SHOCK OKOLIE DEFEAT! • Lawrence Okolie vs Chris Billam-Smith • POST-FIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE 

Shame the fighting style doesn’t match the class of the man. He speaks well, he’s articulate and honest. What we see in the ring however, is pretty awful to watch.

World cuddle champion.

Normally I would say that I feel sorry for him and someone needs to give him a hug... but he's had plenty of that last night

Sugar has got one hell of a job on his hands 😂😂😂

Don’t worry bro you lost the belt but in our hearts you’re still the hugging world champion HWC

I like Lawrence but he's not getting how awful his fights are to watch when he excessively holds. He talked about teaching people about when its legitimate to hold? No boxing fan watches a fight to see how well the boxer holds/spoils the opponents momentum - we want good quality boxing, not awkward fights.

It might have been exciting for you Lawrence but that was dreadful for us

So many boxing experts who have never fought a round in their life😆

The Dubai Sauce has got to Okolie...

You can tell he has been training hard in the gym that holding was perfect

Lawrence "Walk man to the ropes" Okolie

Lawrence Okolie is the undisputed champ of a new division..."Huggerweight".

Okolie needs to acknowledge his holding problem and work it out or he's going nowhere,he was lucky not to get disqualified some of it was laughable when he'd grab CBS after a jab,the 2nd and 3rd knock downs were more a case of him losing balance trying to flop all over Smith.

Man went from working in McDonalds to getting a belt. So what if his styles are not entertaining. He is fighting to feed his family and a living. Lots of respect for Okolie. A loss can alway be part of a defining legacy.

Awful to watch, never watching an Okolie fight again

Okolie is so hard to watch pleased I watched the wood Lara card

Sugar training Okolie is like Pep Guardiola trying to get Bognor Regis into the Premier league.

Maybe not a classy performance - but that was a classy post fight interview - well said Lawrence 👏👏👏👏

Mr Touches nose before answering any question 😂

He didnt make excuses. Champion spirit

He needs a hug.

That was the worst fight I have ever seen. Scarcely credible it was for a world title.

He is an over achiever = no talent but became a world champion!

typical big guy mentality strength no technic sugar got a hard job here this is no fury he talks well though speaks about learning so big up

Lawrence needed this loss I can tell this guy gunna come back stronger.

This could be the making of him. We all love a redemption story. Let’s go

No shock about it. Man’s a plug 😂

Sky Sports/BOXXER in complete shambles. They don't trust their marquee HW with over 10 years of amateur experience to beat a guy that's never had an amateur fight, Buatsi's struggling to find his form, Savannah gets put in a 80-20 fight, the prospects are all fighting tin cans and the face of their franchise can't even box without wrestling, Smith is fighting gatekeepers instead of fighting for a world title despite being a nr.1 title contender. Sky Sports should just focus on the Premier League entirely and cut out the meddling into boxing cause this is going nowhere.

“ Lawrence is awful, he fights like a big frightened spider who clings on for dear life at any given opportunity, as for his chances of becoming a PPV fighter well let me say this, if Lawrence was fighting in my back garden I’d close the curtains.” ~ Mrs Okolie (Lawrence’s mum)

Awesome fight 🤟🏽🤟🏽

Okolie should be embarrassed by that performance, and not only that performance! How he was a world champion is beyond me.

Better talker than a fighter 😂😂

Bro you need a hug lol

Mate anyone would think you were in love with billam smith judgijg by how much you cuddled him...was a love affair for sure haha😂

Hoping for some holding questions

He’s affectionate a man every lady wants a hugger.

My god okolie is a shit watch . That was a horrible fight to watch . More hugging and holding then fighting . Almost like hes terrified of being hit back .

Okolie should have hug smith tighter😢

I wonder of Okolie or someone close to him will ever read these messages...he would finally have to do something about this terrible style hes chosen to use ..the man has tremendous power...hes doesn't need to spoil his own work or wrestle...

I bet Eddie laughing right about now😂😂😂😂Eddie been blessed getting rid😂😂😂

Until Okolie faces reality he will not improve, there is no disgrace in defeat, but that performance in itself was a disgrace. He deserved disqualification and needs to apologise to the fans for his illegal tactics. He fought scared after getting clipped in the 4th and did everything to prevent an actual fight from taking place. 1-2, grab then 1-2 charge. It didn't "slip away", he threw it away. CBS deserved the result, (112-112 😆) but it told us little about how good CBS actually is!

Key-bored warriors come out to plaaaay aay

Please give Eddie Hearn's Rolex back. New face of Sky 😂😂

I think Okoli is just happy for the media interest

If there were two sports: "boxing" and "boxing without holding", I wonder which one would get more viewers...

Good sportmanship

The sauce has expired out of date long time!😂

And he thought he could beat the top ten heavyweights if he were to move up . 🙄 I already said weeks ago , that wudnt be the case . So I dunno if he stays cruiser or does actually move up now. Shudda stayed with Shane , 258 and MATCHROOM. Embarrassing tbh. And it’s kinda a serves u right moment .

‘I thought hugging was a scoring shot, the judges clearly dont know boxing’

Okolie should go to a busy city and give out free hugs

He's a nice enough person just not the fighter he or his fan's claim him to be.

