"SO POORLY ADVISED" Eddie Hearn on Okolie Loss to Billam Smith, Lara-Wood2, Lopez KO & Joshua-Fury
Charlie Parsons spoke to Eddie Hearn for Boxing Social after Leigh Wood regained his world title against Mauricio Lara in Manchester. He also discusses Chris Billam-Smith defeating Lawrence Okolie and Luis Alberto Lopez stopping Michael Conlan, along with the latest on the proposed Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua fight.
0:00 Intro
0:15 Leigh Wood Becoming World Champion Again
0:45 Wood Proven Right Taking The Rematch
1:45 Differences From The First Fight
2:45 Undercard Results
3:15 Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith
4:15 Okolie's Recent Decisions
5:35 Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Michael Conlan
6:20 Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua
8:30 Outro
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I cannot believe how bad Okolie was tonight. I have never seen a World Champion go into a fight and hug his way to a loss. Pathetic
He was shocking before this fight 😂
He is crap
I can he's like that every fight 😂
@@Morecanalsthanvenice comparing Fury to Okolie 🤦♂️ 😂
@@Morecanalsthanvenice come on it was literally on every exchange. He's constantly doing that in every fight 😂
Eddie must have been foaming at the mouth to get in front of a camera and talk about Okolie 🤣
And rightly so, Okolie has wrecked his career and any slightest respect he might have had in the industry. Well done Boxxer 😂😂
I can’t believe you npc’s act like they can fight. Find a 6 foot 4 random man on street teach him how to throw a jab and he beats both of them bums
Any fighter that leaves eddie hearn on bad terms will unfortunately learn the hard way. Greed gets the best of a few of them.
He's sent Chris a rolex
He didn't go too hard to be fair. Doesn't need to I suppose.
Okolie is a dreadful boxer.
Haha it says translate to English your comment says the neighbourhood is a dreadful boxer
the face of sky pmsl
😂😂😂😂
@@dannystewart5594boxxer What a joke Eddie should count his lucky stars all he gave Lawrence was a Rolex
@@hotepsalam yeah i think eddie did well to get him to a world title ,theres an old saying,, you cant polish a turd
Okolie was always crap and never done numbers. Eddies always known this but still paid him
@Mark lol I was gonna ask the same 😂
Matchroom were protecting him Boxxer 5ucked up his record and career fast
@Mark it doesnt matter who trains okolie or promotes him the fact is you cant polish a turd ,the divisions shit thats y hes champ now usyks gone theres no one left
@Mark Agree these people are not champions its a joke how belts are given out .
Okolie was protected by Hearn and Shalom used him to create a star in CBS, Hearn is a legend dropping him 🎉
CBS won’t be a star
He didn't drop him LO wanted to leave and dragged Matchroom's name through the shit. Hearn secretly buzzing he lost
@@Jwjmccfor now brother he's a star he's got a very respectable belt round his waist he's a world champion so give him his props
@@Sean_fletcher anyone that fights gets respect from me
The reason Okolie holds so much is because he’s terrified of getting hit. He clearly has no chin. That was the first time in his whole career in round 4 that he got hit with a clean shot , and he hit the canvas and fell to pieces after that. He’s not a real fighter lol
Congratz to Chris and Leigh. So stoked for both of them especially Lee Wood. Great night!
Leigh Wood, right Alex Reed? 😊
@@AllSortsVideos313 ahhhh...spot the dyslexic guy. My bad 🙃
it was mate i missed the cuddling contest ,but i heard laurence okuddley lost . still ive heard macdonalds is taking on staff
Class performance from Leigh Wood. Big respect!!
Great performance from wood. Watched it ringside, his boxing was top notch and stuck to the game plan. Old school bollocks on him. 👊🏻
Totally agree, also so calm and great footwork. 🥊🥊
U were the guys with the floresant shirts
He's also a really likeable guy too, took balls to take the rematch after the KO last time. He deserves a mega fight at the City Ground
He won't get the credit he deserves because he's British. Outstanding performance. Barely lost a round
yeah he smashed it mate
Eddie's a nice guy and an intelligent business man, much love
Not a fan of Ben but tonight he was great corner man ... Leigh wood what a guy 💪😉
Why aren't you a fan of Ben? What does he have to do to convince you? Or are you just a 'Boxercise Ben' sheep like the rest who don't know why they dislike him either.
