Comments Thread For: Beware Martin Bakole? Or beware the heavyweight hype?

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[Unidentified]

Bakole got some hands…

[Southpaw16]

Excellent article and good journalism. It’s fair, unbiased, analytical, and uses historical examples.

[NihonJim]

For me he's got a lot more to prove, yeah theoretically he looks like he's dangerous, but there's counter evidence as well, and he's not done anywhere near enough for me to call him the most dangerous guy in the division. He's just a prospect we don't know too much more than that yet.

[archiemoore1]

Bakole isn't a copy of George Foreman, no one is. That said, Bakole is a good skilled strong heavyweight, full of confidence. All he needs to focus on is conditioning. That's what will allow him to show all his facets to the fullest. As long as he doesn't gas out, he's trouble for anyone

[JeBron Lamez]

He's just a prospect

In 2019 (at age 25 or 27), before the Twitter CP incident & after losing to Michael Hunter, Bakole beat Mariusz Wach & Kevin Johnson as two of his four wins that year.

He was considered a fringe contender at that point.

The CP incident messed up his whole trajectory, after the CP incident he fought just once a year for 3 years & then twice in 2023 plus once last year.

A total of 6 fights in 6 years, which is a terrible number & the reason he isn't considered a contender but Bakole is not a prospect ijs.

[BlackRobb]

Tony Yoka was once a "can't miss" prospect after a strong amateur career. I think Bakole brings a lot to the table and reminds me of Ike Ibeahuchi. We shall see.

[SteveM]

"Most of us saw Fury as a goofy oaf who famously put the CompuBox counters to the test by throwing, landing, and absorbing an uppercut all at the same time."

Eric - you made me chuckle with that sentence. It's a cleverly crafted sentence that starts off reasonably with the 'goofy oaf' label, then had me wondering where you were going by introducing Compubox, and the last part is like a punch line to a joke told with impeccable timing.

[SteveM]

Tony Yoka was once a "can't miss" prospect after a strong amateur career. I think Bakole brings a lot to the table and reminds me of Ike Ibeahuchi. We shall see.

but he never actually did anything as a pro. He was matched very cautiously from the off as if his management knew something - maybe dodgy chin seen in sparring?

[SteveM]

Great and fair article but one thing it didn't address if the sparring stories. Yeah, we know sparring is just sparring - but that's only true up to a point ... if he really did drop Usyk and make Dubois quit then that's some serious ability - i don't think Usyk has been dropped in a pro fight? Dubois quitting is believable as he has form.

Bakole may get exposed (by a mover?) but I'm pretty sure Ajagba isn't the man to do it. As Billy Nelson said, likely Anderson would stop Ajagba.