Tony Yoka vs. Martin Bakole - May 14, 2022

[gregregegg]

One of the cards was 96-94 for Bakole. How in hell do you get to that score when there were 2 knockdowns? It's mathematically impossible...

Serious question.

2x 10-10s

[Ruthless-RKO]

Marty Looking confident. Gets a hug from WBC Cruiser champ, from Congo too I think …

Aren’t they brothers?

[CMCanavessi]

One of the cards was 96-94 for Bakole. How in hell do you get to that score when there were 2 knockdowns? It's mathematically impossible...

Serious question.

2x 10-10s

Do they allow for 10-10 rounds in this organization or fight?

Anyways, it looks like it was 96-92 and someone made a typo somewhere. 96-92 the best card out of the 3.

[gregregegg]

One of the cards was 96-94 for Bakole. How in hell do you get to that score when there were 2 knockdowns? It's mathematically impossible...

Serious question.

2x 10-10s

Do they allow for 10-10 rounds in this organization or fight?

Anyways, it looks like it was 96-92 and someone made a typo somewhere. 96-92 the best card out of the 3.

10-10s are always allowed i thought. just rarely used. But yea looks like 96-92, which is still way to close.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Credit to Hunter.

Bakole reminds me of a Chisora.

Tough fight but won’t win a world title.

[gregregegg]

Anyone know what the 94-94 judge did with the 10th round... because there are two equaly disturbing options...

Either:
-The judge had yoka up after 9 rounds....
Or
-The judge gave yoka round 10

[Cyclops]

Bakole reminds me of a Chisora.

Nah. Really? You think? I was watching Yoka more than Bakole... Chisora is a short pressure fighter, bobs and weaves, utilises a cross armed defence... Bakole isn't any of those things is he?

[gregregegg]

Credit to Hunter.

Bakole reminds me of a Chisora.

Tough fight but won’t win a world title.

I think he is more joyce like. but slightly quicker hands, and way worse stamina. but a biggg clubbing plodder.

[KiwiRider]

Wish it was Joyce who exposed this dirty frenchie

Think Joyce would have put him in hospital. I didn’t see the olympics but I hear it was controversial. Hasn’t Yoka failed drugs tests on a couple of occasions as well?

Nah. He missed drug tests rather than failed them.
And the Olympic final was fair enough, it was a very close fight

Yeah, I didn't mean avenging a robbery, just avenging a loss at the highest level. Imagine what Joyce would have done to him tonight?
He wouldn't have slacked off like Bakole, Joe would have knocked the dirty frenchie into next week!

[jameswilson]

Bakole got good money tonight didn’t he? Any leaks from the teams on how much?

[jameswilson]

Also just seen that Bakole weighed in at 277.

Watching the highlights (full fight not yet available on YouTube) he was fighting at an ok pace.

Mad that he can be so heavy and not gas out completely over 10.

[margaret thatcher]

Bakole reminds me of a Chisora.

Nah. Really? You think? I was watching Yoka more than Bakole... Chisora is a short pressure fighter, bobs and weaves, utilises a cross armed defence... Bakole isn't any of those things is he?

i can see shades of chizz with how he puts together the looping shots when he's coming forward in attack mode, though obviously they have a lot of differences too

[margaret thatcher]

bakole has some good things about him, throws every type of punch (even body) and has pop to them, good combos, obviously a natural shw

there is a 1 pacedness to him though and times he seems to drop off. rounds 7, 8, and 9 yoka got back into it. i think other hws could finished off yoka already if theyd had him in that trouble

still, nice win that could set him up for something bigger. would like to see him vs hrgovic-zhang winner, gassiev, dub-bryan winner etc

[oogiebe]

Finally the end of Yoka hype. Thought he'd win this won. Guess he's worse than I had thought.

[Verdi]

Bakole for the 'upset', although in my eyes it's a close fight. I don't think Yoka is all that, much better up and comers out there imo. Maybe he'll prove me wrong, but I don't see the hype tbh.

Thought so.

[margaret thatcher]

Bakole for the 'upset', although in my eyes it's a close fight. I don't think Yoka is all that, much better up and comers out there imo. Maybe he'll prove me wrong, but I don't see the hype tbh.

Thought so.

[Verdi]

Bakole for the 'upset', although in my eyes it's a close fight. I don't think Yoka is all that, much better up and comers out there imo. Maybe he'll prove me wrong, but I don't see the hype tbh.

Thought so.

[samwbr]

Wish it was Joyce who exposed this dirty frenchie

Think Joyce would have put him in hospital. I didn’t see the olympics but I hear it was controversial. Hasn’t Yoka failed drugs tests on a couple of occasions as well?

Nah. He missed drug tests rather than failed them.
And the Olympic final was fair enough, it was a very close fight

It was a fornicating robbery. And missed is no excuse, he's a pedhead

[Fearful_Freddie]

Yeah - the Juggernaut was totally jobbed at the Olympics.

[handsofstone]

Had it 99-89 for Bakole, as easy a night as he will likely get anywhere, Yoka was dreadful, any fight he had was knocked out if him in the 1st round when a clubbing right hand had him taking a knee, didn't look a big shot but everything Bakole landed early registered, Yoka's nose was broken early and he just looked lost at sea all night, Bakole kept composed and just walked Yoka down and took him apart, good variety to head and body, whipped in some nice lefts downstairs, the knockdown in the 5th looked a bit harsh, Yoka looked like he went over his ankle


It didn't matter as Yoka showed no real ambition and backpedaled all night, I wouldve like to have seen Bakole show more urgency, I've no doubt Yoka would've folded by an onslaught, Yoka looked relieved to hear the final bell and probably explains why he looked sprightly in the last round, bizarre but considering the cards were apparently close maybe he thought he still wouldve got it

[margaret thatcher]

ya and that's why i dont think it's unfair to call bakole a bit lazy. defo could bashed yoka out of there with a bit more ambition to his attack, yoka looked unsteady, scared, and panicky almost all fight

[cormack]

Yoka was simply awful from the off .
He seemed to slim for a HW and lacked power , never threw enough and once hurt in the 1st that was it Bakole had his number .

His career is well fecked now in boxing terms however he is still the great " French hope " - hence the totally incomprehensible judges scoring .

Bakole isnt anything special lets face it - Chisora level on a good day .
But fair play to him he battered Yoka in a totally one sided way .

The full fight was on the tube last night for anyone who hasnt seen it .

[chinarich]

Just caught up with this, great performance from Bakole. Hard to give Yoka any rounds at all, the 7th perhaps and maybe the 8th if we're being very generous because it was a bit of a quiet round. How the cards were that close with two 10-8 rounds (even if the 5th shouldn't have counted) I don't know. Bizarre from Yoka in the 10th, he didn't engage at all it was as if he thought he just needed to survive the round to win...

[Delta Jay]

Yoka proved why he didn’t deserve that gold. Not very good.

[rd350lc]

Also just seen that Bakole weighed in at 277.

Watching the highlights (full fight not yet available on YouTube) he was fighting at an ok pace.

Mad that he can be so heavy and not gas out completely over 10.

Fury set the blueprint for that one .