Bakole can come again

[ShoulderRoll]

He just needs to get himself in shape but I can still see him being a headache for many of the top heavyweights.

Hopefully the money he got paid yesterday doesn’t kill his drive.

[Mammoth]

Dude just gotta not be loafing around on the couch hammering out bags of pizza rolls before his next fight and he'll be fine.

[JakeTheBoxer]

He actually saved co-main event. They owe him.

[BirdSong]

definitely that was not his best!!!!

[ShoulderRoll]

He actually saved co-main event. They owe him.

Yes, Turki should get him another fight just for that alone.

[baroidi]

last night was just a quick money grab. He was probably wined and dined in Congo by the President, he was way out of shape. He's still a very dangerous opponent for any HW, but we know his chin is not great.

[FlatLine]

He can definitely come again, his coach stopped that fight super quick before he took a single follow up shot so there really shouldn't be any lingering damage from that fight. It was ironically like a sparring stoppage, where sometimes coaches pull their fighter out of a spar as soon as he gets buzzed or dropped once. I think with a proper camp he should be back to his best in May against Ajagba. Unless there's some deep mental scares from the loss but seems unlikely.

[hugh grant]

He was disoriented from top of head punch? He should be ok, but his pride must be hurt more than punch. I hope Parker wasn't one of bakole spar wins as it could be embarassing?

[Stuntman Mike]

I want Bakole vs Parker again with a full camp

[M312]

He is good enough, the dude got no sleep for 48 hours pre fight. It was horribly organised - indirect flights with a long delays, he didn't even have gloves, he had to use DDDs gloves. Saudis didn't even send a private jet.

BUT unfortunately he is now at the bottom of the pile. Why would anyone fight him? No money, too much risk and he just lost.

Turki probably promised him that the Ejagba fight will still happen, but will that still be an eliminator? I doubt it, Chisora just won the backup eliminator, that can just be considered final (whether you agree with Chisora being mandatory or not).

Hope the money was worth it, because Bakole just lost any chance he had of landing a mega fight.