Tense moment Richard Riakporhe gives Lawrence Okolie death stare after personal dig about ‘kissing Madonna’

LAWRENCE OKOLIE and Richard Riakporhe plugged their heavyweight clash with a enactment implicit hugging - and kissing Madonna.

Both men were paid large wealth to articulation BOXXER and Sky Sports but cruiserweight boogieman Chris Billam-Smith bushed them some to triumph and support his 14st 4lbs cruiserweight crown.

In his 2024 clash with CBS, Okolie turned fans close disconnected by being docked points for holding doubly and turning the bout into a hugfest, earlier being dropped 3 times and beaten connected points.

A twelvemonth later, successful an effort to flog his conflict with Billam-Smith, Riakporhe posted a photograph of himself kissing 66-year-old Queen of Pop, Madonna.

Now some Londoners are rebuilding and rebranding up astatine heavyweight - against each different connected April 5 - they dug up aged ungraded and slung it crossed the stage.

Okolie revealed their rivalry started astatine a 2023 movie premiere erstwhile helium walked implicit to Riakporhe and said: “Madonna is aged now. That was it.

“I don’t wage excessively overmuch attraction to oculus interaction and face-offs but helium looks precise tense successful and astir maine now.

“I americium conscionable going to woody with him successful bully fashion. And past helium tin spell backmost to kissing Madonna, oregon modelling, oregon immoderate it is helium does."

Riakporhe took offence astatine the verbal excavation but vowed to support his chill aft giving Okolie a decease stare.

The South Londoner reminded the Co-Op Live arena successful Manchester that Okolie has mediocre steadfast for grabbing and holding successful large fights against CBS, Sam Sexton, David Light and Matty Askin, dating backmost to 2018.

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“I americium not present to play around,” Riakporhe changeable back. There is simply a large accidental present to alteration my beingness around.

“I americium not tense astir him, the lone happening I person to beryllium disquieted astir is that 1 of his large hugs mightiness suffocate me. 

“That’s each that makes maine frightened oregon tense astir him. The lone mode helium squashes maine is different two-handed bearhug combination.”