joshj909 wrote: ↑22 Apr 2023, 15:20
Why has Boloz got sponsors painted all over him but zero sponsors on his shorts?
A continental thing. I remember Sinan Samil Sam and Sven Ottke back in the good old days having condom companies sponsoring them and having them temp tattooed on their backs.
Good work by TKV. Offensively he is clearly very good. I’d like to see him in with the other upcoming Brits who are around area and English title level.
4th round KO for Cieslak and he's now European Cruiserweight champ, dominant performance, forced the pace, kept a high tempo and made Bregeon fight, switched stances constantly and backed Bregeon up, Bregeon was getting through with the occasional cute counter but was getting outdone in the power department, Cieslak rocked him with a right hand in the 4th and clubbed him down with a series of right hands to force him down, kept the pressure on when Bregeon beat the count and combinations on the ropes forced him down for the count, thought Bregeon might beat the count cos the bell went but he was done
A quick assessment of Bakole. Overall solid against this level of opponent. Showed power and quick hands when needed with a lot of accurate arm punches to create openings. One criticism is that his defence was quite open and he took a few shots that he probably should have been able to avoid. Needs a big fight asap
Shalom's top 3 choices for Bakole up next: Wilder, Whyte and Dubois. Dubois is facing Usyk next. Whyte could be facing Joshua. That leaves Wilder, surely they wouldn't pay enough for Wilder to come over.
joshj909 wrote: ↑22 Apr 2023, 16:55
Shalom's top 3 choices for Bakole up next: Wilder, Whyte and Dubois. Dubois is facing Usyk next. Whyte could be facing Joshua. That leaves Wilder, surely they wouldn't pay enough for Wilder to come over.
No way does Wilder fight Bakole. Too high risk with absolutely zero reward
joshj909 wrote: ↑22 Apr 2023, 16:55
Shalom's top 3 choices for Bakole up next: Wilder, Whyte and Dubois. Dubois is facing Usyk next. Whyte could be facing Joshua. That leaves Wilder, surely they wouldn't pay enough for Wilder to come over.
No way does Wilder fight Bakole. Too high risk with absolutely zero reward
Agreed. Ortiz, Pulev, Miller, Wallin would all be reasonable opponents that I could see him beating which would make him a difficult name to avoid should he win.
Nelson did mention that they would try and petition the WBA for the next eliminator. These are the rankings:
Champ: Usyk
Regular: Dubois
1) Wilder
2) Bakole
3) Joshua
4) Pero
5) Makhmudov
6) Ortiz
Last edited by joshj909 on 22 Apr 2023, 17:06, edited 1 time in total.