When I was hearing him in the corner I was impressed, unusual from Ben
Really enjoyed Jack Catterall's performance. Boxed beautifully, even if Foley was limited.
Agreed
He has that ffloyd shoulder chin tuck style nice
By time okolie got out too sleep after putting all us too sleep all these years. Karma is real
beat me too it
Amazing card from Matchroom and such a great performance from Wood. I heard the hugger got beat as well, so great from CBS. Sky haemorrhaging money. Condolences to Conlan too.
You ok Belotti?? Giving credit to eddie and all 🤣
"Amazing card from Matchroom"??? no it wasn't. That card was dog shite
So good to see Alex not hating for once!
Wrong account mate, what a saddo.
@@johnlove8887 10x better than the guff frank and ben put on tonight 🤣🤣
Eddie looks suddenly years younger😂😂
I genuinely can’t believe Okolie is STILL hugging as much as he is. It’s been YEARS and he’s been telling us he’ll stop lol. Laaavely bit of business by matchroom
If it's the case that Fury priced himself out of 70/30 with Usyk and instead would take 50/50 with AJ then what does that says about where Fury's head is at in terms of fighting Usyk?
There is NO money in the USYK fight never mind USYK insisting on tying him up for two of them!!
AJ can command a larger split because he is a bigger commercial draw than Usyk. Sadly belts don’t mean sh*t in boxing anymore it’s all about PPV buys.
@leonajames5517 hahahh what? Course theres money in it... it sells out any stadium in the uk..would do 90k tickets and at least 500k ppv buys at 20 quid.. there's more money in the usyk fight than there was in dillian and chisora together 😂😂😂😂
he wants to beat AJ to get AJ paydays, essentially.
One is a big fight, the other is a good fight. Take the big fight, beat up the CrossFit guy for a stack of cash, then take the good fight after.
That was possibly the worst Okolie has ever looked. I think it's a weight issue. He never looked confident he could do the 12 rounds. He's always had that style of punch and hold but there were times where he wasn't even punching before holding
nah think he's just a bad boxer that relied on his physical attributes cause I dont know what I saw last night.
Everything about Okolie was wrong. He looks over weight and heavy. Sometimes he holds before he throws a bunch
I just saw a clown, and it wasn’t funny.
@@Jeromewhite123 Hard to disagree with that to be fair.
I've been looking forward to this 😂
Wood vs Lopez and Catterall vs Prograis next for sure. Also AJ should fight Whyte or Wallin next and then Wilder in December. Forget Fury for now, he needs to fight Usyk next.
Some great fights on this card to be fair to Eddie. Danny Ball looked great
is it a 10-8 if you have a point taken? i thought they just came off at the end so if okolie won the rd he had the point taken its effectly an even round.
Matchroom is dominating British boxing withput needing to lift a finger. Sky Sports and BOXXER sre fluffing it up like they got paid to do so.
That fight smelled more fishy then ebanie bridges!!!
I know right. Something was off there in Team Lara.
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They were boycotting it They had to turn up But they felt robbed as lost their belt Come on Lara would have won again but he never came to fight I would have done the same Shame on uk boxing crooks
@@rothsteina 😂😂😂 lara got absolutely schooled, stop making stupid excuses for him. He had every oppotunity to make the weight in time for the check weight and he didnt/couldnt be bothered to. Lara got absolutely bodied that fight and he only has himself to blame. The first fight wood was also winning clearly until the knockdown. Lara is just a 1 shot puncher and if he doesnt get it he throws his toys our the pram 😂
I can’t wait for Lopez vs Wood🎉
Okolie was piss poor vert frustrating to watch just terrible
Lovd rhe time stamps this channel does unlike IFL where you have to sit through the whole video to find what you want to hear
*love the
Okollie should never be on TV again.
Big respect to Leigh Wood, been from Leeds we don't have much love for Nottingham but same as Anthony Crolla been from Manchester two guys it's impossible to dislike, easy fight for Wood maybe Lara was demotivated with losing his world strap on the scales but was a very poor performance by him.
'We'. Not everybody cares about football. I'm a big fan of Josh W and Leigh W becuase they're both British boxing talent. Football rivalries don't need to come into boxing.
How motivated was Lara! After losing belt! Due to weight! Thing for dude! He has a long career ahead! Young! Wood had his moment! Lara will be a champ again! Wood towards the end!
