Comments Thread For: Joseph Parker will now fight Martin Bakole following Daniel Dubois withdrawal

[Brittney1229]

Bakole will be gassed within 3! Would've been a great fight if he had been given a good camp.

[HandsofIron]

DDD got cold feet too, dam. Card is falling apart.

[Dakuwaqa]

DDD got cold feet too, dam. Card is falling apart.

Not really

No one cared about the Stevenson fight and Bakole is a great replacement (although apparently he was last seen at a pan Asian ‘all you can eat’ with Andy Ruiz)

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Parker wins this. Shame that there is no belt on the line because I thought the winner of DDD/Parker would fight Usyk. So I wonder if the winner of this gets Usyk?

[1Eriugenus]

If they both had a full camp I’d favour Bakole but I think Parker has the skills and boxing IQ to keep it at distance for the first 6 knowing that Bakole will gas out after that.

[rcfchess]

I think if Parker wins, they'll reschedule his fight w Dubois; but if Bakole wins, I think they'd make Dubois-Bakole for DD's title; so Parker's taking a big risk. He'd better adopt a stick-and-move strategy or he could be losing his big payday.

[Liondw]

Darn, just like that. It must be a severe infection, if Dubois is pulling out.

Unless, they're a but nervous that Parker could win, but give him benefit of the doubt, or why would they have signed for it.

Bakole is huge and can punch, but not sure how his prep is and stamina as a late replacement.

Ps. Bring back old boxinscene display, although I understand you wanted to try a new look.

[HandsofIron]

Not really

No one cared about the Stevenson fight and Bakole is a great replacement (although apparently he was last seen at a pan Asian ‘all you can eat’ with Andy Ruiz)

Oh yeah, good point, people generally don't care about boring Stevenson.

Uh oh, an all you can eat with fat boy Andy Ruiz and the fight is 2 days away? Bet the house on Parker.

[BirdSong]

jo parker the 'bogieman' killer LOL kinda cool

well lets see how it goes first LOL

[landotter]

Boy, you miss a little you miss a lot. I was just scrolling through some YouTube where I have a lot of boxing I follow and there was that headline and I had to stare at it for a second. Way to save a card though. Can't help but cheer for Parker. Putting himself in a position like this just to follow through in his obligation is pretty amazing.