Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:30
Very strange fight. 
must of been a 10-10 too...
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Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:31
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:32
well done billiam boy you deserved it mate
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:32
Shit. Rematch clause 
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:33
Okolie coming across well in defeat.
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:33
respect to okolie aswell took it like a fighter
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:34
That’s how LO has always fought !!
He dam well deserved those knockdowns, for bending the rules so much, have you ever seen a fighter warned and told off so often ?
Okolie lost that fight because if the way he fights, and CBS sticking to a great game plan and not being distracted by the drama
If I never see LO fight again I won’t complain. Absolutely bloody awful
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:36
So glad CBS won that, I think there’d be a riot if Okokie got the nod. How one judge had that a draw I don’t know. Okolie fought dirty
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:36
The scores were a criminal 112-112 draw, and 116-107 and 115-108 for Billam-Smith
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:39
Surely sky wont want a rematch. Billam smith should either unify or vs rich riac.... okolie to heavyweight vs hughiefury for all the insominiacs.
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:39
some of the funkiest looking cards ive seen
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:44
lawrence wwe okolie the new face of sky boxing - shows how naive shalom is
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:48
mags boxing have had some very funky scores these days to be fair to billiam he came to win
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:48
Absolutely no chance in watching the full fight. Can anyone summarise it in a few sentences?
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:49
Rematch?
They kept that quiet - No thanks, Okolie is never going to change, if anything he was even worse tonight than in the past. It was a piss poor fight in reality.
They kept that quiet - No thanks, Okolie is never going to change, if anything he was even worse tonight than in the past. It was a piss poor fight in reality.
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:51
SugarHill made a difference..
NOT!!
NOT!!
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:52
ReAlly frustratinng watching him get warned and warned 2 points then still warned and warned , he really neds to be disqualified a few times so it sinks in
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:53
In this day in age a KD pretty much guarantees a 10-8, whereas points off are subtracted at the end. Someone giving 8 rounds to Okolie would come up with 112-111 on this basis.
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:54
Typical okolie fight but CBS pulled off a legit knockdown early on with decent left hook. Okolie then had a point off for holding (which was fair enough).
CBS standing up to the physical wrestling but not landing very much. Okolie shading most rounds on workrate but ugly and falling in a lot. Any holding had Shane up calling to the ref and another point off/multiple warnings.....bit dubious and CBS team clearly looking for this.
Two bullshit knock-downs late on when both knackered and okolie blindly charging forward whenever missed with big right hand.
Ugly fight. Very hard to score, regardless of the late dubious knock-downs.
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 18:56
okolike was a stale fighter he would agree . billiam came a long and took the fight to him. a deserved champ
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 19:11
Thanks for that. Pretty much as expected from an Okolie fightjimb0d wrote: ↑27 May 2023, 18:54Typical okolie fight but CBS pulled off a legit knockdown early on with decent left hook. Okolie then had a point off for holding (which was fair enough).
CBS standing up to the physical wrestling but not landing very much. Okolie shading most rounds on workrate but ugly and falling in a lot. Any holding had Shane up calling to the ref and another point off/multiple warnings.....bit dubious and CBS team clearly looking for this.
Two bullshit knock-downs late on when both knackered and okolie blindly charging forward whenever missed with big right hand.
Ugly fight. Very hard to score, regardless of the late dubious knock-downs.
Hopefully this wakes Okolie up and he starts actually boxing, like he clearly can do, instead of his wrestling tactics.
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 19:14
gregregegg wrote: ↑27 May 2023, 18:39 Surely sky wont want a rematch. Billam smith should either unify or vs rich riac.... okolie to heavyweight vs hughiefury for all the insominiacs.
I'll pass.Watched Wood put on a masterclass instead. Okolie is punishing even in a highlight package..
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 19:18
Okolie is just crazy. He had the reach and at the end CBS was just waiting for him to hold. Straight shots were landing, CBS’ eye was a mess, if he stepped back rather than trying to maul them both out the ring he still could have won this fight. Weirdly happy at the end for someone with points deductions and dubious knockdowns
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 19:27
Okolie is a such a frustrating/difficult watch. He has all the attributes, but it’s like he is programmed to only fight one way.
That said, this style has brought him a world title and I feel the CBS team played a big part tonight before the opening bell even rang.
By all accounts they had put the referee on notice about the holding - and CBS made sure every minor offence was brought to the refs attention, even when he was holding himself. The last 2 KO’s were also BS.
Probably the best thing about the show was Okolies post fight interview. Very refreshing.
That said, this style has brought him a world title and I feel the CBS team played a big part tonight before the opening bell even rang.
By all accounts they had put the referee on notice about the holding - and CBS made sure every minor offence was brought to the refs attention, even when he was holding himself. The last 2 KO’s were also BS.
Probably the best thing about the show was Okolies post fight interview. Very refreshing.
Re: Round-by-Round: Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith | Sky Sports - 27 May 2023
Posted: 27 May 2023, 19:30
Okolie will probably go for the BW next.
Then call himself a 2 weight world champion.
Then call himself a 2 weight world champion.