Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs), a 6-foot-6 slugger from The Republic of Congo, accepted Thursday's offer on just two days' notice and immediately boarded an airplane to replace Dubois in the co-main event against former champion Joseph Parker (35-3,

Born in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), Bakole is ranked as the number two contender by the WBO and the WBA, three by the IBF and four by the WBC. He comes in with a pretty decent record of 24-1-2 with 17 KO's. The 31-year-old's only professional loss came at the hands of American Michael Hunter, but that was almost seven years ago.