“This Is [An] Embarrassing World Title Fight”: Video of Fans Leaving the Arena Mid-Fight of Lawrence Okolie vs. David Light Draws Wild Reactions

Besides, Caleb Plant vs. David Benavidez, the boxing world also witnessed a title defense match that was held in Manchester, UK. So, Lawrence Okolie successfully defended his WBO Cruiserweight title against David Light. This was Okolie’s third time when he has defended his title which he won in 2021 after securing a win over Krzysztof Glowacki. Well, before this fight, both fighters were the bearers of the proud zero-loss record but unfortunately, after the fight, Light was snatched off his flawless record at the hands of Okolie.

However, the fight proved to be more disappointing as the fans were leaving the AO arena before the bout was even finished. The video of many audience members leaving has surfaced on Twitter and fans have reacted to the video in agreement with the fans who were leaving.

Now during the fight, Okolie was throwing his opponent, David Light, off guard with a combo of heavy punches but he still had a point deducted from his scorecard for holding his opponent more than usual. He even stunned his opponents in the 10th and 11th rounds of the bout but wasn’t able to scoop out a KO in the fight.

But the fans got bored with the excessive holding and even talked about the bout in the Twitter comments section. Also, during the face-off of this card, the fans went fuming as one of the undercard boxers committed a “disgraceful” act.

Fans react to the audience members leaving the arena during the Lawrence Okolie fight

Fans claimed that the fight was altogether a boring spectacle for boxing fans, many of them even stated that they couldn’t even watch the bout on their Television as a pastime.

One of the fans, DoublexG_95, stated that the people who are leaving may be the ones who got a free ticket to the fight. And he even added that he doesn’t blame the audience at all.

Another fan, Ricey39rice, stated that this is quite demoralizing to see as the main event was supposed to be the World Title fight.

One fan, ibrardad pointed out that the people were not leaving.

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Instead, they were trying to queue up for the pictures and autographs of the boxers after the fight ended.

Another Twitter user, NorthernSport10, suggested different ways to bring back the hype of Okolie in the boxing community.

carlo_gordon asked a question in his comment.

One fan, jaymatths88, stated that he got bored while he was watching the fight on his TV, so he completely understands the people who were leaving the stadium in the video.

Now, Okolie will definitely have to win back his fans in the next fight, while simultaneously not getting discouraged by seeing people trying to leave the arena. As he’s still a fighter with a flawless record and the WBO Cruiserweight champion, nothing can change that.

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