Okolie

A REMATCH against Chris Billam-Smith is “the only way to go” for Lawrence Okolie, his trainer Sugar Hill says. The two cruiserweights met last weekend at AFC Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium in front of 15,000 fans, largely in support of…

IT WAS a good fight and I feel okay now. What is important to me is that I try my best, win or lose, and I did try my best. I enjoy boxing and I know that I will come again. I don’t think the crowd played a part in Chris Billam-Smith’s…

SOMETIMES, so great is a fighter’s desperation not to lose, they can end up doing things in the ring that ensure defeat is the only option. To their confusion, and our collective dismay, self-preservation becomes self-sabotage and before…

'Mum, this is for you!': Emotional Chris Billam-Smith dedicates his stunning world-title win over Lawrence Okolie to his mother battling breast cancer, as he reveals he was 'sick in bed all week' before beating his former…

Lawrence Okolie LOSES his WBO cruiserweight belt as he is dropped THREE times by Chris Billam-Smith and deducted two points in Bournemouth battering at the Vitality StadiumLawrence Okolie has lost his WBO cruiserweight title…

FOR all the chat and debate about ‘new media’, and there’s been plenty in recent weeks, it’s impossible deny how effective it can be when executed correctly. Barely six weeks ago, on the Sky Sports Boxing podcast, Lawrence Okolie, fresh…

CHRIS BILLAM-SMITH says Lawrence Okolie has a rematch clause in place should he lose on Saturday night. The two cruiserweights will battle it out at AFC Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium in front of a 15,000 crowd outdoors. Fighting at home…

I’LL be completely honest; I never thought we’d be in this position with Chris Billam-Smith boxing Lawrence Okolie – but it’s one we have to grasp with both hands now it’s here. Lawrence has something that Chris wants. How many more fringe…

LAWRENCE OKOLIE says he will not let Chris Billam-Smith ruin his ambitions when the two cruiserweights square-off on Saturday night. Billam-Smith will have home advantage and a crowd of 15,000 at The Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth hoping…

EVENTUALLY, if you watch enough boxing and watch enough boxers, you will understand that not everybody is cut out to be a star, an A-side, or even someone deserving of headline status. And that’s just fine. For some, irrespective of their…