Martin Bakole put in a career best performance in defeating Jared Anderson at the weekend.
The American was put down three times before the bout was stopped in the fifth round.
“You don’t stand with Martin Bakole. I am a big man and I am a machine,” said Bakole in his interview in the ring post-fight.
“I’m a machine. I’m in this sport to take over. I want to be No 1. No one wants to fight me but with His Excellency [Turki Alashikh], I know that I can get any fight I want.”
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Bakole moves to 21-1 with the only defeat coming at the hands of Michael Hunter in 2018.
Since then he has won 10 in a row and is now inline for a huge heavyweight showdown with one of the biggest names in the division.
One fight that Matchroom boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn wants to see is Bakole facing the hard-hitting Zhilei Zhang and he has urged Turki Alalshikh to make that fight next.
Taking to X formerly Twitter he posted: ‘Zhang v Bakolie..run it @Turki_alalshikh #RiyadhSeason’
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