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title: "Number One Heavyweight Contender Starts Crowdfunder For World Title Campaign"
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author: "Kerr Ferguson"
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published: "2024-01-02T09:53:45Z"
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# Number One Heavyweight Contender Starts Crowdfunder For World Title Campaign

Heavyweight Martin Bakole has shared links on his social media asking fans to help him raise £100,000 to support his ‘dream to become world champion.’

The hard-hitting Congolese heavyweight fights out of Scotland and was [last in the ring with a four-round domination of veteran Carlos Takam.](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10095615-boxer-martin-bakole-stung-multiple-times-after-swallowing-wasp-vs-carlos-takam)

That was on the same card as the extremely lucrative Tyson Fury-Francis Ngannou fight, Riyadh Season’s first entry into big-time boxing.

Bakole impressed on the night. It was his 9th win on the bounce since a sole career loss to Michael Hunter. As such, he has found himself rated number one with the WBA above Anthony Joshua, Joseph Parker, Daniel Dubois and Frank Sanchez.

With a world title in his grasp, the 30-year-old shared the crowdfunding campaign to his supporters on X.

https://twitter.com/MartinBakole01/status/1741926421482606890

It remains unexplained what the money is required for and how urgent it is. Many fans ridiculed the move, especially given his last fight in Saudi Arabia – well known for big purses.

Outside of his wins under trainer Billy Nelson, Bakole is known for [claiming to have hurt or stopped many of the top heavyweights in sparring.](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/heavyweight-sparring-usyk-dubois/)

He says Joshua won’t fight him because of past work in the gym, that he has stopped Dubois twice in sessions, and Oleksandr Usyk – the WBA’s Super Champion – hit the deck from a body shot during one of their spars.

Sitting one below Usyk with the sanctioning body is Mahmoud Charr, the WBA’s Regular Champion due to a recent legal case. With Usyk tied up in his undisputed fight against Tyson Fury in February, Bakole-Charr seems a smart move.