Martin Bakole: record, next fight and profile →
Eddie Hearn claims that all it will take is one phone call and Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua could be made in a matter of minutes – but the promoter promised that conversations to match Joshua with either Martin Bakole or Deontay Wilder, contrary to reports on social media, have not taken place.
How could you not be excited about Martin Bakole? He’s just about everything you could possibly want a heavyweight contender to be...
Billy Nelson believes that the biggest threat to Bakole would be the temptation to look beyond his next opponent
Although it is presumed that Martin Bakole will challenge Daniel Dubois, the IBF heavyweight titleholder, if Bakole gets past Efe Ajagba in an IBF eliminator in May, there are other possibilities, too – including fighting Martin Bakole in Africa, says Bakole's coach.
Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney now have opponents set for the interim bouts that are expected to set up their rematch – and the May 2025 show will be bolstered by a bout between a pair of heavyweight contenders.
Promoter Eddie Hearn said Anthony Joshua is likely going to start training later this month ahead of a return to the ring in May or June.
When Anthony Joshua and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, were discussing the prospect of one day hosting an event in Nigeria, the home of Joshua’s parents, they would have had certain images in mind. If a “homecoming” or celebration, the event would have called for a certain kind of fight and a certain kind of opponent. The traffic, in other words, would have to have been one-way; the winner standing in the home corner.
As 2024 gives way to 2025, we’re in an interesting place with these modern heavyweights – a place somewhat similar to where we were exactly 25 years ago, when 1999 became 2000 and all of our computers continued functioning despite great fears to the contrary.
Heavyweight contenders Martin Bakole and Efe Ajagba have agreed to fight in 2025 on a date still to be determined.
Martin Bakole often finds himself as the odd man out in the heavyweight division. With Zhilei Zhang and Agit Kabayel facing one another rather than Bakole, possibly on February 22, it has left the Scotland-based Congolese fighter without an opponent.