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good point he was con em bended and cheated out of his belts with the full backing of our british board of no control the A star refs bent judges in uk and by weight clause demands from dodgy promoters like hearne
Eddie giving a full breakdown of Fury AJ including the wonderful line “I’m not gonna talk about it”. 🤷
AJ has a fight already he simply doesn't need Fury. Who should fight Usyk and stop trying to get out of fights
Just cant help but have a pop at hearn whatever happens can you? Forget about hearn hes doing all the right things, concentrate on slating that mug Tyson Fury! Hes the real clown of all this
I wonder if all you hearn haters are slowly waking up now lol
@@Champ7611 I wasn’t having a pop at Hearn. Matchroom putting some great shows on at the moment. In just thought it was funny when he said “I’m not gonna talk about” having just talked about it 😂
Wood and Jack both looked great tonight got some great fights to get made now Eddie get it done
its you who gets done paying for matchrooms shite
Okolie is one of the most boring fighters ever, well done to Smith and Leigh Wood.
He's not poorly advised... He's just not very good past a certain level. Like many Hearn hype jobs.
Knew CBS would win, he’s a decent boxer & has sparred enough rounds with Lawrence to know how to how to be effective
"...rematch clause is standard procedure." To the detriment of the sport.
Why can't they do it again at Bournemouth?
Who would turn up?
If hearn promoted okolie smith hed say look ive given okolie the oppotunity and its down to him to win...
Hugolie a terrible messy fighter I've never seen a fighter hug so much
I know I’ll get typical knee jerk negative reaction to this but it’s Time a form of VAR’ Was brought in for world title fights, these judges cannot judge fights live, much like when we watch, many times when it’s watched again you actually see the fight and form different opinion. No reason why fans can’t watch fight, but not get the result until it’s been reviewed. 112-112 116-107 115-109🙄
yeah you could inform them of theyre win 3 days later by post , wtf are you on about mate youve just killed boxing lol
Josh Warrington couldn't lace Woods gloves get that fight made so wood can smash him and get his pay day ❤
I knew Eddie would be buzzin'!!!! 😂
Eddie 'im not going to stick the knife in' proceed to stick it in
he's the master at that !
Lee wood vs Lopez at the city ground 👍
Okolie lost the fight as much (if not more) than CBS won the fight. One legitimate knockdown. The point deductions were all fair. But, Okolie’s lack of confidence in his chin and the constant hugging has finally cost him. Sounds strange, but Okolie simply does not cope well with being hit. AJ the same to a lesser degree. There’s a sense of panic when he gets hit and the hugging is him overcompensating to be safe. CBS did not even land that many clean punches. The best punches landed were all from Okolie (other than the knockdown punch). The knockdowns and the point deductions won CBS the fight. He showed toughness and resilience and deserved the win. Okolie has to win the rematch. If he doesn’t, then other than the Riakporhe, fight, he becomes president of the ‘who needs him club’. Eddie alluded to it in this interview. Okolie is high risk and almost guaranteed to be a boring, frustrating and awkward fight. No fighter could look good fighting him. Okolie had a couple of fights under McGuigan where he looked good. I’m certainly not anti Okolie and actually love his attitude and philosophy, but he threw that fight and his title away. He knows that. Bets of luck to both for the rematch. Bournemouth looked rocking!
Tyson Fury is clearly mentally unwell.
Bit cheeky not to lead with a Lara-Wood title but solid interview as always :D Really happy for Wood and a fantastic performance all round. A Brit has finally vanquished the Lara terror!
That's a bit rich coming from Eddie, given he matched Taylor against Cameron. Taylor didn't need to go up the 5lb and he could have matched her against a mop and she would have sold out in Dublin.
Katie publicly asked for the fight and insisted on fighting for Chantelle's belts??
@@kieransmith6136 Yep Katie did publicly asked for the fight and so did Okolie ask for the Billam Smith fight. That's were you would hope the good advise would come into play and you can always spin it and say they couldn't agree terms, the usual bs.
@@johnlawler6476 I think you're confusing the role of a manager and a promoter
Lara never came to compete as he was robbed of his belts So obvious The way their spinning this is so funny
Nobody turns up to lose - he’s the main event, Lara was getting outboxed in the 1st fight
what fight did you watch he was trying to take lees head off ,
why would they rig it for lee wood to win when laras also with matchroom and lee woods 35 ,youre a crazy conspiracy theorist be careful that shit will keep you up at night
Everyone should listen to the wise words of a man that doesn't know the difference between they're, their and there
How are u robbed of a belt u lose on the scales? Who’s fault is it Lara came in a super featherweight?
