Zhang vs Bakole

When is Zhang vs Bakole?

Zhilei Zhang could fight Martin Bakole Ilunga in Autumn/Fall 2024 in the United Kingdom.

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

Zhang vs Bakole stats

Zhilei Zhang would step into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, 21 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 Zhang would have a slight advantage in power over Bakole, with a 81% knock out percentage over Bakole's 75%.

Zhilei Zhang is the older man by 10 years, at 40 years old.

Zhang has a height advantage of 3 inches over Bakole.

Zhilei Zhang fights out of the southpaw stance, while Martin Bakole Ilunga is an orthodox fighter.

Zhang is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 months later than Bakole, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He has fought 25 more professional rounds, 105 to Bakole's 80.

Zhilei Zhang goes into the fight ranked number 9 by the WBC, 2 by the WBO, 8 by the IBF and 4 by the RING 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.

Zhang vs Bakole form

Zhilei Zhang has stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he lost to Joseph Parker on 8th March 2024 by majority decision in their WBO Interim World Heavyweight championship fight at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had won against Joe Joyce on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their WBO Interim World Heavyweight championship fight at OVO Arena Wembley, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beat Joe Joyce on 15th April 2023 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBO Interim World Heavyweight championship fight at Copper Box Arena, London.

Before that, he had been beaten by Filip Hrgovic on 20th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Jeddah Superdome, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

He had defeated Scott Alexander on 7th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Nevada, United States.

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

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

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

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

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

He had won against 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, Zhilei Zhang has been fighting more than Martin Bakole Ilunga.

Zhilei Zhang last fought 7 months ago, while Martin Bakole Ilunga's last outing was 11 months and 10 days ago.

Zhang's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 1 day, meaning he has been fighting on average every 5 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 34 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 6.8 rounds on average.

Bakole's last 5 fights have come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 26 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 9 months and 6 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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