Only okolie can watch his fights backward. Anyone with insomnia will fall asleep

Couldn’t be happier this guy got beat

Nothing shocking about it, it was only a matter of time before he got exposed.

All these fighters are like skittles at the moment arent they , i feel like when betting now just back the outsider

Is not shock defeat Finally someone better turn up More boxing skills not buling hanging box End of story Rematch same story happen

What i want to know is how 1 judge had it a draw

I feel for him.... why??

You have enough reach & power, just stop holding your opponents. It's a dirty move. If you lack stamina, time to train your endurance. Cheers.

Turned it off crap to watch this man fight.

This is when you’re supposed to wear shades at the post fight pressure …😎 Humble Pie with custard for mista Hug-Olie here 🙄

Try wrestling man. You may just survive. Don’t pollute the boxing scene. We’ve got plenty of that with officials etc!!!

Lawrence "Jabba the Grabba" Okolie

If that was the ref for Tyson Chisora Vs Otto Wollin. Otto wins that fight

Shock defeat. Its not when you do whatever that was that Okolie was doing, because it wasn't boxing thats for sure. To train your guts out day after day, then go on to produce that sort of work, is just baffling.

After that fight i can't see how he was world champion maybe the people he beat was not to good because last night was shocking i wouldn't even call that boxing

Respect for all fighters but that has to be the worst boxing match Iv ever seen . Okolie should of been disqualified for holding . And I'm sure when he watch it back he'll probably think what the fuck was I doing . Dont think anyone will want to watch that fight again

You need to watch it back as the holding is horrible and looks like you are scared to take a hit which doesn't bode well when you eventually move to heavyweight

Lawrence hugkolie

RUNNING LOW ON THE OCTOPUS SAUCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Sugar seems to know in his attitude he has a lame duck on his hands , the fight was cringey to watch , but his style with never change if he isn't already listening

Lawrence if that wasn’t your mate in the I think you would of hurt him a lot more so the rematch you’ve got to knock him out

U should try jabbing rather than hugging

Lawrence is a fine sportsman, hope he comes back

Thank goodness I only watched the highlights of this fight! Was curious to see who this Okolie guy was. Pardon me, but this guy doesn’t really box, he cannot be even classed as an amateur, in my opinion. What a terrible fight!!!!

if you spent less time holding and more time punching you might win

Akolie will never be the baddest man on the planet but definitely the dirtiest...

Unmarked says it all...

Great talk, good kid, just not a great boxer.

This will make him. He will be back! Let’s not take away how good smith was. He made Okolie, look terrible.

Not a shock defeat whatsoever

Sorry Laurance you have got worst under Sugarhill

OKOLIE has as much charisma as a brick...on...a wall ......

To much holding. Needs to go back to basics .

.Lawrence WTF WAS THAT Okolie. The shoulder lunging, head butting, and grabbing was blatantly obvious, even Stevie Wonder could see that. Sugar Hill’s credibility as a world class trainer is now questionable. How the hell is he gonna be able to improve you, when you try to fight like an MMA fighter. All Credit to the referee for dragging the fight out for the fans. No one wants to see someone winning a world title fight through disqualification.

I would love to see Okolipus try that style away from Britain at HW. He would get punched up side the head, and he isn’t going to change because he employed the latest fad overrated trainer from the US. He either gets DQ’d or knocked out inside 2 years trust me

And that dude was unbeaten b4!? Really? Nah man Didnt look like a boxer at all, look like he would have been on the floor more if the other dude was slicker and got out of his way...i mean he was hugging the dude like he was in love

Obviously

you need to retire or join the ufc

Sugar blaming Okolie?

He needs to really take the L and accountability not just bluntly tryna skim over the loss - Was a dead performance

I have never seen Lawrence beat yup this bad,I want the bed test results from Liam,am not buying this crap.

He can't compare to Lennox Lewis

Lawrence has no skills to pay the bills 😅but uses his sheer physical strength to the best of his ability,and it hasn't done him much harm,as it beats working in tesco or McDonald's to pay the bills 😅

Big respect to the referee, okolie fighting style is so bad to watch , win for boxing

He is the worst fighter I think I’ve ever watched . He doesn’t even want to fight …. Fair play tho took it like man and respectful. Seriously he should be in WWE . He grabs goes in with the head holds them non stop , ties him up . Should of been disqualified. He keeps doing same thing but yesterday was ridiculous.

Be quiet, you lost and hugged your way through.

Poorly advised okolie an thought he knew his worth Yeo he got that right 😫😂 his carer is OVER an to think he was gone go upto heavyweight haha he would get killed up there with those boys make no mistake about it!! An he possibly has the worst style in boxing I’ve ever seen must be the hugging style 😂

I've never liked the style of Okoliez he looked terrible last night

Lawrence cuddles more than Ben Shepard was a terrible watch and glad it was free to air cause the public would off got stung a belter paying to watch that Conner throws less shoulders on cowboy 🤠 vice wwe has a new up in coming star from flipping burgers to the grappling champ suger has a hole new meaning to stiffing the fight they could off doubled there purse on the misfits