Lawrence Okolie v David Light 25/3/23

[Master]

I guess I'm the only one here giving Light a chance?

No harm in predicting your own boy. We all do it and sometimes it comes off which gives you a great feeling.

[Master]

The unbeaten New Zealander is adamant he can upset Okolie this weekend.

"I'm coming to win. I know he's a proud man and he's going to defend with everything he's got," he continued. "I'm not reinventing the wheel.

"You've got to punch the other person more than they punch you. I've done the work."

It's the work that Okolie is looking forward to.

"He's coming to win," the champion said of his challenger. "It sets you up for a lot of openings."

But he cautioned: "You don't get to this position overlooking people ever.

"It's a nice safe place to hide behind being the underdog," Okolie continued. "When I see him I know what he really is. I'm prepared for what he may bring and will do what I need to do.

"I am going to be from round one matching him and overmatching him for pressure and power.

"Saturday's going to come. One of us is going to win and the other one's going to become irrelevant.

"So I'm looking for to it."

On the undercard Michael Gomez Jr, the son of hugely popular local fighter Michael Gomez, will fight Levi Giles for the English super-featherweight title.

But as soon as they came face to face on Thursday Gomez Jr sounded raring to get started early.

"I'll punch you up now," Gomez told Giles directly.

"I don't know anything about him," he added with equal belligerence. "Saturday night we'll find out who he is."

Giles remained calm as he faced his opponent. "I do my talking in the ring," he said levelly. "It's a good test for me, see where I'm at.

"We know what he brings. Forward, one dimensional," he added. "We know what he's going to bring and we know how to deal with it."

Gomez shrugged that off. His tactics, he promised, would be more simple. "I'm just going to punch his face in," he said. "I'm just going to go in there, stick it on him and see how good he is."

Olympic bronze medallist Karriss Artingstall was perfectly confident as she went head to head with her opponent Linzi Buczynskyj.

"Her throwing her shots is going to leave more openings for me so I'm going to find my shots as well," Artingstall warned.

"I just wanted the opportunity to show everyone on a big stage what I can actually do," Buczynskyj insisted. "I'm not scared to take any fight. I'll fight anyone at anytime at any stage.

"I have got the experience," she added. "She's the one that's got everything to prove."

But Artingstall promised: "I am a level above you, two levels if anything and I'll show that on Saturday."

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/boxi...b5df2291&ei=84

[Master]

Kell Brook being interviewed, Sky hyping him up to fight again.

[Master]

Levi Giles outboxing Gomez easily at the moment.

[Master]

Gomez wins the fight by close decision.

[Beanz]

Terrible MC. Frazer Clarke did well but that cut will surely see him miss his next one.

[Big J]

Here to support

[Master]

Okolie throwing wild right hands in the first round to win it but holding when they get close to tire Light.

[KickMuck]

One Two

One Two

[TIC]

david's lost almost every round & was hurt in the tenth

[TIC]

the judges give it to lawrence by at least four points

[Master]

David Light suffers mild stroke and has surgery on blood clot after Lawrence Okolie defeat

New Zealand boxer David Light suffered a mild stroke and needed an operation to remove a blood clot after his defeat by Lawrence Okolie in March.

Light, 31, initially showed no ill-effects after the bout in Manchester and returned home to New Zealand.

But after feeling unwell the cruiserweight was admitted to hospital in Auckland for surgery on April 17.

"This is like another fight camp for me, I've got to train hard, rehab and work on getting better," said Light.

The 2014 Commonwealth Games silver medallist is still recuperating in hospital but doctors expect him to make a full recovery.

"It's horrible. It's really hard for all of us to see him like that," said Light's coach Isaac Peach.

Peach would not be drawn on whether Light would fight again, adding: "That's for David to answer, not me."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/65466739

[Big J]

Light's career is more than likely over
He fought for a world title & gave a good account of himself
I wish him a swift recovery & good luck in his future endeavours