Comments Thread For: British heavyweight sought to replace Lawrence Okolie against Tony Yoka

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Frank Warren has confirmed that a replacement opponent is being targeted for Tony Yoka after the adverse finding that has ruled Lawrence Okolie out of the heavyweight contest scheduled for Saturday evening
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[Pulmonary Embolii]

Given that Frank Warren has been signing up every heavyweight he has set his eyes on, including the British ones, if he can't find a replacement, he has wasted a lot of his time.

[SteveM]

Its a case of if anyone needs the money badly enough to overcome the disadvantage of not having sparred with Yoka in mind. In that scenario - Joyce hasn't fought lately and is at least somewhat familiar with Yoka - but I'd think he's very unconditioned and he looked ponderous against Chisora of all people.

[Moz_boxing]

Given that Frank Warren has been signing up every heavyweight he has set his eyes on, including the British ones, if he can't find a replacement, he has wasted a lot of his time.

It's also about Yoka agreeing to the opponent. Fighters usually don't like these last minute replacements if the opponent is just a bit dangerous and at HW almost everyone is dangerous. It's also Yokas last chance one more loss against a B or C level fighter and it's most likely over for him. I expect the event to be cancelled or they bring in some Alen Babic type of opponent a guy you can beat with one eye and one leg waking up at 3 am.