Lawrence Okolie should be braced for the “perfect storm” when he fights Lukasz Rozanski for the WBC bridgerweight identify in Poland, says Alen Babic.
Okolie introduced ‘The Savage’ Babic in for sparring periods as he ready for a adverse climate and Rozanki’s full-throttle combating taste in Rzeszow on Friday night time, survive Sky Sports activities.
Babic is aware of all about Rozanski’s ultimatum next struggling a first-round loss to the Pole latter April and has handed on recommendation to Okolie, who is looking for an international identify in a 2nd weight section next a issues defeat to Chris Billam-Smith ended his reign as WBO cruiserweight king.
“The perfect storm,” Babic advised Sky Sports activities. “Rozanski does create a storm. He knows he can’t outbox me. He can’t outbox Lawrence Okolie, for sure. He’s a bit older and he’s at the end of his career, so he knows all of it.
“That’s why I stated to Lawrence, don’t get into his struggle. He’s moving to run at you. He’s moving to actually run around the ring for Okolie. Boxers, we don’t seem to be old to that. I gained 11 fights on the similar factor. I’ve like 5 first-round knockouts.
“I will additionally manufacture that more or less hurricane. That’s why Okolie referred to as me. I stated that to him, as a result of Lawrence does get somewhat inactive in his sparring and his fights, he can’t do this. He can’t have the funds for that, as a result of it’ll be over in a crack 2nd.
“I always call it the perfect storm, because it really was in my case. The perfect storm against me.”
Rozanski has demonstrated his cruel instincts with 14 stoppages from 15 fights, however Babic insists Okolie would be the latter guy status if he replicates the explosive abilities that he has demonstrated in sparring.
“The right hand of Okolie might as well be the deciding factor of this fight,” stated Babic. “His right hand is lethal. Very lethal. And the uppercut. He has everything he needs for Rozanski. Let’s just put it like that.
“He’s larger than me. He’s two times the scale of Rozanski. He’s bulky. He’s robust. He can hurry a punch. He may give a punch. But in addition he can get crazy.
“He had some moments in his career where he also was like I was against Rozanski. Just like Okolie is not there? I know him at his best sparring day. I can’t touch him. I know him on his worst sparring day. I can do whatever I want. So it doesn’t really depend on Rozanski. It depends on which Okolie is going to show up.”
Babic admitted he fell sufferer to an climate that ‘sucked the power’ from him generation shedding to Rozanski within the opening mins and has presented some phrases of warning.
“I just told him, if you come into that fight night ready, as you are for this sparring, you’re going to be good,” Babic endured. “But the only fear for me is Lawrence Okolie not coming in ready, because he did have some good sparring and some bad sparring.
“So he simply must form certain he involves the struggle night time at his lead efficiency, or a minimum of top on his degree. But when he is available in as a wicked Okolie, he may have a condition. He may have many issues.
“I think it’s more of a mental thing. Rozanski fought all of his fights in the same venue, in the same city.
“In there I wasn’t myself. I’m no longer going responsible no person for not anything, however they do manufacture the type of very best hurricane that simply sucks the power out of you.”
Babic marked his go back to motion with a brutal sixth-round stoppage victory over Steve Robinson, and is now because of face British heavyweight Johnny Fisher on July 6.
Alen Babic inflicted a punishing stoppage defeat on Steve Robinson
“It’s a very wrong fight for them. Very wrong fight,” stated Babic.
“Fisher is a very good friend of mine. I look at him as a friend. We’re going to postpone the friendship until after the fight.
“Most probably any individual concept I’m completed. I’m 33 years used. I’m simply getting began. ‘The Savage’ is simply starting his quest.
“This is a perfect opportunity. I have a full seven weeks of camp, [I’ve been] sparring Okolie, former world champion, probably the new world champion. I think somebody made an error. I think somebody made a very big error.
“I’m moving to form them pay for it. I believe it’s a grave error.”
Lawrence Okolie demanding situations Lukasz Rozanski for the WBC bridgerweight identify on Friday, survive Sky Sports activities from 10pm.
