Comments Thread For: Joseph Parker flattens Martin Bakole in two rounds

[4truth]

Bakole took the money and went for a dive! Simple …LOL.

I keep watching that glancing blow off the top of his head and taking a dive is exactly what it looks like.

[John-JohnJohn-W.]

Wow that's some result. Bakole probably comes right back ' last MIN SUB he was!

[ggallin7]

Why is he putting on 40 lbs between fights? Seriously, what the hell is it with some boxers? Does he not at least lift weights and/or go for light runs when he isn’t in “training camp” per se?

its obvious he doesnt live the life, the boxing outside the ring, after zhang fight nearly a year ago parker was never out of shape

[ggallin7]

I keep watching that glancing blow off the top of his head and taking a dive is exactly what it looks like.

the way he wobbled, it wasnt a dive... lets not go there now, it was a legit punch to the top of the dome

[steeve steel]

He beat the count, but referee Steve Gray called a halt to the action.... And it was a quick count. Bakole didn't argue. We can understand why... He can now get back to his vacation. Even extend it...

[deathofaclown]

Hype job? Maybe you need to learn more about boxing

He is a bit. He was stopped by Hunter and wanted to quit.

He was lucky to get a decision over Kuzmin. The cards were horrible.


He had a whole lot of hype over beating a 50 year old Takam and Jared Anderson, who is completely unproven at any good level.

He's a handful and could be dangerous and certainly would've been better vs Parker with a camp, but I'd still pick plenty of heavyweights to beat him, including Parker.

Just like when I told this forum Zhang isn't that good when they were all hyping him up and he'd get found out. Same time I predicted Kabayel would beat Makhmudov because I knew he was a big doofus that would fold under pressure. Same as I thought about Hrgovic and said it here.

Bakole belongs with those names. He's got nothing for the real top fighters, camp or no camp.

[eco1]

Lets be honest.....Bakole was training for another fight and being a last minute replacement works both ways. Second, Parker spent his entire camp training for a smaller much different fighter and he had no fight plan for Bakole...a guy that most trainers and commentators said would walk right through Parker.

If you exclude the riyadh season boxing trolls, nobody expected Parker to knock Bakole out. I certainly didn't!

I picked Parker by KO in the Pick ‘Em thread

[PunchyPotorff]

Can't believe most of my favorites won on this card. Bivol played the tightest most disciplined chess game ever,
Kabayel steps up to the plate with one of his best performances, Smith did a number on Buatsi... not an easy foe
to go up against. An all around entertaining card.

[Goatintheboat]

So does Dubois fight in the next 3-4 weeks and if so who?

[JakeTheBoxer]

Actually read he got 500000 pounds. That is by far the biggest payday & he even has a built in excuse to why he lost so decisively. He dropped in the rankings but got paid handsomely. Much like when Povetkin failed his PED test & Johan Duhaupas got a call on his vacation boat to come be a replacement opponent to save the card. He got 500000 euro on a days notice & haf to borrow gear to fight. He got KO’d in 6 but 500000 euro was too good to pass up & he went right back on vacation with his wife.

Ok, but was is worth? Now he lost by un early stoppage. It won7t be easy for him getting another big fight.