Martin Bakole has been up close and personal with Joseph Parker and has since assessed his chances against Daniel Dubois.

Joseph Parker continued his late-career resurgence with a second-round knockout of Martin Bakole on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Martin Bakole took a big risk by agreeing to step in for a sick Daniel Dubois to face Joseph Parker on 48 hours' notice. That risk did not pay off for Bakole as a glancing Parker right hand to the temple put Bakole down and forced the corner to halt the fight prior to the end of the second round of the co-main event on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev vs.