Martin Bakole going for Parker basically withdrew himself from the fight with Efe Ajagba for the IBF mandatory position. The next boxer in the rankings is... Anthony Joshua. But we've heard that Derek Chisora vs Otto Wallin was the second eliminator for this. So... Efe Ajagba vs Derek Chisora soon? Or maybe AJ will jump in?
I'd go pick one of the guys who lost a big fight recently in Hrgovic, Frank Sanchez or Jared Anderson who just won his fight. If Bakole beats Parker you'd imagine that makes Jared Anderson look a hell of a lot better. Could just throw Okolie in there.
Good point about WBO interim status stripping IBF mandatory spot, although the IBF is more prestigious and they will defo enforce their mandatory which will probably be winner of Bakole/Parker, and 100% Bakole if he also takes on Ajagba. Also possible Bakole refuses the WBO interim to keep his mandatory IBF spot. I think because of recent events, I expect Usyk to just fight Dubois this early summer and possibly the winner of Bakole/Parker to fight the winner of Zhang/Kabayel on the same card.