New Zealand national anthem blunder as singer is spotted with lyrics written on hand ahead of Lawrence Okolie vs David Light


Eagle-eyed fans caught the New Zealand national anthem singer reading lyrics off her hand ahead of Lawrence Okolie vs David Light.

Ahead of world title fights in boxing, national anthems are sung and in the case of Okolie vs Light, ‘God defend New Zealand’ came first, followed by ‘God save the King’.

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It seemed the singer of the New Zealand national anthem did not know the lyrics

Fans watching on TV, however, noticed a blunder as the singer doing the New Zealand national anthem was caught reading the lyrics from her hand.

One fan wrote on Twitter: “No way, NO WAY! She legit had the New Zealand national anthem lyrics written on her hand so she didn’t forget.”

Another added: “Not Miss New Zealand with the national anthem words written on her hand.”

This is not the only national anthem debacle of the week, as there were sound issues ahead of ‘God save the King’ at the England vs Italy football match on Thursday.

As for the fight that followed, Okolie defended his WBO cruiserweight world title, beating Light by unanimous decision in an underwhelming performance.

The crowd made their their thoughts on the dull encounter known, as boos and whistles could be heard, with some fans leaving the arena before the fight had ended.

Okolie and Light did not make for a good style match up

Okolie and Light did not make for a good style match up

And Fans were not impressed with the action as they could be seen leaving early

And Fans were not impressed with the action as they could be seen leaving early


Okolie had this to say about the fight in the aftermath: “David Light was extremely tough and he had a good tactic of moving around to his right.

“But, at the end of the day, there’s no need to make excuses – just get better. I just couldn’t get the last shot to drop him and get him out of there because he was very tough and very good with his hand defences.”

As for his next fight, Okolie said: “I will go in the ring and fight anyone. If they’re watching this and they think ‘Lawrence is rubbish, I can do this, I can do that’, come and find out.

“I’ll put it on the line against anyone and if they’re good enough to beat me, they are, and if not I carry on winning.”

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