FANS have hailed Joseph Parker for his brilliant reaction to finding out he will fight Martin Bakole.
"Everyone has taken a big risk in making this fight happen - Martin, Joseph, His Excellency - so everyone needs to take a lot of credit.
Fans praised Parker's willingness to take anybody on as one commented: "This is why everyone loves Joseph.".
"I am fighting Martin Bakole who has been waiting for a big fight.
Bakole's promoter Ben Shalom told DAZN: "He is 100 per cent into this fight, he wanted it, there was no standing in the way of this.
