The Fight Week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was again shocked on Thursday with the announcement that Daniel Dubois was considered too ailing to face Joseph Parker in their fight for the title in ponderous weight.

Martin Bakole responded to the call when the promoters try to find the right replacement.

Promoter Bakole, Ben Shalom, said he had concluded a contract when a Thursday press conference took place before the fight. At the end of Thursday evening, the fight was confirmed.

Here’s everything you need to know about a man who will face a parker on Saturday evening.

Who is Martin Bakole?

Martin Bakole is a Congi -heavyweight weight that trains from Glasgow in Scotland with the respected coach Billy Nelson. The 33-year-old was in the Democratic Republic of Congo when a call appeared.

Shalom told ESPN that the warrior “did not hesitate 1%” and the findings were made to lead him to Riyadh.

An impressive warrior with enormous knockout power, bacon is considered one of the most frequently avoided fighters in the heavyweight department.

What is the bacon record?

Bakole has a robust record of 21 wins from 16 by way of knockout and only one failure.

He raised rankings with victories over Carlos Takam, and recently a wild knockout of American Jared Anderson.

What are Bakole’s chances against Joseph Parker?

First of all, both warriors deserve a huge amount of appreciation for taking up a fight.

Nobody could blame Parker, who undoubtedly dreamed of becoming a two -time heavyweight champion on Saturday, for wanting him to remain functional and fit, to face Dubois when he is ready.

However, the Recent Zelander explained that he would fight anyone.

Bakole has great power that he showed against Anderson. The key factor will be how ready and ready to fight, especially when going out of over 2000 miles to get to Riyjad, to face the parker in two days.

While Bakole will be a powerful opponent, Parker will be a favorite. It will probably be much more proficient than bakole and must exploit it in his favor with an clever boxing and avoiding the power of a up-to-date opponent.

Martin Bakole weighed the unofficial 315 pounds on a scale, and his clothes before his main fight against 267-pound Joseph Parker on Saturday evening, February 22, in Riyadh. Bakole (21-1, 16 KO) would probably be a little lighter if he weighed without his street clothes.

Bakole weighs up to 30.5 pounds more than 284.5 pounds, which weighed its previous fight with Jared Anderson on August 3 in Los Angeles. Of course, he nourished well, but surprising, he did not find out whether in the meantime he was offered a fight as a substitute opponent.

Bakole’s master

His weight means that some fans believe that if he does not reach Parker in the first three or four rounds, he will fly out and be stopped or wiped. Of course, Parker will remain in motion for the first six rounds, not allowing Bakole to have a stationary goal to land his gigantic shots. Parker did it effectively in the last two fights with Zhilei Zhang and Deontay Wilder.

However, he weighed in the middle of 40 years to these fights, and on Saturday he comes in 22 pounds. Parker is not as basic to move for 12 rounds as on a lighter weight with wild excessive and 291-pound Zhang.

Parker weighed the highest career and it is not good. It is not clear what he thought, developed so much to fight his initially planned opponent, heavyweight champion IBF Daniel Dubois. Dubois would prevail 20 pounds and it would be impossible to stop him

Apparently, the bacon will receive a payment day of $ 600,000 for this fight, which is a lot of money for a deputy opponent. Some people think that he gets more than that, but this is the number that MailSport reports.

Martin Bakole “weighed” before the fight with Joseph Parker pic.twitter.com/vpiscigwqo

– Mail Sport (@MailSport) February 22, 2025