
Parker vs Bakole is scheduled to take place Saturday, February 22nd, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), in a 12-round heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg) bout; it is valid for the interim WBO world heavyweight title and it is on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitrii Bivol 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Martin Bakole record
Martin Bakole Ilunga (who replaces Daniel Dubois) entered this fight with a pro record of 21-1-0 (16 KOs=76%) and he is ranked as the No.5 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Oleksandr Usyk).
He suffered his only loss when he faced Michael Hunter in 2018, since then he has won nine fights beating Ihor Shevadzutskyi (Martin Bakole vs Ihor Shevadzutskyi), Carlos Takam (Martin Bakole Ilunga vs Carlos Takam) and Jared Anderson in his last three (Jared Anderson vs Martin Bakole Ilunga).
Joseph Parker record
His opponent, the former Wbo Hw champ Joseph Parker, has an official boxing record of 35-3-0 (23 knockouts) and he entered as the No.7 in the heavyweight division.
He was defeated by Joe Joyce in 2022 (Joe Joyce vs Joseph Parker) but then he has won five matches beating Deontay Wilder (Deontay Wilder vs Joseph Parker) and Zhilei Zhang in his last two (Joseph Parker vs Zhilei Zhang).
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Martin Bakole Ilunga vs Joseph Parker as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Result
Who won Bakole vs Parker fight?
Joseph Parker defeated Martin Bakole via TKO at 2:17, round 2.