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Former world champion explains why he has to wait for Oleksandr Usyk or Tyson Fury fight

Former world champion explains why he has to wait for Oleksandr Usyk or Tyson Fury fightGetty
The two heavyweights are big stars.

Lawrence Okolie wants to fight Tyson Fury or Oleksandr Usyk, but accepts they may be busy for some time yet.

Usyk beat Fury at the weekend to become the first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion.

Okolie, a former cruiserweight title holder, fights Lucasz Rozanski for the WBC bridgerweight title on Friday.

The British contender is eyeing a move up to heavyweight after that, and speaking to Sky Sports , he discussed the idea of fighting one of Fury or Usyk.

"I'd love to fight them because I'd get paid multi millions of pounds. It would be interesting going in as an underdog and seeing how I rise to that occasion,” he said.

However, Fury and Usyk are set to rematch in the coming months, and so Okolie accepts that he will perhaps have to settle for the fighters who are next in line to challenge for a title.

He explained: "I'm quite realistic in the fact that I don't think I'll box any of those guys, they've only got another year or so of boxing each other before they sail off.

"It's the ones underneath, the [Filip] Hrgovics and even [Joseph] Parkers that are going to be at world level when it's time."

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