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RE: Feb 22nd Card - diehard - 02-21-2025
Bakole lacks the boxing skills of DDD, and the hand and foot movement. Both can whack. I see Bakole as the easier of the two although he doesn't quit like DDD does. I also think Usky fights the winner.
RE: Feb 22nd Card - bart - 02-21-2025
Bakole to me is a orthodox Zhang
Fast verypowerful hands but slow feet
Dangerous especially when your punching...need to be defensively alert at all times
Lacking conditioning so will tire ...dangerous first minute of the rounds
Parker has this
RE: Feb 22nd Card - diehard - 02-21-2025
Parker has all the advantages: long training camp, ready to fight in two days, no travel, faster hands and feet, and facing a similar opponent. Bakole has one advantage: he can KO you with one shot. Let's hope that doesn't happen. I predict JP stops him late as Bakole tires.
RE: Feb 22nd Card - jamieson2 - 02-22-2025
Artur Beterbiev - 175lbs
Dmitry Bivol - 174.1lbs
Joseph Parker - 267 lbs
Martin Bakole - TBC
Shakur Stevenson - 134.1 lbs
Josh Padley - 134 lbs
Hamzah Sheeraz - 159 lbs
Carlos Adames - 158. 1 lbs
Vergil Ortiz Jr. - 153.1lbs
Israil Madrimov - 152.1lbs
Zhilei Zhang - 287.5lbs
Agit Kabayel - 241lbs
Joshua Buatsi - 175lbs
Callum Smith - 174.1lbs
267 for Parker, that's a lot of extra weight. I wonder if he was planning to weigh that high for Dubois?
RE: Feb 22nd Card - diehard - 02-22-2025
Doubt he could have changed his weight much in two days unless he was fighting at one of the lower belts. Very interested to see how he fights at this weight, and whether it increases his power.
RE: Feb 22nd Card - diehard - 02-22-2025
https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/dazn-ppv-weigh-in-results-from-saudi-arabia/287255
RE: Feb 22nd Card - jamieson2 - 02-22-2025
I don’t think that would have been an ideal weight to face Dubois.
RE: Feb 22nd Card - jamieson2 - 02-22-2025
Madrimov weighing in at just under 153 pounds—the lightest he’s been since 2019—comes as a surprise.
RE: Feb 22nd Card - diehard - 02-22-2025
https://www.boxingscene.com/martin-bakole-determined-to-shock-the-world-against-joseph-parker--205419
RE: Feb 22nd Card - diehard - 02-22-2025
(02-22-2025, 10:22 AM)jamieson2 Wrote: I don’t think that would have been an ideal weight to face Dubois.
I think JP is/was less about the weight and more about bringing the power while maintaining his fitness and speed. He and Lockhart feel they've done that. We'll see tomorrow...