Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023

[Glass Joe]

It will be interesting to see when and where this lands.

A bit of talk locally that Billam-Smith’s next fight will be back at the vitality stadium (afc bournemouth). But I’m not so sure as the football season starts on the 12th August.

The bournemouth international centre wouldn’t be big enough, surely?

can only see boxxer banking on the home fans being loyal to CBS and having it at the stadium again only way to cover the purse i think.

[TheLeprechaun]

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[Ruthless-RKO]

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[Redback Rasta]

Lawrence Okolie has activated the rematch clause.

Hard to see a more disciplined Okolie losing to Billam-Smith again.

[TheLeprechaun]

Lawrence Okolie has activated the rematch clause.

Hard to see a more disciplined Okolie losing to Billam-Smith again.

I'd make CBS favourite. Okolie getting points off for holding and spoiling is going to work against him in big fights.

[Redback Rasta]

Lawrence Okolie has activated the rematch clause.

Hard to see a more disciplined Okolie losing to Billam-Smith again.

I'd make CBS favourite. Okolie getting points off for holding and spoiling is going to work against him in big fights.

Exactly what I meant by a more disciplined Okolie. If he doesn't modify his approach he may face the same humiliating result as the first fight.

[Glass Joe]

Lawrence Okolie has activated the rematch clause.

Hard to see a more disciplined Okolie losing to Billam-Smith again.

hard to see anyone wanting to put money up for this one. do boxxer legally contracted to put it on?

[maverick23]

Lawrence Okolie has activated the rematch clause.

Hard to see a more disciplined Okolie losing to Billam-Smith again.

hard to see anyone wanting to put money up for this one. do boxxer legally contracted to put it on?

I’d imagine they will be. Surely though Sky have the ability to say no?!

[maverick23]

CBS was interviewed yesterday. He said that Okolie had activated his rematch clause but Sky were against the fight happening as a main event.

Credit to Sky if true.

Puts Shalom in a real awkward spot though. So much for Okolie being the poster boy of Sky Sports boxing.

CBS said if it’s not Okolie then it’d likely be Masternak which I actually think would be a very good fight. There was lots of talk a few months back that Masternak was paid to give up his mandatory spot to Riakporhe in exchange for a fight with CBS.

[tigermoth87]

Rematch clauses kill my interest in boxing.
Who in their right minds wants to watch that shite again?

[maverick23]

Rematch clauses kill my interest in boxing.
Who in their right minds wants to watch that shite again?

I don’t mind them in theory but they seem to be used far more frequently and there needs to be some sort of arbitration in there in that a 3rd party can overrule it.

I didn’t have an issue with AJ rematching Ruiz or Usyk, or Joyce rematching Zhang but when fights are so one sided (Haney/Kambosos) or the first fight is dire (CBS/Okolie), someone should be able to step in and say it’s not happening.

[gregregegg]

Rematch clauses kill my interest in boxing.
Who in their right minds wants to watch that shite again?

Agree, gov body’s should ban them. It’s their belt, just have as a condition you can’t contract rematches… they should also call them on controversial judging.

Gotta win twice to win is bullshit. Haney vs kambo for example, just silly.

[THEBUTCH]

Watch that shite again ?? You mean anything involving Okolie, right ?

Billham-Smith has figured in numerous entertaining fights throughout his career.

Okolie has consistently stunk out the joint

[tony1234]

Its not like its news that Okolie is attractive as a bad case of piles so why would SKY inflict him on viewers again ?

[Twinkle Toes]

Boxxer went to a lot of trouble to sign Okolie, SKY had him lined up as their face of boxing, so fk knows what they where thinking but they went into this with their eyes wide open - Now don't want him headlining.

Couldnt make it up.