looks very open to a hard puncher too. Looking forward to seeing him in tougher fights now