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[ironbeard]

Bakole v Anderson up.

[keithmoonhangover]

Bakole v Anderson up.

I fancy Anderson to outland Bakole 3-1 on the way to a late stoppage. Martin is far too heavy.

[Joson]

Bakole v Anderson up.

I fancy Anderson to outland Bakole 3-1 on the way to a late stoppage. Martin is far too heavy.

Are you certain about Bakole? He's 285 lbs now, a full 15 lbs lighter than when he fought Takam tens months ago, looking fleshy, slow, and clumsy. On the other hand, Bakole weighed 275 lbs for his best career win, when he fought like a pit bull while whipping Tony Yoka.

I'm thinking that - just maybe - Bakole might carry his weight well tonight. I'm speculating.

[ironbeard]

Rd 1 = Anderson boxing well. Good bod. Bakole looking for nothing but bombs. Anderson left right. Bakole. ANDERSON DOWN!! Lasts the round.

10-8 Bakole

[keithmoonhangover]

Bakole v Anderson up.

I fancy Anderson to outland Bakole 3-1 on the way to a late stoppage. Martin is far too heavy.

Are you certain about Bakole? He's 285 lbs now, a full 15 lbs lighter than when he fought Takam tens months ago, looking fleshy, slow, and clumsy. On the other hand, Bakole weighed 275 lbs for his best career win, when he fought like a pit bull while whipping Tony Yoka.

I'm thinking that - just maybe - Bakole might carry his weight well tonight. I'm speculating.

[jameswilson]

Anderson seemed very confident in the build up given Bakole dog walked an Olympic gold medalist.

[ironbeard]

Rd 2 = Anderson in big trouble. Anderson lands hard. Bakole takes it. Bakole lands. Anderson goes toe to toe and lands. Bakole landing. Anderson stands in. Anderson is crazy. Close round

10-9 Anderson
19-18 Bakole

[ironbeard]

Rd 3 = Bakole all over Anderson. Anderson goes bod. Anderson has big ass balkz. Anderson gets nailed repeatedly. Anderson stands in and pounds to bod. Anderson comes on strong. Bakole takes it.

10-9 Bakole
29-27 Bakole

[ironbeard]

Rd 4 = Anderson bod. Anderson is not. Bakole lands. Big left Bakole. Bakole all over him. Anderson big right. Anderson comes on late.
Very close.

10-9 Bakole
39-36 Bakole

[ironbeard]

Rd 5 = fantastic hw fight. Andersson big left right. Another big left and bod. ANDERSON DOWN!! Big trouble. Down again!! It is over!!

[ironbeard]

Bakole moves up on that performance. Way up.

[margaret thatcher]

wow! nice stuff bakole. took anderson apart man vs boy style

the lead right could not miss

[leftrightleft]

What a fight!!

[margaret thatcher]

anderson game, landed plenty of his own, but it was like tank vs water gun

[ironbeard]

Great performance! Inoue monster? Morrell monster? Give that excrement up. Bakole is The Monster.

[keithmoonhangover]

Great performance! Inoue monster? Morrell monster? Give that excrement up. Bakole is The Monster.

Inoue didn't get dominated by Mike The Bounty Hunter's son.

[vostok]

Bakole is the Zhang of Anderson just the way it is for Joyce.
What a bad career move.
Anderson can give every kind of trouble to top guys.
..But not Bakole obviously.

[margaret thatcher]

obviously martin isnt inoue level, but loads of good fighters lose and then improve or show it was an off night

bakole is a huge guy with power, unorthodox skill, and complete shot selection. he will be a hard night for pretty much everyone

[skanksta]

obviously martin isnt inoue level, but loads of good fighters lose and then improve or show it was an off night

bakole is a huge guy with power, unorthodox skill, and complete shot selection. he will be a hard night for pretty much everyone

He looked a lot like Joe Joyce before he got Zhang'd.
Quite like Zhang too in fact - very static, but a massive lump with power.

[JxhDel.]

Bakole playing possum and sneaking some ROCKETS on Big Baby

[Joson]

I didn't get to watch, but I presume Bakole looked far, far better tonight than he did last time out, in his slob-fest with Takam. Sounds like he absolutely steamrolled Anderson.

Bakole proved he can take a whale of a punch too, as Anderson packs serious power in his right, which he landed repeatedly, but to no avail.

[Evander]

Isaac Cruz v Jose Valenzuela
Upset possible

[Joson]

Great performance! Inoue monster? Morrell monster? Give that excrement up. Bakole is The Monster.

Inoue didn't get dominated by Mike The Bounty Hunter's son.

But maybe Bounty Hunter Jr is a vastly underrated heavyweight. The dude is boring, but also tricky and nimble. He might establish himself in everyone's top-10 rankings before long.

[skanksta]

I didn't get to watch, but I presume Bakole looked far, far better tonight than he did last time out, in his slob-fest with Takam. Sounds like he absolutely steamrolled Anderson.

Bakole proved he can take a whale of a punch too, as Anderson packs serious power in his right, which he landed repeatedly, but to no avail.

Bakole stood in the middle of the ring, ignoring body shots and barely moving, Andersen was winning the fight, but Bakole won the moments bigtime.
Perfect execution of the "economical big lump" style.

[margaret thatcher]

i didnt give anderson a round tbh, though 2 of them were close