Lawrence Okolie has retired from his heavyweight fight against Richard Riakporhe with an injury to the April 5 card in Dazn in the Live Arena cooperative in Manchester, England. The promoters of the Riakporhe cruise weight (17-1, 13 kos) are now fighting to fight a replacement in less than a month of warning.
Replacement hunt
The ring informs that Okole, 32, was trained by the fight with Riakporhe. Obviously, there are many heavyweights that can intervene to fill the place, but many of them would beat Riakporhe, which is not ideal for their promoters.
If not too late, the promoters of the event should use Riakporhe as the opponent to Joe Joyce In the main event. They already have Filip Hrgovic Like Joyce’s opponent, but that is a terrible pairing for ‘The Juggenaut’. Hrgovic has too much talent.
Riakporhe is above Joyce’s ally, and would give him a better chance to win. If the idea is to rebuild Joyce, using Hrgovic is the wrong address. I would not do it if it were its promoter.
Environment limits
Okolie’s career seems to go anywhere. It is not cut for the heavyweight division. When he was melting to the cruise weight to fight much smaller guys, he was in the ideal situation to succeed due to his advantage of size in a historically weak division. But now that Okolie is a heavyweight, her professional situation seems more gloomy.
Even with careful pairing for its promoter, he is not hitting anyone well, and will probably fall apart if he puts himself with a decent heavyweight. 32 is not old, but Okolie does not have enough time to become a fighter capable of competing with the lions in the division. Your beating at the cruise weight by Chris Billiam-Smith In 2023 he showed his limitations as a fighter.
Okolie should forget to fight in the heavyweight and return to the cruise weight. You cannot connect Okolie with anyone worthwhile in heavyweight and wait for it to be victorious. It is too clumsy and uncoordinated.
Last update on 03/13/2025