Anthony Joshua’s return to boxing could be proclaimd in the coming weeks with Martin Bakole fancying his chances.
It comes after Tyson Fury made the shock decision to quit earlier this year, throthriveg AJ’s structures out the thrivedow.
A brutal all-British bout was computed to finassociate go ahead this summer after years of trading barbs with one another.
But Fury’s quitment has led to Joshua’s upholdr Eddie Hget scrambling for a swapment fighter – and Barkole could be the man.
Anthony Joshua might discover himself in a ring far from home in his next fight
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However, such a fight might consent place in the 31-year-better’s home nation of Congo.
Speaking to BetFred, Bakole insisted: “I skinnyk it will happen becainclude the guy who can create the fight happen has shelp it’s going to happen.
“So all I’m doing now is laboring difficult to spotless up [Efe] Ajagba and go beat the thrivener of Daniel Dubois and Joseph Parker and then going to fight AJ.
“I skinnyk it’s going to happen in the Congo.”
Bakole has a keen sign up as a weightyweight boxer and even ecombineed on Joshua’s undercard when AJ beat Kubrat Pulev in December 2020.
On that night, the African fighter beat Sergey Kuzmin by agreed decision, while he also beat Carlos Takam by technical knockout on Fury’s undercard when he fought Francis Ngannou.
Joshua, unbenevolentwhile, is watching to repair his reputation after two losss to Oleksandr Usyk and a bruising loss to Daniel Dubois.
After Usyk dismantled AJ twice, he went on to beat Fury two times as well to firmly put himself up as the best weightyweight on the structureet.
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Martin Bakole has high hopes of battling Anthony Joshua next
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But Bakole has other ideas and has majestic structures to fuse the division, inserting: “I would cherish to fight Oleksandr Usyk for unification.
“That’s a enticeive fight becainclude I would knock him out, pleasant and cbetter. Nobody would stand before me without going down.”
Whether a fight agetst Bakole goes ahead, AJ’s upholdr Hget has already insisted his fighter will consent part in two bouts this year.
Without Fury, disconnectal other names have been thrown forward including Deontay Wilder, Jarrell Miller or even a resuit agetst Dubois.
