Billam-Smith V Okolie 2? “The Only Way To Go,” Says Sugar Hill

A REMATCH against Chris Billam-Smith is ā€œthe only way to goā€ for Lawrence Okolie, his trainer Sugar Hill says.

The two cruiserweights met last weekend at AFC Bournemouthā€™s Vitality Stadium in front of 15,000 fans, largely in support of Billam-Smith. A rough and tough 12 rounds ended with the crowd favourite being awarded a majority decision.

A rematch clause was already in place for Okolie if he had lost and his cornerman told Boxing News they want the second fight.

ā€œYeah, thatā€™s the only way to go. You donā€™t want to wait around and try to get a rematch. You want to get it right away. He obviously knows there were some things that he did [wrong] by the statements that he made, and he wants to correct those things. He wants to write his wrongs and he wants to be victorious.ā€

What played out between the two fighting friends was a messy contest full of incident, point deductions and Billam-Smith walking through everything Okolie had to offer. Is Hill confident that the result can be reversed in a rematch?

ā€œIā€™m very confident of it,ā€ he replied.

ā€œI was confident in this fight. Iā€™m going to be confident in every fight. Thatā€™ll be something that me and Lawrence talk about and want to figure out for him. Maybe if I said peekaboo or something he would have got himself back to the way he was doing in a training camp and not be so anxious. I donā€™t know. Iā€™m a crazy thinker so sometimes you have to think outside the box to get things to work properly.ā€

Okolie himself told BN in his dressing room afterwards that the rematch is what he wants next.

ā€œIt has to be. Iā€™m not the type of person whoā€™s like aw let these two guys fight and this that and the other. We run it back.ā€

Billam-Smith agreed that Okolie would want nothing else but a chance at redemption.

ā€œHeā€™s a proud man. Heā€™s winner at heart and I think that makes sense for him and also why wouldnā€™t he. Youā€™ve got a world title opportunity again, itā€™s not like Iā€™ve sparked him out clean. So, yeah, Iā€™d expect him to want the rematch.ā€

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