Martin Bakole is one step away from turning into the obligatory challenger for the Worldwide Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight world title held by Daniel Dubois.
However his knockout opponent modified once more. The IBF has now ordered him to combat Efe Ajagba for the correct to grow to be the obligatory challenger for the heavyweight title.
Germany’s Agit Kabayel has withdrawn from a knockout combat towards Bakole and though Chinese language opponent Zhang Zhilei, then ranked fifth by the IBF, certified for the combat, he’s anticipated to maneuver on to a different path.
High Rank has knowledgeable the IBF that Ajagba is obtainable to compete.
The IBF now orders Ajagba, the seventh-ranked fighter, to face their fourth-ranked Bakole.
Bakole has regarded imperious whereas stopping Jared Anderson and Carlos Takam prior to now two video games.
He’s now difficult the IBF title, which Britain’s Dubois defended with a surprising knockout victory over Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium in September.
The Congolese fighter despatched a warning to the division with a stoppage-time victory over highly-rated American Anderson.
“You do not help Martin Bakole. I am an enormous man, I am a machine,” he declared after that victory. “Nobody desires to combat me.
“I am a machine. I obtained into this sport to take over. I need to be No. 1.”
Dubois is ready to voluntarily defend his IBF title in February, with Joseph Parker thought of a possible opponent for the British world champion’s subsequent combat.
The IBF beforehand mentioned Du Bois could be notified of its June enforcement round April 22.
They stipulate that the champion “is obliged to combat for the title towards the main heavyweight contender designated by the event chairman inside an interval not exceeding 9 months”.
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