How far can Okolie go in the heavyweight division?

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  1. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't see him beating Dubois, Bakole, Kabayel etc.
     
  2. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Third base, repeatedly.
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  3. ipswich express

    ipswich express Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't really want to find out if I'm being honest.
     
  4. peter_uk

    peter_uk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    His usual Okoliepus act won't worth on the heavyweight behemoths; I see his chin getting cracked and I'm all here for it.
     
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  5. Pepsi Dioxide

    Pepsi Dioxide Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not very, I'm having visions of Akinwande vs Lewis. Only thing is Akinwande wasn't awful in his other fights unlike Okolie
     
  6. Bigplatts

    Bigplatts Member Full Member

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    Hopefully nowhere. If I was Turki I'd pay Okolie to retire, for the good of boxing.
     
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  7. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He stayed at cruiser so long and employed his cowardly, manloving style, because he knows he's not got a heavyweight chin. They will try to manufacture a contender career, it will fail spectacularly, and he will then have a fine career where he belongs...as a gatekeeper who provides a good learning experience to real fighters.
     
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  8. like a boss

    like a boss Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    BoxRec has Okolie #8 heavyweight - OMFG!!
     
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  9. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Okolie has no future at the elite end of the HW division.

    He won’t be able to use an insane reach advantage to avoid fighting on the inside at HW. He will get pushed around and bashed up on the inside.

    I think he gets stopped at top 20 level and retires. His glaring weakness of lack of inside fighting ability and lack of punch resistance are going to cost him.
     
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  10. Oreet Cha!

    Oreet Cha! I know what I like and I like what I know. Full Member

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    I can see him trying to manipulate a cash out fight down the line with AJ.

    "Battle of London", etc.
     
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  11. ipitythefool

    ipitythefool Prediction ? Pain Full Member

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    He will get chinned by Hughie Fury then go back to working at the Watford McDonalds.
     
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  12. elrond_buggard

    elrond_buggard Member Full Member

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    Isn't he supposed to be fighting Lerena? If that's the case then I think there's the answer as to how far he can go.
     
  13. MarkAntony202

    MarkAntony202 Member Full Member

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    He seems too big for CW but not big enough for HW.

    He could go to Bridgerweight but there’s literally nobody of note at the class even more so than CW.
     
  14. Arch Stanton

    Arch Stanton When you have to shoot, shoot!, don't talk...... Full Member

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    I really don't like, Okolie.




    I hope he gets his head caved in. The Heavyweight division is the preferred division for actual head caving.....




    ;)
     
  15. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It appears nobody is going anywhere in the heavyweight division,
     
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