Martin Bakole: record, next fight and profile →
German heavyweight and IBF No. 3 Agit Kabayel (25-0 or 27-2, take your pick) has pulled out of the IBF eliminator against IBF No. 4 Martin Bakole (21-1) in a surprising move.
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The IBF have ordered purse bids for Martin Bakole-Agit Kabayel for November 5, BoxingScene understands
Martin Bakole or Agit Kabayel could take the place of 'NOT RATED' atop the IBF heavyweight rankings and become the leading challenger to Daniel Dubois if they agree to the final eliminator ordered by the sanctioning body.
Much of what makes ageing so cruel is that it happens so gradually, the damage done in increments largely imperceptible until suddenly it is all you see. If it’s not something you see in yourself, it will be something you see in those around you, maybe peers or parents, and if it’s not something you see, it will be something you inevitably feel.
Joseph Parker is growing impatient in regard to his next opponent. The New Zealander, in London to be ringside for the Daniel Dubois-Anthony Joshua showdown, defeated Deontay Wilder in December and Zhilei Zhang in March but is still none the wiser on who comes next.
Martin Bakole has revealed the three opponents he is targeting, following his stoppage of Jared Anderson
Heavyweight contender Martin Bakole has been given a hero's welcome on his arrival back in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a week on from his big win over Jared Anderson in Los Angeles.
THERE is no defeat in boxing quite like the one suffered by a heavyweight. The punches responsible for it are louder, and more hurtful, and the scene of devastation is usually akin to that of a house party the morning after. Even for the lucky ones, the ones who finish on their feet rather than staring up at the lights, a heavyweight defeat remains a humiliating experience, with either exhaustion involved, or flailing limbs and desperate clinches only compounding the sense of humiliation.
Heavyweight prospect Dainier “The Fear” Pero believes he can compete with any of the top heavyweights in the world.