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EPISODE: Episode 73
Mikael Lawal once lived on the streets in Nigeria but now he is eyeing up glory in the cruiserweight division – he is profiled by Mike in today’s episode of Knuckle Up.
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Transcribed:
Looks like we’re doing one tough dude all right! Welcome boxing fans around the world.
How are you doing today? We’Ve got gora4, i’m at a different studio.
Today, i’m at the i’m at oh man, i’m not even going to reveal where i’m at man because uh it’s not good.
It’S uh! It’S it’s! It’S it’s a shame.
Hotel in scarborough, then we’ll just leave it at that is it? Is it a hotel or a motel? No, it’s a damn.
Motel hey! It’S got a jacuzzi tub, though nice.
Is it heart-shaped uh? No, no! No, but it was uh.
It felt great.
It was good all right so knuckles.
That puts you in in the mood then to discuss.
Oh i’m, nice and relaxed, i’m just all right, so uh we’re gon na discuss mikael law.
Do you know him? No, of course, not, of course not.
Why why why nobody knows nobody knows.
Let’S talk about this! Kid um he’s fighting october, the 2nd against stephen ward uh.
I know you know who stephen ward is uh fighting at wembley arena.
Uh stephen ward is 1301 man.
It’S gon na be uh.
It’S gon na be an epic epic battle.
Man should be great uh mikhail.
This kid wow what a story that he’s got: man 26 years old, he’s six two uh he’s cruiserweight division; uh he’s ranked fourth, you know four out of 27 in the uk and uh 52 out of 882 in the world.
Uh he’s 13-0 with seven kos, not bad, not bad, uh, his birthplace, originally nigeria.
Well then, let’s uh, let’s, let’s talk about that for a minute um born raised in nigeria.
Um has survived.
You know he survived the streets, man.
He was living on the streets uh.
He was being beaten by his father and he and he took to the streets to get away from the abuse and uh.
You know he lived on the streets but fighting through all this uh.
He watched his mother die in nigeria when he was 13.
and then came yeah and then came back to the uk at 13 to live with his grandmother so uh.
He then went back to the african country to live with his father, but when that relationship turned abusive, he decided to leave.
Uh law slept under a bridge and uh scrapped for food for months until he could track down his sister and reconnect with his family.
The british commissions returned him to the uk, but life wasn’t easy as he lived in hostels here and often found trouble, but he found joy in boxing at age 17 and when he turned 18 he joined stonebridge boxing club in wembley and uh.
You know that was that’s the beginning of all this wonderful, wonderful success that he’s had since then uh.
You know we just went over his record, he’s 13-0, you know and as a professional he has sparred with stars and former undisputed cruiserweight king alexander usyk.
So so he has, he has.
He has experience uh with some some.
You know some talent and getting in there with him.
Uh last year was it last year yeah last year he won the ultimate boxer tournament, which helped him uh with a decent prize.
A pool of around 16 000 euro, but after everyone has paid from that there isn’t a lot left over.
We all know this man, you got to pay your trainer, your manager, your coach, your promoter, your cup man, you got ta, pay, everybody, and then you know you only get a little bit.
So you can’t really floss man um and now a dad himself.
Uh life in lockdown hasn’t been easy, but he returns to the ring october.
The second uh he is now part of the next ultimate boxer tournament for super middleweights and uh.
He’S been super excited for this, so guys watch this guy look out for him.
Man um, you know he’s only 26 years old who’s managing him uh his manager.
He left his manager he’s with he’s with uh.
I believe it is um blackstone sports management, wow, yeah, professional boxer, promoted he’s promoted by boxer and managed by blackstone.
So yeah he’s got the right people in his belt uh.
You know in his corner backing him up to get him where he wants to be and uh.
You know, that’s uh, that’s a champion man, it’s exactly what he wants to do.
He wants to get in there and take people out man and – and just you know so sorry is he is he fighting out of london right now then yeah yeah you’re, starting out in london? He moved from nigeria to london.
He’S basically stayed in like well.
He moved yeah, he moved from nigeria to london.
First, he moved to uh moved to london to be with his grandmother.
Then he went back to the to to yeah.
He went back um, you know reconnected with his father.
The relationship became abusive uh.
He then decided to um.
You know, leave that abusive relationship uh, you know, slept under bridges, collect scrap to feed himself uh reconnected with his uh.
You know his family, his siblings and then um.
The uk brought him back man.
They brought him back, and you know he’s here he’s in the gym.
He’S boxing and um.
It’S man he’s he’s fun to watch he’s.
Definitely one to watch man definitely undefeated and he’s going when’s.
His next fight he’s going up his next fight.
His next fight is october, the second second okay october.
The second he’s fighting stephen ward and uh yeah, that’s scheduled for a 10-rounder.
It’S uh.
It’S gearing up to be a really great.
You know man october october, 2nd wait a sec! That’S just a couple of days from now yeah man he’s on the chris eubank card.
Okay, all right on the eubank card, uh he’s he’s literally like five five fights under the main, the main event.
Okay, all right, you know, there’s uh, there’s some other people that i’m going to be debuting throughout the week that are also on this card uh that are making their debut.
So you know what there’s there’s a lot of stuff going on, so guys make sure you you had better hurry up then, because it’s wednesday already, that would be hump day.
So you’ve only got one more day to debut some hot and heavies yeah.
No, no and they’re fighting, so you know tomorrow we’re gon na talk about them and uh.
You know what it is man, you know what it is, i’m i’m finding these guys that are just you know, yeah, and you know what it is i’ll tell you it’s um sky, sky and boxer.
They got together right, they’re, they’re, they’re working.
You know in cahoots uh, since they’ve done that man they’ve they’ve literally signed signed some.
You know wicked deals.
Man like this.
This card, that’s coming up is uh.
Is you know eubank uh, david avasanya, and you know you got richard for porgy.
We got mikhail lal like this is a big card.
It’S a big card.
It’S gon na be excellent.
To watch guys.
Man make sure you don’t miss it.
That’S october.
The second there’s some uh, you know there’s some new prospects in the you know.
I know so guys make sure you watch this.
It’S gon na be fun um.
You know what it is man today’s hump day, i’m not gon na.
Keep you too much longer.
It’S already been, you know almost eight minutes, um time for me to uh, get back to uh my jacuzzi tub and some beers.
Well, i will i use my laptop to search uh for for all these wonderful uh boxers that i keep finding and um guys make sure you tune in tomorrow.
Uh we’ll have another great one for you also friday friday, the return of tim witherspoon to the panel.
I believe that’s right, uh we’re having uh it’s gon na be great.
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