Comments Thread For: Efe Ajagba still in Martin Bakole?s sights as trainer warns ?he?ll be back to being the bogeyman?

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Billy Nelson, manager, trainer, and outspoken advocate of Congolese heavyweight Martin Bakole is satisfied they made the right decision to take on Joseph Parker last weekend
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[brankobugarski]

I read another story where Bakole was in the process of buying a family home when this call arrived. He thought it was a divine intervention, like a dream and accepted life changing money immediately. I can see how for the fighter who was fighting in relative obscurity until recently a huge payday like this (which is probably more than the sum total he made in his life so far) cannot be ignored. Not only that, but he was guaranteed the next payday as well.

At the same time, all the aura of a boogeyman is now gone with a single overhead right which can never be unseen. Parker sparred him in the past and was unaffraid to step in the ring with him on a moment's notice. Others will be encouraged by this. He can be outboxed and he can be knocked out. Now we have multiple pathways to victory.

Can Bakole come back from this? Sure he can. Just look at Jospeh Parker. He has done a Lazarus since Joyce destroyed him only a few fights ago.

[Bob]

He's a Buster before he's done anything.
He's already a millionaire making him a trillionaire in the congo.
He doesn't live the life.

[Tatabanya]

Too bad Bakole was caught in that equilibrium-altering spot with that punch. He had already started to catch Parker with some serious shots.

[NihonJim]

The worst part about it is that now the fear factor has been lost for Bakole.

Check AJ post Ruiz 1 for an example of how this changes opponents mindsets.

Prior to Ruiz 1 when AJ had the fear factor it makes opponents just that tiny bit hesitant, they aren't willing to take risks to the same degree and that can get you through sticky situations. You can just stand off and look intimidating and get rests etc, there's a lot of ways it helps.

But once the fear factor is gone, your fights become a lot harder. And that's how bakoles fights will be now.

You can get the fear factor back (wladamir Klitschko is the best example of this) but it takes a sustained period of destructive wins until the memory of your own fragility starts to fade in your opponents minds.

[landotter]

I read another story where Bakole was in the process of buying a family home when this call arrived. He thought it was a divine intervention, like a dream and accepted life changing money immediately. I can see how for the fighter who was fighting in relative obscurity until recently a huge payday like this (which is probably more than the sum total he made in his life so far) cannot be ignored. Not only that, but he was guaranteed the next payday as well.

At the same time, all the aura of a boogeyman is now gone with a single overhead right which can never be unseen. Parker sparred him in the past and was unaffraid to step in the ring with him on a moment's notice. Others will be encouraged by this. He can be outboxed and he can be knocked out. Now we have multiple pathways to victory.

Can Bakole come back from this? Sure he can. Just look at Jospeh Parker. He has done a Lazarus since Joyce destroyed him only a few fights ago.

I do not know how anyone can argue with a single thing you typed. Anyone in Bakole's position would have not only leapt at the chance, but most of us would have thrown our bodies in front of the plane to Saudi to stop it if we had to.

He has great upside as a hard hitting HW still.

[roademier]

they call it prize fighting and Martin took the prize.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Bakole -Miller next please.

Ruiz would be fine also.

[joe strong]

I read another story where Bakole was in the process of buying a family home when this call arrived. He thought it was a divine intervention, like a dream and accepted life changing money immediately. I can see how for the fighter who was fighting in relative obscurity until recently a huge payday like this (which is probably more than the sum total he made in his life so far) cannot be ignored. Not only that, but he was guaranteed the next payday as well.

At the same time, all the aura of a boogeyman is now gone with a single overhead right which can never be unseen. Parker sparred him in the past and was unaffraid to step in the ring with him on a moment's notice. Others will be encouraged by this. He can be outboxed and he can be knocked out. Now we have multiple pathways to victory.

Can Bakole come back from this? Sure he can. Just look at Jospeh Parker. He has done a Lazarus since Joyce destroyed him only a few fights ago.

Well he didn’t destroy Parker. Parker landed bombs throughout the fight & he was not in the best shape he could have been in. He got stopped late but the damage he did to Joyce’s chin was the beginning of the decline for Joyce. His punch resistance has been gone since.

[Joseph]

Bakole will be fine. He's still dangerous to pretty much 90% of the division.