Okolie moves to heavyweight

cormack
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Okolie moves to heavyweight

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Ditches his bridger title to fight at HW .

Claims he is top 5 . :roll: :roll: :roll:
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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stevec@france wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 12:09 Ditches his bridger title to fight at HW .

Claims he is top 5 . :roll: :roll: :roll:
He asking to be ranked lol
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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I wish him luck, it must be crap to be a contender with a truly boring style. If Frazer Clarke loses, I can see that being made.
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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Ruthless-RKO wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 12:24
stevec@france wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 12:09 Ditches his bridger title to fight at HW .

Claims he is top 5 . :roll: :roll: :roll:
He asking to be ranked lol
Probably the WBC will rank him somewhere in the top 15 on the basis of being their champion at the made up weight, but I doubt any other orgs will.
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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I'd be surprised if he can beat a legit top 10 guy. He might even struggle with some 10-20 guys but he could crush some cans to get himself ranked there. It's incredibly entitled of him to think he should be top 5 without a fight scheduled let alone won.

Would he beat Chisora? Ajagba? Wallin? Hrgovic? Gassiev? Huni? Jalolov? Sanchez? Whyte? Ruiz? Torrez? Hunter? Whyte? Joyce? Wardley? Clarke? Anderson? Miller? Vianello? Pulev? Hughie? His performance against Billam-Smith suggests he would struggle with many of them.
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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chinarich wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 12:35
Ruthless-RKO wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 12:24
stevec@france wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 12:09 Ditches his bridger title to fight at HW .

Claims he is top 5 . :roll: :roll: :roll:
He asking to be ranked lol
Probably the WBC will rank him somewhere in the top 15 on the basis of being their champion at the made up weight, but I doubt any other orgs will.
Technically he’s fought above 200, which is above the HW limit for the other orgs. They could rank him.
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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The 2 weight world champ btw :OhYes:
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

Post by gregregegg »

I’d guess WBC and WBO will rank him, just given his past. He probably just deserves a rank to be honest.

Give him chisora as a tester…

okole at 240 will be a bit of a handful for anyone and everyone in the division to be honest.
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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Okolie v Hughie Fury. Fight of the century written all over it.
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Controversial wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 16:16 Okolie v Hughie Fury. Fight of the century written all over it.
This would be a draw
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

Post by gregregegg »

JamesPhilips wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 18:04
Controversial wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 16:16 Okolie v Hughie Fury. Fight of the century written all over it.
This would be a draw
Epic, sets up the rematch nicely.
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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JamesPhilips wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 18:04
Controversial wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 16:16 Okolie v Hughie Fury. Fight of the century written all over it.
This would be a draw
:clap:
Just imagine the headlines:
"Heavyweight boxing match proves to be cure for insomnia"
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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JamesPhilips wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 18:04
Controversial wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 16:16 Okolie v Hughie Fury. Fight of the century written all over it.
This would be a draw
they would hug each other so much one would jiz
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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Think he will do okay - the true heavyweights aren't great.

I'm waiting to see Jai step up.
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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My guess is he is protected and used as a voluntary defence as he will be seen to be easy pickings.

I dont see how he beats anyone decent if he's not allowed to clinch all the time. Eve then his advantages in size will be mostly gone.
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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I wonder what he'll weigh, he must be 230 at that height.
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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Signed for Frank, he must be mad thinking he'd make money from him
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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tony1234 wrote: 25 Oct 2024, 11:18 Signed for Frank, he must be mad thinking he'd make money from him
Okolie could be in some fun fights. I guess it depends how Frank sees him. He could see him as an opponent for his existing stable or he could see him as being someone tough to beat so is worth having.

Style wise I think Okolie will be better under Gallagher. Fights against people like Joyce, Zhang, Itauma, Wardley, and that’s not even the top tier, could all be interesting.

He’s already number 5 at heavyweight with the WBC so conceivably could be a couple of wins away from being mandatory.
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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maverick23 wrote: 25 Oct 2024, 11:27
tony1234 wrote: 25 Oct 2024, 11:18 Signed for Frank, he must be mad thinking he'd make money from him
Okolie could be in some fun fights. I guess it depends how Frank sees him. He could see him as an opponent for his existing stable or he could see him as being someone tough to beat so is worth having.

Style wise I think Okolie will be better under Gallagher. Fights against people like Joyce, Zhang, Itauma, Wardley, and that’s not even the top tier, could all be interesting.

He’s already number 5 at heavyweight with the WBC so conceivably could be a couple of wins away from being mandatory.
Don't think that sentence has ever been uttered before. He's the most boring fighter on the planet
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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tony1234 wrote: 25 Oct 2024, 11:18 Signed for Frank, he must be mad thinking he'd make money from him
Mad man!
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

Post by margaret thatcher »

so shlong lost his world superstar ?
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

Post by Coco »

Ruthless-RKO wrote: 25 Oct 2024, 12:34
tony1234 wrote: 25 Oct 2024, 11:18 Signed for Frank, he must be mad thinking he'd make money from him
Mad man!
FW has got DDD, Fury might win too, then he can build a H/weight stable to fight each other
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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Coco wrote: 25 Oct 2024, 12:54
Ruthless-RKO wrote: 25 Oct 2024, 12:34
tony1234 wrote: 25 Oct 2024, 11:18 Signed for Frank, he must be mad thinking he'd make money from him
Mad man!
FW has got DDD, Fury might win too, then he can build a H/weight stable to fight each other
and fabio dont 4get
also moses
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

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Wardley v Okolie.

Winner gets a final eliminator I reckon.
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Re: Okolie moves to heavyweight

Post by KiwiRider »

JamesPhilips wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 18:04
Controversial wrote: 10 Oct 2024, 16:16 Okolie v Hughie Fury. Fight of the century written all over it.
This would be a draw
:lol: classic. As long as I don't have to watch it :zzz:
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