As combat followers could have learn, Britain’s Lawrence Okolie has vacated the WBC bridgerweight belt as he has made it clear he’ll now marketing campaign as a heavyweight. “The Sauce,” as Okolie is understood, dumped the belt he gained in a single spherical of motion, this when he blasted out Lukasz Rozanski in Could, the 31 yr outdated turning into a two-weight champ with the win, Okolie having beforehand held the WBO cruiserweight title, and he now needs a top-five heavyweight rating.
“After a lot consideration, it’s with a heavy coronary heart that I’ve to, sadly, relinquish the WBC bridgerweight belt, respectfully requesting to be rated within the high 5 within the heavyweight division,” Okolie wrote in an official assertion.
Okolie, 20-1(15), definitely has the bodily dimensions to be a heavyweight; at 6’5” and with a wingspan of 82 inches, the Londoner would maintain each peak and attain benefits over present world heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk, for one. However has Okolie bought the stuff, or the sauce, to have the ability to make an actual dent at heavyweight? Heavyweight is, as we all know, the place the large cash is, and as a former cruiserweight champ, Okolie follows the likes of Evander Holyfield, David Haye, and, in fact, Usyk as he goals to make it within the sport’s premiere weight division.
On his finest night time, Okolie could be a highly effective puncher who will get outcomes (see the win over the aforementioned Rozanski), whereas at his worst, Okolie can stink the place out (see his duller-than-dull factors win of a combat with David Mild). Okolie has sparred plenty of massive heavyweight names, akin to Anthony Joshua, Daniel Dubois, and Tyson Fury, and he’s mentioned to have held his personal.
Okolie has some stiff odds to beat if he’s to win a world title at heavyweight; as followers know, solely Holyfield, Haye, and Usyk have gained world titles at each cruiser and heavyweight. Can Okolie put his identify within the file books by becoming a member of the unique membership?
There isn’t any phrase but on a date or an opponent for Okolie’s heavyweight debut, nevertheless it might show a enjoyable trip seeing Okolie do his factor as a heavyweight. Okolie has mentioned prior to now how he would relish a shot in opposition to Usyk. “I fancy that,” Okolie advised IFL TV when talking a couple of combat with the excellent southpaw from Ukraine. “I wish to go and check it.”
Let’s see if Okolie can get something like that far.