Wood v Lopez. Natural fight.
i remember when Fury used to be a boxer, shame he retired early cos he was pretty good.
If I was AJ I'd ignore fury for the time being, not worth the effort and he needs more time with the new trainer before fury, whyte is a good next opponent, not quite world level but close to it, how AJ beats whyte will likely dictate where his career goes, if he does it in style he's likely to have a good fight vs wilder, if he labours a 12 round decision he's going to struggle against wilder, likely get KOed, if AJ can't bring the fire against whyte who moves like he's stuck in mud, then AJ's footwork won't be enough to deal with wilder and he'll land something and AJ likely won't take it. If AJ beats both in my opinion he can negotiate 50/50 with fury and it builds the fight up brilliantly and gives us something to compare as fury and AJ would of both beat whyte and wilder recently.
How much time does AJ need ridiculous talking he's shot finished
I haven't read so much bullshit in a long time. Thx for the laughs. 😂😂😂
every time ajs been put down hes got back up so the verdicts still out on that 1also if fury can knock wilder into next week then so can aj, he might walk straight through wilder in 1 round everyones making wilder out to be thor cos he nearly knocked out chinny fury who got levelled off a cruiser weight
Yeah he has, I don't think AJ has a bad chin btw, I just don't think he's got the fire anymore, he's safety first and dosn't have the boxing skill to operate that way, if he's goes in tentative against wilder thinking he can play it safe, he's going to get hurt. As we saw with fury vs wilder, wilder won't give up and lose heart, he'll take punishment to give it, AJ won't recover like fury did when he gets knocked down, when he gets hurt he takes rounds off and goes negative, people who fight wilder negatively get sparked. Fury has a better chin than AJ, but how much better? nothing massive, the main difference between fury and AJ is recovery.
Hate to say it but Okolie simply can't box. He's only got money because of Eddie. Ahsolute disaster performance, as for Sugar Hill, its embarrassing.
Conlons corner threw the towel in before his head hit the deck, tells you all you need to know:-)
4:14 for Okolie chat 👍
4:27 "You can't start sticking the knife in because he lost... he has been poorly advised"
Wrong he’s a hugger not a boxer, fair enough he’s ok grappling , but this is boxing , imagine him fighting a proper destroyer
So they want to fight Dillian Whyte and Deontay Wilder? Two guys that Fury has knocked out
So what? AJ knocked Dillian Whyte out before Fury fought him. What's your point?
You need to remember that AJ got knocked out by a tubby Mexican and is coming off back to back defeats to Usyk. Whyte and Wilder are second tier fights to Fury, but AJ also falls into that same category now. I don't see any issue with AJ fighting those on the same level as him and then going on to fight Fury should he come through them.
@@walidel-saleh6040 Whyte was the mandatory challenger.
@@HisExcellencyBMatchroom bot 😂😂😂
@@Davo332 AJ got knocked out? The fight I watched the ref stopped it with AJ on his feet.
Dont want to put the knife in but…..i cant help myself 😅
Not sure how Okolie headlining in a packed stadium is poor advice, only on him getting beat.
Operating a strict no hat on weave policy
Eddie will be laughing big style , okolie is so frustrating to watch , I’ve never rated him and finally glad he’s been outed as a hugger, he does it every fight , imagine him coming up against a real monster
Good one from Eddie, not shitting for Okolie
Apparently Ben shalom is making the rematch and providing free red bull to keep everyone awake, 💤💤💤💤💤💤💤💤💤
lawrence henry okolie akinwande :D
Shalom has to make CBS Okolie 2 😂 oh dear!
Okolie hugs more than Vlad Klitshko ever did
Bet eddie is happy okolie is gone. Guy dont sell his fights are dreadful to watch on tv
The caption of the video should be "i wish him all the best". Typical clickbaiting
Okolie & sugar hill isn’t working it’s that simple & goes to show what a good trainer mcguigan actually is
Did conlan win tonight???
No
Invoked*, Parsons.
Eddie's still going on with this rubbish that AJ wants to fight Wilder in December 🤣😂😅 AJ will never get into the ring with Wilder as he knows he will get knocked-out inside a round.
