Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Michal Cieslak - 27 February 2022

[Ruthless-RKO]

If not mentioned already, this is on BBC Radio 5Live in case anyone is interested.

Ron is doing my head in

[Ruthless-RKO]

Galal Yafai should now enter the WBC rankings.

[JxhDel.]

59 - 54 Okolie, but despite packing some rockets, Okolie's style is samey... he will be a serious overachiever if he wins an unification

[KiwiRider]

Just amazing that Cieslak has enough to get on the front foot.
I might give him that round.

[bigjack]

If not mentioned already, this is on BBC Radio 5Live in case anyone is interested.

Ron is doing my head in

8th stanza next

[skanksta]

Bruising fight, Okolie surely well ahead plus a KD.
But there are a lot of Polish fans cheering, so....

[KiwiRider]

Bruising fight, Okolie surely well ahead plus a KD.
But there are a lot of Polish fans cheering, so....

Amazingly Cieslak is actually comings back into this

[blanca]

And last night Catt had a point deducted for holding

[skanksta]

If not mentioned already, this is on BBC Radio 5Live in case anyone is interested.

Ron is doing my head in

8th stanza next

Never call a boxer a boxer, when you can call him, "a physically imposing and intimidating professional pugilist, with his shredded physique and bulging muscles living testament to his superhuman levels of dedication to his craft...."

[JxhDel.]

Galal Yafai should now enter the WBC rankings.

The champ is Julio Cesar Martinez (will face Chocolatito Gonzalez next week) and the interim is McWilliams Arroyo (their last bout was fire but was ruled NC), and the top ten has the likes of Sandoval, Waseem, Mthalane, Francisco Rodriguez, Rosales, and Magramo. Into the fire right at the start.

78 - 73 Okolie, this is getting woeful to watch...

[Dioufy]

Holding city. Both guys.
Okolie needs to stay away from heavyweight.

[Ricky]

Why can't Okolie jab?

[maverick23]

79-72 LO for me. Last few rounds have been close though.

[bigjack]

Ron is doing my head in

8th stanza next

Never call a boxer a boxer, when you can call him, "a physically imposing and intimidating professional pugilist, with his shredded physique and bulging muscles living testament to his superhuman levels of dedication to his craft...."

Apparently holding the right hand up by the head for defence is called a salute

[maverick23]

89-81. Okolie has a nice jab when he uses it. Seems right hand happy though.

[garethhop]

Rotten old fight this.

[Dioufy]

Why can't Okolie jab?

After round 1 McGuigan said “jab, everything off the jab. Jab the head, jab the body”

He threw one jab in round 2 pretty much

[skanksta]

Cieslak has been competitive and hard throughout, but it's hard to give him more than a round or two here and there.
7-3 at best, I've got 8-2 plus a KD for LO.

98-91 TS.

[Verdi]

Good gas tank

[JxhDel.]

He snaps, he wins but I sometimes ask myself why do I keep coming back to see Ok(topus)olie and his holdfests, with British referees letting strange stuff happen for too long... jeez, he was once (against Askin) deducted THREE POINTS but was not DQed.

[KiwiRider]

I still think of Okolie as a boxer in development and expect to see something new or improved every fight.
He just isn't learning anything new.

[skanksta]

118-109 LO.

That was a bad good fight.

[ThereByTheGrace]

Wasn't a great fight. Showed okolies weaknesses. Fighting in inside not his game. Still learning

[blanca]

He snaps, he wins but I sometimes ask myself why do I keep coming back to see Ok(topus)olie and his holdfests, with British referees letting strange stuff happen for too long... jeez, he was once (against Askin) deducted THREE POINTS but was not DQed.

Same here. Okolie was holding from round 1. Throws a punch, falls in, holds. Yep the pole was holding as well but it seems part of okolie's gameplan every fckin fight. Awful boxer but hats off to him for getting where he is, i think he should go to mma.

[maverick23]

Okolie awful to watch but with the constant potential of a highlight Ko

I don't want to put a damper on the guy, but this kinda feels like his level.
Definitely stay away from a unification.

I actually think the opposite. He’s going to be a tough guy to beat because of his size, reach and decent right hand.

I think he beats everyone in the division bar Breidis and I’d make that one a 50/50.

That’s not to say the fights would be that entertaining though!