He quickly got to work in the ring and though he took one or two shots himself, in the second round he landed a thudding right hand on the top of Bakole’s head which sent him to the canvas. Although he rose, it was on unsteady legs and his trainer Billy Nelson had the referee stop the fight.

Anthony Joshua reacts to Joseph Parker's knockout win against Martin Bakole and also provides update on his future.

Joseph Parker didn’t get the opponent he wanted, but he got the night he needed. On Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the co-main event to the Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol headliner, Parker blasted out last-minute replacement foe Martin Bakole in the second round.

Martin Bakole stepped up at incredibly late notice to face Joseph Parker as a stand in replacement for Daniel Dubois, who had fallen ill with a virus less

Martin Bakole lost to Joseph Parker in an IBF showdown, but fans are buzzing over Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua's shocked reactions in a viral vid

Plenty of prominent names were left stunned by how Joseph Parker dispatched of Martin Bakole in their interim WBO heavyweight title fight.

Martin Bakole took a big risk by agreeing to step in for a sick Daniel Dubois to face Joseph Parker on 48 hours' notice. That risk did not pay off for Bakole as a glancing Parker right hand to the temple put Bakole down and forced the corner to halt the fight prior to the end of the second round of the co-main event on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev vs.

After a scheduled title shot against Daniel Dubois fell through, Joseph Parker remained interim WBO heavyweight champion.

On February 22, at the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the latest loaded Riyadh Season event took place. On this historic card, we saw Joseph Parker (36-3, 24 KOs) face the late replacement Martin Bakole (21-2,