If Dubois annihilates Parker...

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  1. Gomo

    Gomo Active Member Full Member

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    Seems like parkers team are taking a liberty hoping to get a cheeky win.

    Big gamble from bakole on 2 days notice but I guess you have to take your opportunity's .
     
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  2. Ding ding ding!

    Ding ding ding! Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Indeed mate. Fair play to Parker too, spent months training for a certain opponent thinking he was getting a title shot and then taking on a risky fight with two days notice.
     
  3. uktyson

    uktyson Active Member Full Member

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    Not too disappointed now that's a damn good replacement at short notice and still a good fight.
     
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  4. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Agreed, it is still a great fight. Lets see if the sparring stories are true!
     
  5. Terminator

    Terminator Active Member banned Full Member

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    What must joseph parker be thinking. He’s gone from a guaranteed title shot to a fight vs a titleless dangerman everyone is shite scared of in the space of a few hours
     
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    KingKO El Terrible Full Member

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    Bet Parker will be getting paid more now than originally!
     
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  7. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    and so he should be !
     
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  8. Simon Says

    Simon Says Member banned Full Member

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    What’s the logic behind that?
     
  9. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Because he’s also fighting someone - and a dangerous opponent at that - he hasn’t trained for on a few days notice.

    Also, Bakole, whilst getting paid handsomely, won’t be getting the same purse as Dubois (the world champion)… so a few quid will have come back into the pot
     
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  10. Simon Says

    Simon Says Member banned Full Member

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    parker will be facing someone who hasn’t trained for him snd who was sat on a couch in Congo, not going through some greatest ever camp so we are told.
     
  11. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Yeah and Parker hasn’t trained for Bakole either.

    What couch was he sat on in the Congo? The one located in a gym as per the many clips…. Or the one ringside at the Adam Azim fight the other week
     
  12. Simon Says

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    Parker has undergone the greatest camp in his life according to himself and there is a reason why boxers do a camp, is there not? Bakole hasn't done a camp so he's at a major disadvantage. If he pumps Parker I don't want to hear the overrating of Parker anymore.
     
  13. chrisbonnie

    chrisbonnie Active Member Full Member

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    Unfortunate turn of events for Dubois. Hardly suprising someone gets sick.

    I don't know about you guys. But I've lost count the amount of times I've been unwell the day after a flight. They're bloody riddled....

    And funnily enough, I just saw an ifltv video earlier and you can hear Kugan Cassius isn't the best either. I know if I was a fighter I'd be treating everyone like they had the plague..... There's big money to made after all
     
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  14. KettleMutilation

    KettleMutilation Member Full Member

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    Parker must be clearing millions to go ahead with this, and good luck to him
     
  15. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Every boxer says they’ve had a great camp before a fight, hardly ground breaking news
     
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