In the first round, Bakole stood in the middle of the ring, waiting for Parker to throw his punches before he could counter him. Parker used his long left jab to keep Bakole at bay and would slip in ...

Joseph Parker knocked out his late replacement, Martin Bakole, in the second round to become the WBO Interim Heavyweight Champion. Parker was initially meant to fight Daniel Dubois in an IBF ...

Martin Bakole is the late replacement opponent to fight Joseph Parker tonight after Daniel Dubois was forced to pull out due to illness. Dubois had been due to defend his IBF world heavyweight crown ...

It wasn't the opponent Joseph Parker was planning to face two days ago, but it was still a good night for one of the heavyweight division's top contenders. The New Zealander defeated short-notice ...

Martin Bakole took a big risk by agreeing to step in for a sick Daniel Dubois to face Joseph Parker on 48 hours' notice. That risk did not pay off for Bakole as a glancing Parker right hand to the ...

Joseph Parker didn’t get the opponent he wanted, but he got the night he needed. On Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the co-main event to the Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol headliner, Parker blasted ...

Joseph Parker has three targets in sight for his next fight: Oleksandr Usyk, Daniel Dubois or Anthony Joshua. One of those bouts would've already happened had IBF heavyweight champion Dubois not been ...