Martin Bakole vs David Tua

Might be pretty close - give the edge to Martin but he has so much room to improve.

 

50/50 but feel like Bakole beats him in a similar fashion to Ibeabuchi.

 

are we talking about the same Bakole that was stopped by Hunter? Tua lands half of what he did on Ibeabuchi and Bakoles gone.

 

Bakole in a close fight...

 

I feel like it's a bit early to really make these assumptions, I feel like we're getting a redux of Zhilei Zhang here on the forum, but only worse. Bakole has a long way to go.

 

No, I’m not talking about that one, I mean the version with nearly 6 years of improvement.

 

Hes a slow plodder with no defense what improvements has he made that makes him a favourite over Tua ? Hes tailor made for Tua.

 

He puts his punches together better and is underrated on the outside with the jab and long punches, Ibeabuchi didn’t have the best defence and outhustled Tua, Bakole is bigger than Ibeabuchi and doesn’t gas because he never loads up, he’d outwork Tua down the stretch and would be the stronger man up close, and when the time comes, unlike Ibeabuchi, he could use his jab at times.

 

Lol Bakole is fatter than Ike Ibeabuchi. He isn't bigger. Now all of you are on the Bakole hype train? The same guy who couldn't even beat Michael Hunter a 210 pound light punching guy? David Tua in shape would destroy Bakole in a few rounds.

 

He’s like 45lbs heavier than Ike Ibeabuchi’s optimal weight, Bakole mauled Anderson, the fight looked unfair size wise, and Jared Anderson is like 15lbs heavier than Ibeabuchi.
I’d wager Bakole has more lean mass under that fat than Ibeabuchi does.

 

Lol Bakole is out of shape. Ike was in shape. I am typing this and then I am done with you. Andy Ruiz is 280. So I guess in your eyes he is bigger than Vitali or Wladimir Klitschko right? Ruiz is overweight. The Klitschkos were in great shape.

Jarrell Miller weighed 330 when he fought Daniel Dubois who weighed 240. That is 90 pounds more. How did that turn out for Miller? Fury weighed 270 against Uysk who's natural weighed is around 200 pounds. Who won? Michael Hunter is a natural 200 pound guy and knocked out Bakole. If you think being fat makes you are better heavyweight then you don't deserve to type to me.

 

These people are bandwagon jumpers. Do you remember when they were all on Joe Joyce bandwagon. Talking about how no human being could hurt him. ( Sure at the time Joyce was 37 with only 15 bouts). These people said Joyce would destroy Zhang. Zhang won and then they jumped to the Zhang bandwagon.

The moment Bakole losses again they will jump off his bandwagon. Tua would destroy Bakole.

 

He’s the bigger man anyway, lean or not, he’s a naturally bigger man than Ibeabuchi.

 

I agree. At least Bakole is having his "coming out" in his early 30s as opposed to Zhang who was already near 40 before people started to give him hype.