Lawrence Okolie vs Richard Riakporhe

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  1. Eye of Timaeus

    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The two best British cruisers even though both are poor. Who takes this one?
     
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    Okolie the Octopus.
     
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    Okolie the man to beat
     
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    moog Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    OMG, what a terrible match up stylistivally, be clinching, falling around of balance and the best hugger (Okolie) will win.
     
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  5. Eye of Timaeus

    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He's crap lol
     
    Eye of Timaeus, Jul 25, 2020
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    DirtyOldTown Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This could be the worst fight to watch in history.
     
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    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Id rather inject lard in to my eyes than watch this one
     
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    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Okolipus strangles the life out of Riakporhe, in a poor fight.

    It would be a decision win for Okolipus
     
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    Devon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Riakporhe is similar to Okolie, but doesn’t implement the tactics as well, so Okolie would win and I don’t know why people call him trash, I think his style is enough to beat the top cruiserweights, I know it’s boring, but it is effective against smaller men and all of the top cruiserweight a shorter than Okolie and he has a powerful enough right hand to keep opponents honest, if they get on the inside he will just tie them up, there is nothing you can do about that, it may look trash, but it works, if W Klitschko used his grab style on the way up, they would’ve called him trash, Klitschko ended up using that style, it was very boring and looked trash, but it worked for over 10 years so it must be effective
     
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  10. Scissors

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    He is and he isn’t. He’s very hard to beat. He will go quite far even though he will be stinking arenas out along the way.
     
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    Okolie vs Glowacki is being planned for the Joshua vs Pulev card. Not sure how that fight goes, hard fight for Okolie but not an unwinnable one. If he does lose then the Riakporhe fight would be a good one to come back to. Good as in good match up, not a good fight to watch.
     
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    Lost against Massey imo, Hyde was also winning their fight and I thought it was razor tight with Billam-Smith. I don’t think he’s in the top 2 at all. I think he’s had very favourable/biased refereeing (and judges) who have chosen not to deduct points and let him clinch for way too long despite being told to break. He’s got a powerful right hand but doesn’t give himself sufficient distance to land it and always falls in when he throws it. At least Okolie has been more clear cut in his victories.
     
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    Octopus out smothers huggy bear with his gangly tentacles
     
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  14. ipitythefool

    ipitythefool Prediction ? Pain Full Member

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    Anyone watching this fight will be permanently traumatised.
     
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  15. LongJohn

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    This.
     
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