Eddie seems to have regained his composure. Talking very diplomatically. Maybe he has seen the error of his ways and lost that mego ego trip he has been on the last 12 months
Hearn will never allow this fight to happen September
What do you mean not allow? Fury is an absolute clown, he talks such nonsense so why Even bother trying to make it with him anymore. Much bigger fight financially is fury over wilder or whyte but it will never happen with the gypsy queen
Eddie is in a bubble, Woods won and Okolie lost, great night for him
Hes like Johnny nelson, but i dont think he will go on to earn more titles and retain like nelson did.
Lara vs warrington - winner gets winner of Wood vs lopez
Wood vs Warrington, Lopez vs Lara, same night. Winners fight.
Top rank won’t let Lopez fight a matchroom fighter
@@El_terrible1985 Why?
@@El_terrible1985 Of course they would. It would just have to make financial sense, and would probably need to be made on Top Rank's terms. But the fight could definitely be made. This isn't PBC we are talking about.
@@El_terrible1985 are you forgetting how he won the world title?
No more ohugger please!
I feel for Lawrence why?????
Okolie lacks the fundamentals on how to box. He QUICKLY needs a trainer who can teach him.
I don't think it is an issue with boxing fundamentals at all. The issue is that Okolie is scared of getting hit. In all of his fights he outranges and outsizes his opponents, and when he is at long range you can see that he knows how to box. The problem comes when his opponents manage to close the distance and get into a range where they can hit him. His automatic reaction is just to grab and hold on to nullify any potential attack. You see it more against fighters that are closer to him in height (like Billam Smith) or against fighters that have the skill level to close the distance effectively (like Chamberlain). I honestly don't think there is a trainer on the planet that can fix the issues that Okolie has, because even if you drill it into him, whenever he does get hit he is going to immediately revert to type and go back to Plan A (hold and smother).
@David Fenemore i get what you're saying, but better foot movement and defence fundamentals would do him the world of good.
As the other guy said he’s terrified of getting knocked out like he was in the amateurs. You can see when he lets his hands go that he can be a problem. But that fear of getting hit really should’ve been coached out of him by now.
He had one and sacked him😂
@@sh3riff he ain't gonna learn that now he's too old. More hugging in the next fight 😂
you have been sent a contract though sighn it please get it done
RUNNING LOW ON THE OCTOPUS SAUCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Uk boxing is saturated, poor shows, the best fighters avoiding the best, this will become the norm
what do you mean people will get exsposed like okolie has as soon as they fight someone decent
They need to get rid of these stupid rematch clauses. No one wants to watch Lawrence hugoli ever again. He isnt worth of been on TV so whats the point until he strings some wins together.
Fury better drop that belt first.
the hugger was true to form glad he lost he stinks
Ffs stop listening to Fury. Anyway, GET IN LEIGH LAD!!!!!
Massa Hearn in full effect
Smh eddie didnt need to take a shot st lawrence
I do actually think they have received a contract but he's keeping it quiet and off social media like he said he would. Surely tyson and George both wouldn't say this if they would get found out so easily.?
Okolie Boxed the worst ive ever seen, Hearns had a result with him doing the off to boring Ben
Doesn’t matter who was advising on okie he’s just not good enough sadly
Why is eddie spending his interviews talking about another guys promotion company when he's just put on a fight night
I wonder how much they paid Lara too lose. Looking back, now I see why they didn’t mind Lara coming overweight; they knew they had paid him off.
Don't forget the fight day weigh in they made him adhere to. Pure and utter corruption to hand the title to Wood.
Absolutely mental comment 🤣
wow youve lost it mate
@@dannystewart5594 Dry your eyes Danny boy. My little internet cry baby. Explain the rules, and explain the rehydration clause they made Lara sign whilst you're at it.
@@HuwEvans. where do these idiots come from lol
Okolie's strategy was hug, cheat and lose points, get punched twice and get knocked down both times then lose. LOL
It was Fury that said the contract had been sent, and we all know Fury is full of shit.
Great fights Eddie
I think what everyone is forgetting is Chris put him down twice ! Laurence just was terrible..
Chris won convincingly and Lawrence needed to be put out of his own misery as well as the publics, but the last 2 knock downs were very questionable and CBS was holding too (tactics) he just managed to convince the ref which is also Lawrence's fault for creating that reputation for himself
Happy to see him lose! Long time coming. Judges shocking! Should be never judge again!
Clinical
he said you cant start sticking the knife in now .......EDDIE.... hes been poorly advised hahaha