2020 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Bakhodir Jalolov (9-0, 9 KOs) has been added to Probellum’s first event of 2022, which takes place at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium on March 18. Jalolov will face journeyman Kamil Sokolowski (11-24-2, 4 KOs), who dropped an eight round decision to Otto Wallin over the weekend in Cardiff, Wales.
The card will be headlined by female lightweight Estelle Mossely (9-0, 1 KO), who defends her IBO belt against Yanina del Carmen Lescano (10-1, 2 KOs). Super featherweight Jono Carroll (21-2-1, 5 knockouts) faces Serif Gurdijeljac (21-6, 8 KOs) in the co-feature.
Kamil in some tough fights lately. Hopefully he’s making a few quid.
He’s only been stopped three times has Sokolowski, if Bak wants to make a big impression, he has to make it four.
WOW.. an Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist with a 9-0 record, fighting a guy with an 11-24-2 record in his 10th fight. Terrible.
@rwb: Agree, this is just lame. Look at where e.g. Joe Joyce was at this stage of his pro career already.
I get your point and it’s fine, but Joyce’s situation is a little different because he’s 9 years older than Bak. He had to accelerate his career a little more because of his age.
@Lucie: Ok, the age thing with Joyce, but look then at Tony Yoka. Also gold medalist, has had 11 fights and fighting much better opposition than Jalolov so far.
Well that’s true Henry, but there’s still a difference between them. Bak just won his gold medal. He was almost a part-time pro because he was still fighting amateur (which is ridiculous, but it’s what they do now). He’s been a pro four years now and he just won his gold medal like six months ago. In a vacuum I agree with your point, he should be fighting better guys, sure. But I’m not going to hold what he’s done thus far against so much because I’m pretty sure that his focus was more on amateur than being the best pro he could be.
Although this fight does nothing for him, Jalolov is definitely a prospect. He should envelope nicely.
I see him possibly fighting Richard Torres again. Torrez improved remarkably against him, in the Olympics. Considering the brutal knockout Jalolove administered earlier to Torres, Torres gritted his teeth and won a silver medal.
develop. Curses on spellcheck.
There has been no quality whatsoever in the opponents Jalolov has been up against as a professional boxer. Sokolowski will be the most qualitative of all opponents so far.
This is not enough after four years as a professional boxer when you also have an Olympic gold in your pocket.
Interesting to see how Jalolov takes Pole out.