Could Anderson realistically beat Bakole in a rematch

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  1. Bakole lays him out again, Anderson sucks

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  2. I think it's probable

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  1. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think Anderson should go for that rematch
     
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  2. Svoboda

    Svoboda Member Full Member

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    I wouldn't say Anderson sucks but Bakole is all wrong for him (if he comes in fit).
    I remember watching their fight live, Bakole had no respect for Anderson from round 1, litterally walking through him ready to eat 2 punches to deliver one, I really enjoyed this fight.
     
  3. Rob

    Rob Boxing Addict Full Member

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    My first thought to seeing Anderson keen to rematch Bakole was great! I like his attitude....Great he has found some confidence again...but not Bakole...

    I'd rather see him build back against lesser opposition. Let's see Anderson Vs the last guy Wilder just knocked off? If it's good enough for Ex champ Wilder then it's good enough for Anderson.

    Anderson is still is young...Seems he's still mentally bothered by being destroyed by Bakole and he wants his get back...if that goes horribly what happens to his mind?
     
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  4. kostya by ko

    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    If Bakole waddles to the centre of the ring in Round 1. and falls down exhausted from climbing over the ropes ... that's a TKO to Anderson, right?
     
  5. TheWizard

    TheWizard I Got Milk Baby Full Member

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    Not if Bakole actually trains
     
  6. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Anderson ain't the kind of boxer to outbox a marching, seek-and-destroy fighter, and he doesn't have the dog in him to survive and outwork Bakole.
     
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  7. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Martin Bakole would win this again.

    I would caveat that with that his win would come, as long as he trained for at least 6 weeks, and did not come in off fat camp on the booze up from the DRC.
     
  8. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold The Hype Job Spotter. Full Member

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    Anderson was proven to be a complete hype job.
     
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  9. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't have a particular opinion about Bakole and Anderson would have some chance, but very small chance.
     
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  10. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Anderson should rematch him, but not now. Too soon,,,,
     
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  11. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing Aficionado Full Member

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    It's definitely possible. Bakole is obese and inactive, so he's very likely declined. Ajagba was robbed of a deserved win in their fight.

    But Anderson hasn't been fighting either. He looked mediocre in his last fight and seems uninterested in boxing, so I'm not sure he would do better.
     
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  12. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    That fight was Ajagbas to take, but he got outworked and outfought in the 2nd half of the fight by an out of shape morbidly obese man who was just recently KO'd.
     
  13. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That's the frustrating thing about Bakole. He could be so much more.
     
  14. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Anderson's achilles is visible to the world. The type of fight he lost, you don't turn that around.
     
  15. PistonHondai

    PistonHondai Active Member Full Member

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    Rather see Big Baby vs Big Baby and Bakole rematch Efe or Parker