Hope the money was worth it, because Bakole just lost any chance he had of landing a mega fight.
That's how it looks on paper, but this is boxing and it's ultimately "who you know." Bakole got a gift bag of money and has built-in excuses to land another fight. I think he was handed a once in a lifetime loss with benefits and he gobbled it up. We'll see.
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.
Wasn't his chin tho. Behind the ear shot did him in.
he definitely deserves another fight. I thought he'd have been in camp since he was scheduled to fight Ajagba
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.
That’s true. It was a very short fight and the amount of punishment he took was relatively minimal.
They might put him on a medical suspension like they usually do when someone gets stopped, though.
If it didn't jeopardize the Ajagba fight, and it shouldn't, given the short notice, it was a nice 600K for two rounds of work, which should help pay for his camp.
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