Dubois vs Bakole

When is Dubois vs Bakole?

Daniel Dubois could take on Martin Bakole Ilunga in Summer 2024 in the United Kingdom.

The fight would be contested over 12 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which means there would be no weight limit.

Dubois vs Bakole stats

Daniel Dubois would step into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Martin Bakole Ilunga would make his way to the ring with a record of 20 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 15 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggest Dubois would have advantage in power over Bakole, with a 95% knock out percentage over Bakole's 75%.

Daniel Dubois is the younger man by 4 years, at 26 years old.

Dubois has a height advantage of 2 inches over Bakole.

Both Daniel Dubois & Martin Bakole Ilunga fight out of an orthodox stance.

Dubois is currently arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 3 year later than Bakole, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He has fought 2 more professional rounds, 82 to Bakole's 80.

Daniel Dubois goes into the fight ranked number 4 by the WBA, 6 by the WBC, 7 by the WBO and 4 by the IBF at heavyweight.

Martin Bakole Ilunga is currently ranked number 1 by the WBA, 10 by the WBC, 11 by the WBO and 14 by the IBF in the 201lb division.

Dubois vs Bakole form

Daniel Dubois has stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he beat Jarrell Miller on 23rd December 2023 by technical knockout in the 10th round at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Oleksandr Usyk on 26th August 2023 by knockout in the 9th round in their WBO World Heavyweight, WBA Super World Heavyweight, IBF World Heavyweight and The Ring Heavyweight championship fight at Stadion Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.

Going into that contest, he had beat Kevin Lerena on 3rd December 2022 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBA World Heavyweight championship fight at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had won against Trevor Bryan on 11th June 2022 by knockout in the 4th round in their WBA World Heavyweight championship fight at Casino Miami Jai Alai, Florida, United States.

He had beat Joe Cusumano on 29th August 2021 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Ohio.

Bakole has won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight, he defeated Carlos Takam on 28th October 2023 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had defeated Ihor Shevadzutskyi on 22nd April 2023 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Rzeszow, Poland.

Going into that contest, he had won against Tony Yoka on 14th May 2022 by majority decision in their 10 round contest at Accord Hotels Arena, Paris, France.

Before that, he had defeated Haruna Osumanu on 18th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Sport Society, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

He had beat Sergey Kuzmin on 12th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Daniel Dubois has been fighting more than Martin Bakole Ilunga.

Daniel Dubois last fought 6 months and 16 days ago, while Martin Bakole Ilunga's last outing was 8 months and 11 days ago.

Dubois' last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 10 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 27 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 5.4 rounds on average.

Bakole's last 5 fights have come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 27 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 8 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 28 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 5.6 rounds on average.

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