Can “The Sauce” add some spice to the heavyweight division? Former WBO cruiserweight champ and just lately topped bridgerweight champ Lawrence Okolie appears to have quite a few attention-grabbing choices proper about now. The 31 12 months outdated has expressed his curiosity in getting Deontay Wilder fascinated by a shot at his bridger belt, and Okolie, 20-1(15) has additionally spoken in regards to the robust risk of him shifting as much as the massive man league.
Talking with IFL TV, Okolie – who ripped the bridgerweight strap from Lukasz Rozanski final month, this by first-round take-out – made it clear he’s particularly fascinated by a struggle with Joseph Parker. Parker as we all know, is on a roll; the previous WBO heavyweight champion having taken care of Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang. However Okolie fancies his probabilities in opposition to the New Zealander, and he feels he has the stuff, the Sauce, to cease Parker.
“There’s been talks about some massive heavyweight fights that I’m fascinated by,” Okolie mentioned. “I can’t go straight for the highest boys, Joseph Parker is the best [ranked heavyweight] of this present crop [that I could fight]. I’m 31, and it’s time to get caught in with some massive, harmful boys. If we field, I consider I can knock out anybody. I don’t wanna begin being…., ‘cos me and him won’t struggle. However after I’ve watched him [Parker], I consider I’ve sufficient punch energy to do the job.”
Parker as we all know, is a person who will struggle anybody. Okolie, at 6’5,” appears to have the scale to have the ability to combine it at heavyweight. Who is aware of, this struggle, proper out of the blue, may show to be one in all this 12 months’s highlights.
Parker Vs. Okolie – who wins, and the way?
There’s speak of this struggle, or perhaps one other, fully completely different struggle for each males, happening on the large, upcoming card at Wembley in September. Who is aware of what surprises that card could have in retailer for us!…
Boxing Information » Lawrence Okolie Says He’s Been Supplied Quite a few Fights At Heavyweight
