Cruiserweight Krzysztof Glowacki says there are weaknesses in Lawrence Okolie’s game and has promised to take ‘his’ WBO world title back home with him to Poland after he beats the unbeaten Englishman at the SSE Arena, Wembley this Saturday.
Glowacki (31-2, 19 KOs) climbed off the canvas to score an eleventh round knockout over Germany’s Marco Huck to claim the WBO crown in 2015 before widely outpointing America’s Steve Cunningham at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn in his first defense.
‘Glowka’, who is trained by Fiodor Łapin, was originally scheduled to face former Team GB star ‘The Sauce’ on December 12, however, the week prior to the fight, Glowacki tested positive for COVID-19.
The 34-year-old former interim belt holder, who suffered a controversial stoppage loss to Mairis Briedis in Riga last time out, has since been given a clean bill of health and is chomping at the bit for his ring return following a 21-month hiatus.
“I’m very happy I can finally fight after such a long layoff,” said Glowacki. “I was absolutely devastated when I found out I was Covid positive, but every cloud has a silver lining. Now I feel better than in December. When I came back to training after Covid, I had some stamina issues, but everything is OK now. I feel pumped up and ready.
“I’m hugely motivated for this fight. I’m going to have a great opponent in front of me who has big ambitions of his own. I heard Okolie had some plans to unify, but he has to beat me and it’s not going to happen. I will retrieve my belt and I will bring it back to Poland. I will become WBO world champion for the third time in my career, there is no other option.
“Okolie is unbeaten, he’s big and he’s strong. He has long arms and a huge reach, but I’ve noticed some weaknesses that you will see on the night. I’m ready for this fight and I’m ready to beat him. You will see on Saturday how I will beat him up. I’ve had a lot of sparring partners who were tall and uncomfortable.
“The support I receive from the Polish people will always motivate me. It’s a shame that they cannot support me in person because a lot of people would have turned out to support me in London, but instead they will be cheering me on in front of their televisions. I’ll bring the belt home for them.”
Glowacki is very tough and doesn’t know the word quit. The man fights, gets hit, gets hurt and continues to fight no matter what. Very respectable fighter.
Lawrence Okolie Is up and coming, looks more like a light heavyweight but with a heavyweights punch. I haven’t seen him get rocked yet but his power does seem to sting more like a wasp than a bee. This fight should be as good as it gets. My prediction is Lawrence Okolie gets the win inside of 6, but my gut says more like inside of 3.
Okolie is knocking out ‘the head’? Pfft. Come see after this fight Arturo.
I hope “The Sauce” gets flushed down the drain.
The sauce will fall to the canvas.
Glowacki will put up a good fight, however his days of being a champ are long gone. I will be watching this fight and hoping he pulls the upset.
Glowacki looks grudged up for this. He’s gotta stop listening to the westernized propaganda and feel his polska moc. Okolie has been matched soft, so a fired up Glowacki will knock the Brit out.