Joseph Dennis Parker Lupesoliai vs. Martin Bakole Makabu Ilunga

Bakole hasn't earned the WBO interrim shot at JP yet... Anderson win was good v an untested prospect

 

Yeah. He's better than being a marauding oaf with zero defense or handspeed. Like I said. He's got all of the positive attributes Joyce had in addition to having faster hands and defensive skills. Also isn't pushing 40. Look I rate Parker much higher than I do Joyce. That loss is an embarrassing blemish on his record along with Whyte. He's much better than what he showed in those fights. Maybe the new and improved Parker outboxes Bakole to a UD, but I think it's a more difficult task than Wilder or Zhang.

 

Sounds like a cope man. Are you afraid Parker will lose it? It's a good fight and a fresh matchup in the division. No true boxing fan should be against such a match happening.

 

You must be a troll account. Seriously. I hope you don't actually believe any of that.

 

Bakole doesn't have a ridiculous chin like Joyce, so you can't say he has all the attributes joyce has.

 

Parker is clearly better than Bakole and the rankings and resume reflect this.

 

LOL yeah mate one high profile win gets you any fight you want.
Bakole should earn the right like JP had to.
Beating Wilder and ZZ back to back trumps a win over untested Anderson
Bakole is only 1 decent win away though so his team should select wisely - a MD loss to JP right now wouldn't do him any favours

 

He’s right though. Parker has proven form.

 

There is no legitimate rankings system in boxing. If by résumé you mean record, then Parker's is paper thin.

Beating Wilder who didn't throw a punch and getting a gift against a 41 year old Zhang after being dropped twice is hardly impressive.

Bakole would murder Parker.

 

Virtually all posters here scored the Zhang Parker fight for Parker. If that is a gift, it means 99% of the forum doesn't know how to score fights.

 

Yeah if anyone is trolling it's you. What's Bakoles record? Thin air?

 

There is a possibility that Parker could dance around him for a decision, but even so I would have Bakole as the favourite. If Parker crumbled under Joyce's pressure then I don't see him standing him up to Bakole's.

 

@bartkiwi

So yeah. Parker/Bakole is the fight that should happen next.

 

Before KO'ing Parker, Joyce beat Dubois, Jennings and Takam. Hardly stuff of the legends. His wins pre-Parker were pretty comparable to Bakole's.

Joyce: Dubois, Jennings, Takam, Hammer, Ustinov

Bakole: Anderson, Kuzmin, Takam, Yoka, Wach

And resumes don't win fights anyway. Otherwise Parker would have beaten Joyce.

 

Even pre-Parker Dubios is better than anyone Bakole has beaten. Are you really gonna pretend that Bakole is some boogyman on that **** poor resume? He's massively overhyped.

While resumes don't win fights, they certainly show a fighters level. I'm gonna go with the more proven fighter here, not the next hypejob.