Feb 22nd Card

[diehard]

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.

[bart]

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

[diehard]

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.

[jamieson2]

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?

[diehard]

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.

[diehard]

https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/da...bia/287255

[jamieson2]

I don’t think that would have been an ideal weight to face Dubois.

[jamieson2]

Madrimov weighing in at just under 153 pounds—the lightest he’s been since 2019—comes as a surprise.

[diehard]

https://www.boxingscene.com/martin-bakol...er--205419

[diehard]

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...