How onerous Lawrence Okolie should have needed to work to make the 200-pound cruiserweight restrict. That’s maybe the very first thing a viewer could have had when watching Okolie weigh in in the present day forward of his heavyweight debut tomorrow night time. “The Sauce,” as the previous WBO cruiserweight champ and former WBC bridgerweight champ is understood, tipped in at a whopping 260.8 kilos for his battle with Hussein Muhamed, who got here in at 261.2 kilos.
Okolie, 20-1(15) seemed big on the size in the present day, actually compared to how he seemed again within the early summer time of final yr, this when the 31 yr outdated Londoner was engaged in WBO cruiserweight title fights. It’s truthful to say there have been some raised eyebrows when Okolie hit the size in the present day. The large query now’s, how nicely can Okolie carry that poundage, and the way will he cope if he has to battle into the later rounds? In all chance, Okolie will get Muhammad out of there fairly rapidly, however will Okolie proceed to weigh as a lot as he did in the present day in future fights?
Muhamed, 18-1(14) has a handsome document however he has by no means confronted anybody with the pedigree of Okolie. Possibly Okolie, who mentioned this week that he finds it nice having the ability to eat three full meals a day now, in comparison with when he needed to reduce on meals to make cruiserweight, has taken tomorrow night time’s battle calmly? Let’s hope not.
Okolie, although, has predicted a KO win, with it to return inside 4 rounds. How far can Okolie go as a heavyweight, and once more, will that extra 60 kilos assist or hinder him as a fighter?
Tomorrow’s full line-up from London:
Brad Pauls-Denzel Bentley
Sam Noakes-Ryan Walsh
Sean Noakes-Matthew Rennie
Royston Barnie-Smith-Andres Navarrete
Aloys Youmbi-Lewis Oakford
Billy Adams-Jonatas de Oliveira
George Crotty-Dylan Courtney
Solomon Dacres-David Adeleye *(choose for battle of the night time)
Lawrence Okolie-Hussein Muhamed
