Okolie vs. Billam-Smith: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Lawrence Okolie (The Sauce) defends his WBO cruiserweight title against Chris Billam-Smith (The Gentleman). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

30
Mar 25, 2017
19-0
96
14 (73.7%)
196 cm
210 cm
14 cm
Orthodox
Mar 25, 2023
63 days
19
Age
Debut
Record
Rounds
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Lay Off
Win Streak
32
Sep 16, 2017
17-1
108
12 (66.7%)
191 cm
191 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Dec 17, 2022
161 days
8
WBO
CR
w1
d3
cruiserweight
Saturday, 27 May 2023
Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, England
v0.1.5-beta 2023-06-09
Lawrence Okolie vs. Chris Billam-Smith
Okolie vs. Billam-Smith
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Date

This fight between Lawrence Okolie and Chris Billam-Smith took place on at the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, England.

Tale of the Tape

At 196 cm, Lawrence Okolie is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Chris Billam-Smith is 191 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 210 cm, Okolie also has a significant reach advantage of 19 cms over Billam-Smith's 191 cm. On top of that, Okolie also has a 14 cm ape index advantage over Billam-Smith.

Okolie is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 19-0 (14 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 2 days ago against David Light, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

David Light's boxing career

Billam-Smith comes in with a record of 17-1 (12 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 10 days ago against Armend Xhoxhaj, which he won via 5th round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Okolie will be 30 years and 5 months old. Billam-Smith will be 32 years and 9 months old.

Prediction and Odds

[ Early Beta ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 66-34 in favor of Lawrence Okolie. Here is the prediction for Okolie vs Billam-Smith.

Lawrence Okolie is very likely to win this fight. It is going to be hard for Chris Billam-Smith to win this one.

Result

Chris Billam-Smith defeated Lawrence Okolie via 12 round MD to win the WBO cruiserweight title. Okolie's undefeated record of 19 wins comes to an end, and Billam-Smith advances his win streak to 9. Billam-Smith is now 18-1, and Okolie 19-1.

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