Martin Bakole smashes the ‘Hulk’ Ihor Shevadzutskyi and calls out Dillian Whyte, Daniel Dubois, Oleksandr Usyk and Deontay Wilder | Boxing Information

Martin Bakole preserved his excessive world rating with a crushing three-round victory over Ihor ‘Hulk’ Shevadzutskyi in Poland.

Preventing on the undercard of Alen Babic vs Lukasz Rozanski on the G2A Area in Rzeszow, Bakole wanted to guard his place, No 2 with the WBA, to set himself up for additional main heavyweight fights.

He did so with a brutal ending show.

Shevadzutskyi is the extra compact and, not less than of their first spherical, confirmed deceptively fast fingers together with his heavy bulk behind them. He superior within the first spherical, forcing his jab in and driving out his proper to catch Bakole off guard.

The Ukrainian landed a left hook and Bakole stung him again with the identical shot.

However the Hulk’s ponderous footwork left him within the firing line and Bakole had quickly seen sufficient of his opponent within the first spherical. He went to work within the second.

A thunderous left upended the Hulk and Shevadzutskyi crashed down into the canvas. The massive man righted himself however he needed to go on the retreat and Bakole continued his assault.

He punched with free arms however in punishing mixtures, plying the physique as effectively to interrupt his foe’s resistance.

His repeated proper uppercuts snapped Shevadzutskyi’s head again and Bakole slammed a brutal proper cross via.

Shevadzutskyi made it via to the third spherical however by that stage he was operating on fumes.

Bakole confirmed no mercy. He picked up the place he left off, planting heavy punches on his goal and a ultimate proper hook completed the struggle, with the referee darting in to wave it off 45 seconds into the third spherical.

It was the Hulk’s first defeat and a crushing one.

Bakole will struggle anybody and everybody. He referred to as out a number of prime heavyweights.

“I made an enormous assertion. I used to be the primary man to cease [Shevadzutskyi],” he advised Sky Sports activities.

“I need Dillian Whyte, Daniel Dubois, Oleksandr Usyk. Why not Usyk? Why not Deontay Wilder? I name folks out as a result of I do know I can cease them!”

BOXXER promoter Ben Shalom added: “Bakole is so good fighters do not need to struggle him. Everybody in boxing is aware of how good he’s so now we have to verify he will get his mandatories and folks cannot keep away from him.

“Martin has pedigree, he’s prepared for the large fights. For me, Wilder is the struggle he needs to be getting subsequent. Wilder, Whyte or Dubois.”

Tottenham heavyweight Jeamie TKV marched in on Michal Boloz, driving his jab into the Pole’s abdomen repeatedly earlier than he bowled his proper into Boloz’s chin.

The Pole shook his head although and when TKV appeared to repeat that shot Boloz caught him on the top of brief proper.

However the Londoner got here out for the second spherical with dangerous intent. He screwed a left hook up into the physique and had Boloz harm. His proper swept into the Pole’s trunk and he clobbered Boloz spherical the pinnacle and thru the ropes for the primary knockdown.

TKV was not going to spare him. He was on Boloz as quickly as the competition resumed. He discovered one other brutal left hook to physique and left his opponent crumpled on the canvas, counted out at 1-57 of the second.

Preventing for the European cruiserweight title, with the house crowd behind him, Michal Cieslak set after France’s Dylan Bregeon with out regret or hesitation.

Bregeon popped in punches as Cieslak floor ahead however he was being compelled to again off.

Cieslak picked up a minimize on the bridge of his nostril however that didn’t gradual him down. He leapt ahead with a left hook to the pinnacle and one other thumping proper.

With Bregeon cornered on the ropes, he shook up the Frenchman. As quickly as he noticed his prey tottering, he took his assault to a brand new pitch of ferocity, hammering at Bregeon with both fist and battering him right down to a knee.

Bregeon beat that rely however Cieslak left him no area to breathe and no room to flee. He drove him to the far facet of the ring, trapped him on the ropes and floored him savagely as soon as once more.

Bregeon was counted out with one second left within the fourth spherical.

Steed Woodall and Boris Crighton began their eight-rounder quietly, fencing with jabs as they appeared for additional openings. They labored with care and thought however have been cautious of taking too many dangers.

Woodall clipped the Scotsman with neat proper crosses and leant again to take the sting out of an influence punch from Crighton.

‘The Blade’ Crighton was defensively sound however Woodall put higher punches collectively as he chalked up the early rounds.

However Crighton nonetheless linked with a heavy proper when he opened up within the fifth spherical and within the subsequent stanza landed a hefty countering backhand when Woodall stepped in.

They exchanged in a flurry within the seventh. A shot from Crighton wobbled Woodall for a second. It appeared just like the Birmingham man’s legs stiffened. However the Scotsman both didn’t discover or was unable to press house that benefit.

Crighton had tightened the competition up earlier than the top however a unanimous resolution, 77-75 for all three judges went Woodall’s manner.

Additionally on the undercard Poland’s Laura Grzyb received the vacant European super-bantamweight title when she edged Italy’s Maria Cecchi out on a break up resolution.