Lawrence Okolie IN DEPTH On Why Joe Gallagher, Dealing With Critics, Learning From Defeat

Matt Lenihan for Boxing Social spoke to Lawrence Okolie in Manchester. This interview was brought to you by Forged Irish Stout. Lawrence spoke on moving to Manchester to link up with Joe Gallagher after splitting with Sugar Hill. Lawrence explained what went wrong in the Chris Billam-Smith fight and that he would like the rematch in future. Lawrence explained that he still does see himself moving to heavyweight at some point after his fight for the Bridgerweight world title in Poland.
0:00 Intro
0:10 Working At Champs Camp With Joe Gallagher
2:40 Leaving Sugar Hill
5:46 Unfairly Criticised?
6:40 Learning In Defeat After Chris Billam-Smith Loss
8:20 Rematch With Chris Billam-Smith
9:40 Challenger Mentality
10:30 Future Move To Heavyweight
12:30 Becoming World Champion Again
13:30 Making More Music
14:19 Outro
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[@boxingwaffle]

If he was fighting in my back garden I'd close the curtains

[@vp-fv1eo]

😂 u guys r funny

[@iansimpson1886]

Took his Rolex off Eddie. Thought he was better than he is and got his comeuppance. No loyalty

[@JoshHanlon1]

If okolie, billam smith and riakpore all moved upto bridger to avoid opetaia That would be hilarious

[@Ghost-sp9dd]

You still owe me for the shift I covered for you!

[@JB-td9fz]

W

[@danielsmith6133]

Biggest mistake leaving eddie really was eddie did a great job for him boxxer wanted him just to get him beat bad people round him

[@willbrown2930]

Talks well he would be horrible to box. But not the best to watch if you like excitement

[@___JJ]

well you're a skilled ex champion but no one really knows who you are. so for your next fight we'll put you in an obscure weight class that no one gives a shit about or has even heard of

[@TB41n0]

Two time

[@koolkeith8993]

His career has completely derailed, and he continues to make ill-advised decisions like joining up with Gallagher, should have stayed with Eddie and shown some loyalty.

[@harryadamson5156]

Should never of left eddie

[@TB41n0]

Okolie the main man from Hackney fighting out of champs camp trained by Joe M22 promo Gallagher. Cant wait to see Okolie come out with the high guard and beat his opponent down over 12 rounds.

[@ORIGINOLINDIVIDUAL]

If you got a free ticket to watch Okolie you’d still want a refund

[@Gaminggoesfar]

He’s 19-1 talking about last few fights😂get a grip. Why are these boxers these days so soft? Bring back the real fighters man - this sport is for fighting men!

[@d.b.cooper1]

Why? Cause Joe has a gym in Saudi now which is closer to Dubai where he lives to train from. Also helps as you can only spend a certain amount of days in the UK for tax reasons before you have to pay tax. Don't blame him, probably the smartest decision he's made in a frustrating/error fuelled career.

[@ryanmarengo5101]

Good fighter just needs to focus on the thing only boxing otherwise he will get beat up 😢

[@HuwEvans.]

Should have never gone to Boxxer. It’s been a disaster!

[@BigStuCorby]

BURNER

[@TB41n0]

💯 he's had a nightmare but claims he so rich don't need boxing so could be ambitions

[@unknownx2k7]

Why didnt he activate the rematch clause.

[@boxingwaffle]

Thank the lord he didn't. Nobody wants to see that sh*t

[@RandyLahey24]

I think he tried but the rematch just didn't happen. I'm guessing Shalom didn't want it to happen

[@mikeyoconnell8720]

Was never gonna sell was it after the first cuddle palava. Fans only flocked to bmuf stadium for Billam

[@TB41n0]

​@@RandyLahey24 how is that possible if he has a clause in the contract?

[@dazg7405]

Okolie 2.0 😂

[@Browzanvideoart]

got greedy.

[@bigtimmy4229]

Wish his personality was as good as his boxing. His style is awful to watch

[@georgehearn2024]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-me6ld9fo3t]

Did he just say Nigeria is going to have a world champion again? I thought he was British?

[@kyletomey43]

He's as boring to listen to as he is to watch 😴😴

[@Camymanc]

Do you think he still lives in Dubai with whole load of Arabs

[@TB41n0]

Probably

[@d.b.cooper1]

Arabs? Area where he lives is probably full of brits, we've taken over seeing as everyone is moving there these days. It's literally like Ibiza/Benidorm for the younger love island types along with usual career expats

[@shahjaa4944]

They didn't get your comment lol😂