The much-anticipated IBF heavyweight eliminator between Filip Hrgovic and Tony Yoka has run into a snag. Yoka and Martin Bakole were slated to fight last Saturday in Paris but that bout was postponed due to Covid restrictions. According to ESPN, Bakole protested to the IBF saying he still has a deal to face Yoka and therefore Yoka isn’t available to take the fight with Hrgovic. The IBF will now decide whether they will let the Yoka-Hrgovic eliminator take place or continue to move down the list to the next available contender for Hrgovic.
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oh well, could have been a good match-up
Hopefully Bakole will take step-aside money from the promoters. Everyone wants Yoka-Hrgovic.
This fight definitely sounded to good to be true
The next guy on the list would be Joe Joyce and I read that he was fighting in April anyway. Hrgovic – Yoka or Joyce works for me in any way.
Well, for all the Eastern European fighter haters out there who say that it’s the Croatian’s fault his record is so bleak, will still probably fault the Croatian for this fight with Yoka not happening. But for the rest of us who are sensible, we can see the bad luck that Hrgovic is having. I will bet that Yoka is relieved, that he has to fight Bakole instead of hrgovic, deep down inside.
Here is an idea: Filip Hrgovic versus Jared Anderson.
Would be a good fight, I think, and I doubt Anderson would run from the opportunity.