Is Okolie the next in line after Usyk

I wasn't impressed with him last night. I don't dislike him as a person but his success has an awful lot to do with him being a massive weight bully who is absolutely huge for the weight and being very dirty and super awkward.

I was impressed with him against Glowacki but Glowacki was past his best, hadn't fought in 21 months and is actually a small CW who came in almost 5lbs under the CW limit, doesn't rehydrate after weigh ins and if he does it's only by a couple of pounds max, and he was giving away 7.5'' in reach, 5'' in height, and god knows how much weight. I'd say a bare minimum of 20lbs but it could be more. That being said, Okolie's size, length, awkwardness, and dirtiness make him a very tough nights work for CWs.

Callum Smith was another huge weight bully with freakish dimensions whose sheer size, weight and length was a huge asset for him (I mean down at 168) albeit he's got good skills to complement his size and doesn't rely on being super awkward and dirty. But even up at 175 he will be big for the weight and when Okolie moves up to HW he'll be a good sized HW with SHW sized dimensions. He's actually got a slightly longer reach than AJ and is only slightly shorter.

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Yeah maybe. He was 195¾, 197½ in his previous fight, 196 in his one prior to that and I doubt he rehydrated anything at all. He was 202 in the ring against either Huck or Cunningham. I remember being surprised by that at the time. But there's no point coming in almost 5lbs under the limit if you're going to rehydrate.

Hearn reckons Okolie is 224 or close to it in the ring. It might not be quite that high but he's definitely rehydrating a lot of weight and is absolutely massive for the weight.