Aurélie SACCHELLI, Media365, published on Friday, January 21, 2022 at 4:15 p.m.
According to L’Equipe, the IBF finally decided to cancel the fight between Filip Hrgovic“>Tony Yoka and Filip Hrgovic following a complaint from Martin Bakole, who was due to face the Frenchman last week, but whose fight was canceled due to restrictions. sanitary.
Tony Yoka finally thought he had a great opportunity to fight a heavyweight heavyweight soon. But his path to “The Conquest” encountered a new obstacle. An obstacle named Martin Bakole, according to information from The Team. The Congolese should have faced Yoka last week at the Accor Arena, but the fight had been canceled due to the establishment of a gauge of 2,000 people to fight against the coronavirus pandemic, and to organize such an event also before few spectators would have a “financial disaster” according to Yoka’s promoter. ” Disgusted” at first, the 2016 Olympic champion was quickly consoled by learning that the Croatian Filip Hrgovic challenged him for an IBF semi-final, whose winner would face Alexander Usyk, WBA-WBO-IBF world champion, or Anthony Joshua if the latter wins their rematch in March.
Bakole –Yoka en mars
Tony Yoka had obviously accepted the challenge. Except that in the meantime, Martin Bakole had decided to file a complaint with the IBF, arguing that he had a contract to face Yoka in March following the postponement of their first clash. According to the sports daily, the IBF are very respectful of contracts and therefore withdrew Tony Yoka from this semi-final, and started looking for a new opponent in Hrgovic. It is therefore indeed the Congolese (17 wins, 1 loss on the clock) that the Frenchman (11 wins, 0 loss) will face in two months, in a packed Accor Arena since the gauges in the sports arenas will be lifted on February 2. . And there is no doubt that he will be even more motivated than if the fight had taken place on January 15 as planned, because of the claim made by Bakole. The date of this fight has not yet been revealed. It also remains to be seen if “The Artist” will have another opportunity soon to challenge Usyk or Joshua, which he has been dreaming of for years.
