Martin Bakole was born in Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo on June 1, 1993. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on March 25, 2014 against Cecil Smith. Bakole defeated Smith via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Bakole's latest fight was a 2nd-round TKO loss to Joseph Parker at age 31, on February 22, 2025.
Some of Martin Bakole's best fights so far have been against Jared Anderson, Tony Yoka, Ihor Shevadzutskyi, Carlos Takam, Mariusz Wach, and Kevin Johnson. For a top-10 list of Bakole's best performances, refer to "Best fights of Martin Bakole".
Bakole has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Martin Bakole Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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23 | Feb 22, 2025 | 31 | ![]() | loss | TKO 2 |
22 | Aug 03, 2024 | 31 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
21 | Oct 28, 2023 | 30 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
20 | Apr 22, 2023 | 29 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
19 | May 14, 2022 | 28 | ![]() | win | MD 10 |
18 | Sep 18, 2021 | 28 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
17 | Dec 12, 2020 | 27 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
16 | Nov 02, 2019 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
15 | Oct 19, 2019 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
14 | Aug 02, 2019 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
13 | Apr 06, 2019 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 8 |
12 | Oct 13, 2018 | 25 | ![]() | loss | TKO 10 |
11 | Jun 23, 2018 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
10 | Nov 11, 2017 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
9 | Oct 07, 2017 | 24 | ![]() | win | PTS 6 |
8 | Jul 29, 2017 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
7 | Oct 01, 2016 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
6 | Aug 12, 2016 | 23 | ![]() | win | PTS 4 |
5 | Dec 12, 2015 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
4 | Dec 05, 2014 | 21 | ![]() | win | MD 4 |
3 | Nov 08, 2014 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
2 | Apr 23, 2014 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
1 | Mar 25, 2014 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |