Martin Bakole has thrown his hat within the ring to face Anthony Joshua in Africa early subsequent 12 months.
AJ’s handlers are presently fielding provides from Ghana and Nigeria to host his subsequent outing, which is predicted to happen in both January or February.
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Discussions surrounding Joshua’s opponent are already underway, with promoter Eddie Hearn just lately revealing that Africa’s two finest heavyweights, Efe Ajagba and Bakole, are within the working to face his consumer.
Each males boxed to a majority attract Could and are eagerly awaiting massive alternatives.
Whereas Ajagba is but to speak up a combat with Joshua, Bakole put his title ahead throughout a current interview with Sky Sports activities.
“I would take the combat with Anthony Joshua in a heartbeat,” stated Bakole, who was thought of the boogeyman of the glamour division.
“We’re each African fighters, and now we’re seeing boxing come again to Africa.
“Anthony Joshua would not wish to combat me. He is aware of what occurred in sparring.
“If we get within the ring, I will knock him out. Doubtless.
“I am going to even knock him out in Nigeria, in entrance of his personal crowd.
“That is the combat to make. And we have to make it in Africa. It will be the Rumble within the Jungle II.”
African nations need to make main strikes in boxing
Africa has performed host to some blockbuster showdowns through the years.
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None extra so than the ‘Rumble within the Jungle’ between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire again in 1974.
The competition, which Ali gained through eighth-round knockout, was watched by an estimated one billion folks worldwide and is without doubt one of the most culturally vital fights within the historical past of the game.
Since that fateful night time, main bouts on the continent have slowly dried up, with Hasim Rahman’s beautiful knockout win over Lennox Lewis 24 years in the past in South Africa being the final main combat to fall on African shores.
That development seems to be shifting, although, with Amir Khan Promotions starting to make inroads into the African market.
Final month, highly-ranked cruiserweights Brandon Glanton and Marcus Browne headlined a card in Nigeria.
And there at the moment are greater plans afoot, with David Adeleye, Lawrence Okolie, Moses Itauma, and Joshua all being checked out as potential foremost eventers by the Western African nation.