Martin Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs) makes the allegations, while Zhang Zhilei (27-2-1, 22 KOs) denies them and claims that he has not received any offer for the fight from a potential opponent.
"I'm in Congo training for the fight with Zhilei, but, I recently heard he forgot about our fight and finally gave up on it. Stop running around already! I know your team is trying to protect you from me, so I'm fully focused on the fight with Kabayel right now," Bakole stated.
"Although I was expecting an offer to fight Bakole, my team never got it. However, we learned that it will probably go in a different direction, so now we are looking at another opportunity. I will have big news soon," the Chinese puncher responded to this.
"There was talk about such a fight a while ago, but we never received any offers. We would just like to clear things up," added Terry Lane, Zhilei's manager.
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Recall that Bakole recently received an offer for the IBF Eliminator, in which he is scheduled to face Agit Kabayel (25-0, 17 KOs).