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EPISODE: Episode 18
Lawrence Okolie is a British rapper, author and professional boxer who has held the WBO cruiserweight title since March 2021. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth cruiserweight title from 2018 to 2019, and the British and European cruiserweight titles separately in 2019.
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Hello boxing fans around the world welcome once again to another episode of talk and fight.
We’Ve got mike gore in the studio because it’s 4-0, something welcome to knuckle up right.
Well, welcome everybody to 40, something let’s knuckle up: okay, 402.
, all right, yeah, all right! I’M a bit late.
I was at fault my apologies, but we’re ready to rock.
Let’S go it’s okay! Man! That’S okay! We’Re here! We’Re here, we’re good we’re here! All right! We’Re gon na talk about them: okay, lawrence okolie, aka, the sauce british british boxer nigerian background.
Uh this kid’s 16-0 13 knockouts.
He actually is the uh right now the current wbo uh cruiser cruiserweight champ uh.
He also held the common commonwealth cruiser and uh, both british and european cruiser titles separately in 2019.
So this guy, you know on a regional level, has done really really well he’s now, uh, you know in this world stage he signed a match: room, eddie, hearn uh, just delivered him just delivered on his promise, which was in 2017, hey uh! You you win me a world title and i’ll bite you, the watch of your dreams and uh.
He just got delivered uh his rolex uh.
That you know is the watch of his dreams.
Uh yeah, and you know what i like watching this guy fight.
Man, he’s really talented he’s come a long way in his life.
He he was a bullying child, overweight.
No real friends didn’t play real real any sports uh got into the gym, started boxing loved it and uh.
You know now the guy’s, like a fitness advocate.
You know he’s he’s, he’s a world champion and he’s gone from this bullying.
Kid to, you know, become a world champion boxer and it’s great, and on top of that, he’s just released his single because now he’s a rapper as well.
You know he’s a musician and you can check that out on youtube.
It’S dropped, the song is called tko and that’s by your man.
The sauce uh lawrence uh check it out for sure uh.
So yeah he’s uh he’s been actually making some headlines lately.
So i think we’re going to see a lot of them this year uh.
He is calling out um honestly he’s he he wants to unify the belts so he’s going after um, uh, brettis or british.
I think it is marius marinas he’s called him out.
He says hey, i believe this is the guy that i got ta face right now to get the unification done and then uh he wants to make a jump to heavyweight.
So you know he’s you know 200 plus pound champion already.
He wants to make the jump to heavyweight.
He wants to unify the belts before he does it, so he wants to have these fights quick.
So we’re going to see this guy uh, you know coming up he’s going to be hit we’re coming into the month of the month of boxing.
You know what i mean may june.
You know the summer time there’s a lot of big fights going on i’d like to see this happen.
Apparently he was supposed to be on the undercard for the uh joshua, fury, joshua and fury fight, but i don’t know if that’s gon na happen anymore.
I think he’s been pulled off that but uh, i believe we’re gon na see him again soon.
He wants to unify the belt, that’s what he wants his next fight to be so that he can uh take his time to jump to to heavyweight, which honestly, i think will be great.
This guy, you know, he’s he’s very he’s, a very tactical fighter.
Man he’s got really heavy hands and he is no shy of knocking people out.
You can watch him numerous times in numerous highlights and uh see the kind of power that this guy has, and you know what i believe.
I believe if he does, if he does uh bring it to merit to marist so he’s gon na do it.
Man he’s, i think he can unify these titles and i think it’d be great to see him in the ring soon and honestly.
I can’t wait so we’ll keep you updated guys who are watching around the world uh about you know what this guy’s gon na get in the ring, because, honestly he’s exciting he’s uh, you know he’s come a long way in his career to come from somebody who You know was overweight and bullied most of his life and you know persevered in those situations to know you know being able to shove in this hater’s face being like you know what yeah i might have been that, but look at me now, i’m a world champion.
I’M a rap star, you know he’s living it up in dubai with all the with all the arabs, man, that’s that’s exactly what his music video’s showing.
So you know what he’s living the life man and you know, he’s living the dream that only you know only some of us can actually hope for and uh.
You know what he’s doing it.
So my hat goes off to this guy.
Make sure you watch this guy laurence okolie he’s he’s the real deal – man, oh yeah, really! No seriously! When are you gon na? What are you gon na have on the show uh? I don’t know we’re gon na we’re gon na reach out we’re gon na see if we get a hold of him uh, maybe maybe our boys over in uh over the uk.
There uh our boys over at last male box, who might have some uh ins to kind of talk to him.
Um.
You know.
Maybe they have a way to talk to his amateur coach, uh rob england and don’t get him messed up, not the guy from freddy krueger.
Okay, how do you know one guy’s a little shorter, so this one has a little sharper zoey, the shorter shorter.
The one goes a little shorter and i’m pretty sure, i’m pretty sure the the freddy krueger was a lot older.
But yes, i don’t know, maybe we could uh, maybe get this guy in here.
Definitely i’m gon na try i’m gon na i’m gon na i’m gon na try and do my damn this man uh.
You know i’ve been doing well with getting uh.
You know holding some of these guys and getting them on the show.
So definitely i’m gon na see if i can get the you know the sauce on here.
I want to speak to the sauce.
Let’S talk to him and uh talk to him about his amazing story of overcoming his.
You know his his bullying and, and you know his his weight problems and you know striving to become the best that he could be and look where he is today.
Man he’s living it up and loving life on top of the world.
You know coming off coming off that win against uh against the polish champ and uh.
You know he came out with a dominant performance and that’s all we’re going to see out of this guy and i believe, we’re going to see him in another world world championship boat soon enough and uh.
You know it is the year of unification.
It is year of undisputing, so you know what there is a possibility that we will see him in the ring for a unification title match against uh uh briaz.
So hopefully it happens.
I can’t wait there, you have it foxy fans direct from the mouth himself.
Yes, it’s the year of unification, not club fans.
What else it’s the one two punch, though you haven’t profiled next thing.
You know they’re on the show.
So that’s what yeah? That’S it? That’S it! That’S it we’re gon na they’re on the show and then they’re unified by yeah.
That’S it that’s it! That’S it! So! Yes, that’s mike or guys.
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