Lawrence Okolie is a British professional boxer. He held the Commonwealth cruiserweight title from 2018 to 2019, and the British and European cruiserweight titles separately in 2019. As of October 2020, he is ranked as the world’s seventh best active cruiserweight.
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Lawrence Okolie is a British professional boxer. He held the Commonwealth cruiserweight title from 2018 to 2019, and the British and European cruiserweight titles separately in 2019. As of October 2020, he is ranked as the world’s seventh best active cruiserweight by The Ring magazine and ninth by BoxRec. He was selected for Team GB in 2016 Rio Olympics and fought as a heavyweight in the Preliminary Round of the Rio Olympics. On 18 January 2017, he announced his decision to turn professional, signing with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Sport to compete in the cruiserweight division. His first professional fight took place at the Manchester Arena in Manchester on 25 March 2017. His next bout took place in Glasgow, Scotland at The SSE Hydro on 15 April as part of the undercard for the world Ricky Burns vs.
Julius Indongo super lightweight unification fight. On 1 July, he recorded his fourth straight first-round stoppage win against Russell Henshaw. On 19 December, Sky Sports confirmed that he would fight Isaac Chamberlain on February 3, 2018 at the O2 Arena in London. The fighters had been calling each other out on social media before the fight, with Chamberlain saying, ‘He’s calling me his easiest fight, he’s saying stuff he’s never said before’ The fight was stopped after 2 minutes and 10 seconds into the round. It was announced on 1 September 2017, at the York Hall in London, that the fight would be on the NXTGEN card. Other prospects on the card included Conor Benn and fellow Olympians Joshua Buatsi and Joe Cordina.
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