Is Saturday night Parker's best chance ever to beat Martin Bakole? Looking 320+ lbs in recent photo?

[FlatLine]

Might be the best chance Parker will ever have to beat Bakole. Always carried some extra weight but he's not in fighting shape with his next fight being all the way in May. Unlikely he started serious training yet for that camp. Martin was at his MB Lounge last week in this photo.. lounging around...
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Reminds me a little of Dubois vs Miller. Miller got the fight on short notice, but had a lot longer to prepare than Bakole, with 4 full weeks. Half a camp. He was still significantly overweight at 333 lbs! Bakole, with only a few days prep, might be slow and sluggish compared to when he's in his usual fight shape. That might reduce the level of danger he can present to the reasonably speedy Parker.

[ggallin7]

surely thats not a recent photo, has bakole been eating sum of his fellow villagers in the congo

[ggallin7]

maybe bakole will have his stomach stapled while on the plane over

[hugh grant]

I'm sure bakole mustve been in talks for a fight soon so mustve in some kind of shape. Sometimes short notice fighters do well. I'm sure Andy Ruiz did good against josh

[FlatLine]

I'm sure bakole mustve been in talks for a fight soon so mustve in some kind of shape. Sometimes short notice fighters do well. I'm sure Andy Ruiz did good against josh

He had a fight scheduled for May but hadn't started camp yet. They're still going ahead with that fight though. And Billy Nelson his coach said Bakole hasn't sparred since last August so taken no punches to the face since then.