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Lawrence Okolie would beat Chris Billam-Smith and Richard Riakporhe at bridgerweight, says Macaulay McGowan | Boxing News
Over the next two days gym-mates Macaulay McGowan and Jack Massey could both win European championships. Massey takes on Isaac Chamberlain for the cruiserweight title on Saturday, live on Sky Sports, while McGowan boxes Abass Baraou for the super-welterweight belt in Bolton on Friday. He knows Baraou is a daunting opponent. “I expect a really…
Read More Lawrence Okolie knocks out Lukasz Rozanski in first round to become WBC bridgerweight world champion | Boxing News
Lawrence Okolie made an emphatic return to action as he knocked out Lukasz Rozanski in the opening round to win the WBC bridgerweight world title in Poland on Friday night. Victory sees Okolie become a two-weight world champion as he fought for the first time since relinquishing his WBO cruiserweight belt in defeat to Chris…
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Okolie DEMOLISHES Rozanski inside a round to win world title
Lawrence Okolie claimed the WBC bridgerweight world title in emphatic style as he knocked Lucasz Rozanski down three times before the fight was waved off in the first round.
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Lawrence Okolie says Lukasz Rozanski’s ‘hostile’ crowd will fuel world title performance in Poland | Boxing News
Lawrence Okolie vows to show he is a class above Lukasz Rozanski as he prepares to embrace a hostile atmosphere while challenging for the WBC bridgerweight world title in Poland on Friday night. The former WBO cruiserweight world titleholder takes on Rozanski in the champion’s hometown of Rzesow. Okolie says he’s expecting a “hostile” reception…
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Lawrence Okolie warned about Lukasz Rozanski’s ‘perfect storm’ in WBC bridgerweight title clash on Friday | Boxing News
Lawrence Okolie must be braced for the “perfect storm” when he fights Lukasz Rozanski for the WBC bridgerweight title in Poland, says Alen Babic. Okolie brought ‘The Savage’ Babic in for sparring sessions as he prepared for a hostile atmosphere and Rozanki’s full-throttle fighting style in Rzeszow on Friday night, live on Sky Sports. Babic knows…
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Chris Billam-Smith and the making of British boxing’s most unlikely world champion | ‘I’d KO Okolie in rematch’ | Boxing News
This was never meant to be. Some fighters seem almost pre-ordained to be champion. Perhaps it’s the confidence, the style of their boxing, as well as an amateur track record. For Chris Billam-Smith, though, that was never the case. When Billam-Smith first joined Shane McGuigan’s gym, he was, as he put it, “very much the…
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Lawrence Okolie could move up to challenge for the new bridgerweight title, says WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman
Lawrence Okolie making a move into the new bridgerweight division would be welcomed by the World Boxing Council. The WBC created the weight class at 224lbs and believes it has “many virtues” despite the fact it is not recognized by any other world title sanctioning body. Lawrence Okolie lost his WBO cruiserweight world title in…
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Lawrence Okolie aims to pit himself against Oleksandr Usyk | ‘It’ll be interesting to see how he deals with me’
Lawrence Okolie declared at the weigh-in he would go for an early stoppage against Chris Billam-Smith. That would be an emphatic statement. It could also prompt Okolie, a towering six-foot five-inch tall cruiserweight, to move up to heavyweight. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Speaking ahead of his fight against Lawrence…
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Lawrence Okolie and Chris Billam-Smith face off for world title clash: ‘We’re right at the pinnacle’
Lawrence Okolie and Chris Billam-Smith used to be friends. They might be once again, but only after their cruiserweight world title fight on Saturday night. There was nothing but cold professionalism between the two under the hot sun on Bournemouth Pier at Thursday’s press conference. Sparring partners when they were both at Shane McGuigan’s gym,…
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Lawrence Okolie would take Chris Billam-Smith fight on May 27: ‘I don’t know what they’re waiting for’ | boxing news
Lawrence Okolie has declared that he is willing to travel to Bournemouth to fight Chris Billam-Smith in his hometown’s football stadium on May 27. World champions don’t normally call out prospective challengers, but Okolie, the WBO cruiserweight titlist, has publicly thrown down the gauntlet to his British rival. Billam-Smith has a date set for his…
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