Lawrence Okolie says his upcoming fight against Richard Riakphore is more than just business.
With Lawrence Okolie set to take on Richard Riakphore at heavyweight on April 5, Okolie talks a bit about his feelings about the fight and his opponent. Okolie says he takes all fights a bit personally and he’s expecting to eventually break Riakphore down in the fight.
Okolie on is his fight against Riakphore is business or personal
“I think every fight I have is personal. I think that’s the new energy I’ve adopted when it comes to boxing in particular. None of us are friends really…all boxing is personal to me because I’m trying to keep my life going change it for the better and they’re trying to do the opposite.
“To be fair I look at him and I see a model who model who boxes sometimes as opposed to a boxer that models. That’s no discredit to him, I think he’s a good model but as a boxer he’s alright.”
On how his fight with Riakphore will end
“It ends by stoppage. It definitely ends by stoppage. I think it’ll be a breakdown job. I think I could potentially get the one shot off because obviously whenever I land the one shot I could get the job done, but I think he’s got enough defensive acumen that if he puts on enough weight he’ll be able to withstand the first couple of rounds but then after that the breakdown begins.”
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