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Lawrence Okolie sends message to cruiserweight rival about wanting to fight Jake Paul

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Lawrence Okolie has hit out at cruiserweight rival Mairis Briedis for chasing a fight with YouTuber Jake Paul.The WBO champion takes on Poland’s Michal Cieslak in the second defence of his title on Sunday at the O2 in London.Okolie, 29, has been chasing unification fights including against IBF champion Briedis.But the Latvian has been too busy calling out Paul for a money-spinning fight with cringe videos online and even got a tattoo to try to lure the American into a clash.Okolie said: “What you have to look at, just look at Jake Paul’s response?

He got mugged off by him, now he’s bought a million followers to try and get profile, each to their own.“He has his own plan and the way he thinks the world is.

If I pay too much attention to him then all of a sudden I’m taking my eye off what is in front of me this weekend.“I think it’s bad for him, rather than the whole sport.“I don’t think he has enough power in the sport to besmirch it.

It is not a good look to be honest.“He’s small fry in terms of publicity so it is what it is.”Okolie believes the biggest chance of a unification will come from Ilunga Makabu, the WBC champion who was knocked out by Tony Bellew back in 2016.Makubu has been chasing a big-money clash with Canelo Alvarez, who was teasing about a potential debut at cruiserweight.But the Mexican looks set to fight at light-heavyweight or super-middleweight next which will leave Makabu free for a unification with unbeaten WBO champion Okolie.The Londoner said: “Canelo not coming up is the best thing possible in terms of that for me. “If he’s not coming up it means I can go and get this unification and makes it more likely.“I believe that Makubu is an easier fight for me than the next one I have and I need to.

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