Los Angeles , USA: Jared Anderson v Martin Bakole, NABF WBO Worldwide Heavyweight Title
3 August 2024
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A struggle that that makes good sense for Riyadh Season will first need to survive the purse bid circuit.
The Ring has confirmed that the Martin Bakole-Agit Kabayel IBF title eliminator is the topic of a Nov. 5 purse bid listening to. The sanctioning physique’s highest two ranked heavyweight contenders failed to achieve widespread floor for his or her ordered bout throughout the negotiation interval.
Bakole (21-1, 16 knockouts) and Kabayel (21-0, 15 KOs) are each Riyadh Season regulars. Such can also be the case for IBF heavyweight titlist Daniel Dubois (22-2, 21KOs), for whom the winner will develop into the necessary challenger.
A deal can nonetheless be reached till simply earlier than the beginning of the purse bid session. Ought to the struggle head to a handbag bid, Bakole and Kabayel will cut up the pot 50/50 because the No. 3 and No. 4-rated heavyweights. The No. 1 and No. 2 slots are vacant; the IBF reserves these positions for contenders who win official eliminators.
Kabayel is The Ring’s No. 5 heavyweight contender; Bakole is slightly below him at No. 6.
Each contenders—and Dubois, for that matter—have seen their inventory soar on Riyadh Season-branded occasions.
Bakole has gained his final ten begins, with an enormous profession spike in his previous 4 contests.
The run started with a Could 2022 highway victory over 2016 Olympic Gold medalist and then-unbeaten Tony Yoka in Paris. In his most up-to-date begin, Bakole took down one other undefeated rising heavyweight in Jared Anderson. Their Aug. 3 battle noticed Bakole rating a stunningly dominant fifth-round knockout on Riyadh Season’s U.S. debut present in Los Angeles.
Ten months prior, Bakole knocked out Carlos Takam within the fourth spherical of the maiden Riyadh Season card final October 28. The 32-year-old Scotland-based Congolese heavyweight suffered his solely defeat in an Oct. 2018 harm stoppage to Michael Hunter.
Kabayel scored back-to-back profession greatest wins in Riyadh.
The 32-year-old German heavyweight scored an upset fourth-round stoppage of Arslanbek Makhmudov (18-0, on the time) final Dec. 23 at Kingdom Area.
The identical venue hosted his most up-to-date outing, a seventh-round stoppage of Frank Sanchez (24-0 on the time). Kabayel’s massive win got here on the undercard of the Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury undisputed heavyweight championship conflict.
It’s one other heavyweight title now within the sights of each fighters, nevertheless.
Dubois claimed the interim IBF belt in a June 1 stoppage win over beforehand unbeaten Filip Hrgovic at Kingdom Area. He obtained the improve to full titlist when Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) vacated the belt to proceed with plans for a Fury rematch.
The reign was absolutely validated in Dubois’ first title protection. An all-British affair noticed the 27-year-old Londoner demolish former two-time unified heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua (28-4, 24 KOs). Their Sept. 21 assembly in entrance of a file boxing crowd at Wembley Stadium noticed Dubois rating 4 knockdowns in a fifth-round knockout.
It was the third straight stoppage victory for Dubois following a ninth-round knockout loss to Usyk final August. The resurrection started with a tenth-round stoppage of unbeaten Jarrell Miller final Dec. 23 in Riyadh.
