Tonight in Rzeszów, Lawrence Okolie will fight Łukasz Różański for the WBC bridge weight title. And as he heads to his opponent’s yard, he talks Heavenly sports that he fully intends to isolate himself from the noise of the crowd and go about his business as best he can.

“I expect it to be very hostile, but I’ll just write it off,” Okolie said. “Anyway, this particular fight will fuel me, especially since I feel like I have to and want to fight.”

Rozanski, who has won 14 of his 15 fights by knockout, is expected to enter this fight with fire (especially in front of his hometown fans), but Okolie says he expected nothing less.

“I know what he’s coming with, we’ve seen it 15 times, he does everything, I’ll show him he’s there with another animal. I can’t wait to boo and get in there and do it furiously.”

Okolie most recently suffered a majority decision loss to Chris Billam-Smith last year and strongly believes that Rozanski hasn’t faced anyone at his level. In fact, Okolie goes on to say that he believes that previously reaching the limit at cruiserweight has robbed him of his power and that’s why he expects to show a lot more of it in this brierweight fight.

We will soon find out whether Okolie will be able to fulfill his words.

Following the news of Ryan Garcia’s B sample testing positive for the banned substance Ostarine, both Devin and Bill Haney took to social media to publicly respond. First, Devin ridiculed Garcia for allegedly testing a hair sample that showed no traces of banned substances.

“Ryan and his team knew the test would come back positive, so they did the BS ‘hair test’ themselves and who really knows if they succeeded,” Haney wrote in X.

Bill Haney also weighed in, sending an ominous message to Garcia.

“Cheaters don’t thrive,” Bill began. “What you do in the shadowy comes to delicate and there is nothing witty about Garcia’s team or what Ryan Garcia did. Expect something sedate. This has consequences.

“Repercussions and consequences. You’re not violating any Haney and you’re not expecting – yes, we signed up for a fair fight and we didn’t get it. He’s a fraud… so while he talks about being on the run from an elite group and doing everything he can to protect children, in the meantime he’s doing drugs and openly while his fans say it’s frosty. This is not frosty.

“We will do everything in our power to end this very, very bad thing that Team Garcia has done.”

Ryan Garcia’s claims of innocence seem hollower than ever, and so does Dan Rafael reports that his B sample from last month’s victory over Devin Haney also tested positive for the banned SARM ostarine.

Garcia (25-1, 20 KO) responded grace AND eloquence we came to expect.

According to Rafael, the Recent York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) has not yet scheduled a hearing to determine the penalty. Despite Haney’s (31-1, 15 KO) request for a disqualification, we can expect the victory to be declared a no contest and Garcia to face a lengthy suspension unless he can somehow prove he accidentally ingested a contaminated supplement.

I’m not prepared to speculate on this subject How this will be long but for reference purposes, NYSAC gave Edgar Berlanga six months for biting.

Everything that can be said about this failure has been said. Garcia’s erratic actions and complete refusal to take responsibility for their consequences make it extremely complex to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Editor’s Note: Ryan Garcia’s legal team released the following statement:

“Ryan Garcia is a believer in neat and fair competition and has never intentionally used any banned substances. Shortly after receiving notification of the positive test result, Ryan voluntarily had his hair collected and sent to a doctor. Pascal Kintz, a leading expert in toxicology and hair sample analysis. This is consistent with contamination and clearly proves that Ryan has not been taking Ostarine for a period of time – the only way he could have gained any advantage in the ring.

“Ryan has voluntarily submitted to tests throughout his career, with consistently negative results. He tested negative multiple times before the Haney fight. All these factors, combined with its very low levels in samples taken on April 19 and 20 (in the billionth of a gram), indicate that Ryan was a victim of supplement contamination and never obtained any performance-enhancing benefits from the microscopic amounts. in his system. We are confident that one of the natural supplements Ryan used prior to the fight will be found to be contaminated, so we are in the process of testing the supplements to determine the exact source.”