Former two-weight champ Lawrence Okolie says he needs to make up for some inactive spells by staying busy as he fights in his new weight class, the heavyweight division. After despatching Hussein Muhamed in his heavyweight debut, this final evening, the win coming by way of a crisp proper hand within the opening spherical, “The Sauce” spoke with IFL TV, and he stated the heavyweights are “simpler to hit clear.”
Now aiming to finish his purpose of turning into a three-weight champ (Okolie having received the WBO cruiserweight belt together with the WBC bridgerweight title), the 31 12 months previous had some names thrown at him as potentialities seeing as they’re ranked fairly excessive within the WBC scores, as is Okolie himself, who’s at the moment ranked #5. Okolie says he’ll take any combat that will get him the place he needs to be, and that’s difficult for a world heavyweight title.
“There’s not a heavyweight combat I’m not up for,” Okolie stated. “On the finish of the day, I’ve been near Joe [Joyce], I’m near a whole lot of fighters when you can name it shut. They’re like my work colleagues, however generally you’ve received to sq. up and get it performed. If that combat presents itself I wouldn’t say no. As I stated, no matter’s going to get me to a different world title is what I’m searching for. Positively (Jarrell Miller and Andy Ruiz), these are two huge boys, good fingers. I’d should field very, very sharp and that’s the place I’d have to make use of athleticism to actually get the pictures. Each these guys are actually sturdy. These are good fights.”
It actually goes to be attention-grabbing, and enjoyable, watching Okolie’s heavyweight journey. A combat towards “Juggernaut” Joyce will surely be one thing to see, as would Okolie towards both Miller or Ruiz. The large query, or one in all them, is what’s going to occur if/when Okolie will get hit on the chin by an enormous heavyweight shot? Okolie, who weighed a hefty 260 kilos final evening, confirmed he has pace, accuracy and clearly energy on the new weight, however that’s the stuff going out, what concerning the stuff coming again at him?
Once more, it’s going to be attention-grabbing watching how far Okolie, 21-1(16) can get within the heavyweight division. Followers are all the time looking forward to extra heavyweight expertise, particularly heavyweight expertise that may rating knockouts. Possibly Okolie is certainly a future heavyweight champion.
