Bakole va Ajagba, who really won?

Yeah he must be pissed because he guaranteed him a title shot in 2026 and that's a hard sell if he's coming in at 300lbs and struggling with guys who might not be top 20 material.

Bakole made a bit of money and has guarantees for future fights as a well as a title shot and that might have taken away what little motivation he had. I don't expect much from Bakole from now on, Turki needs to match him up carefully.

 

if I’m matching Bakole, I’m keeping him busy. 3 fights a year, 2 of which can be Congolese cab drivers. Just to try to get his weight down and keep him fit. Also, while slicksters are boring against cab drivers, sluggers like Bakole are not, so the stay busy fights would make good undercard material.

 

Bakole's trainer said in an interview that Turki told them Bakole's next fight is either gonna be the Ajagba rematch in July or a much bigger fight later on in the year.

 

I didn’t score it, but Ajagba started acting like a goof instead of maintaining a steady jab and boxing to keep racking up points and instead opted to allocate (and waste) energy on jumping around and moving like a poor man’s Ali, producing not much offense. So he probably deserved the draw.

 

Bakole only won 3 rounds lol

Big robbery. Although Ajagba's running, cowardly tactic was annoying, it is legal.

 

Ajagba won:

R1: Ajagba
R2: Ajagba
R3: Ajagba
R4: Bakole
R5: Ajagba
R6: Ajagba
R7: Ajagba
R8: Bakole
R9: Bakole
R10: Bakole

Bakole did take Ajagba too light.

Ajagba has come a long way. I never thought he would develop like this. He did a little bit of everything in this fight.

I got him ranked like this now:

1. Usyk
2. Dubois
3. Kabayel
4. Parker
5. Joshua
6. Chisora
7. Zhang
8. Hrgovic
9. Ajagba
10. Joyce

 

I believe that he's at least 35 to 40 pounds over being a fighter in trim fighting condition. He'd hardly be weight drained at 260 would he?

 

Well said,,,the acting like a goof part especially.