Krzysztof Glowacki Suspended For Four Years After Failed Drugs Test
Just a couple of days into the new year and the first big name from the sport has been hit with a ban due to flunking a drugs test.
Just a couple of days into the new year and the first big name from the sport has been hit with a ban due to flunking a drugs test.
It was a pretty quiet night of boxing the world over last night, with Claressa Shields’ predicted domination over Maricela Cornejo being the biggest fight of the evening.
Liam “Beefy” Smith (33-3-1, 20 KOs) destroyed the bigger, stronger & faster Chris Eubank Jr (32-3, 23 KOs) by a surprise fourth round knockout victory in their middleweight clash on Saturday night at the AO Arena in Manchester, England.
The official weights are in for tomorrow night’s bitter grudge match between British middleweights Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith. Both men tipped in at 159 pounds on the nose, and both guys have clearly put the work in in the gym.
Lawrence Okolie crushed Krzysztof Glowacki to be crowned the new WBO Cruiserweight World Champion in just his sixteenth fight at The SSE Arena, Wembley, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and DAZN in the U.S.
Lawrence Okolie (16-0, 13 KOs) had too much firepower for the aging former cruiserweight champion Krzysztof Glowacki (31-3, 19 KOs) in beating him by a sixth-round knockout to claim the vacant WBO cruiserweight strap on Saturday night.
Using his huge 6’5″ size, Lawrence Okolie (16-0, 13 KOs) put on a masterclass performance in thoroughly dominating the smaller Krzysztof Glowacki (31-3, 19 KOs) in stopping him in round six with a powerful right hand to the head to win the vacant WBO cruiserweight title at the Wembley Arena in London, England.
8:00 LIVE ON SKY SPORTS FACEBOOK
8 x 3 mins Middleweight contest
BRADLEY REA 11st 5lbs 0oz v LEE CUTLER 11st 4lbs 5oz
(Stretford, England) (Bournemouth, England)
followed by
19:00 LIVE ON SKY SPORTS & DAZN
6 x 2 mins Featherweight contest
RAMLA ALI 9st 0lbs 6oz v BEC CONNOLLY 9st 0lbs 5oz
(Bethnal Green, England via Somalia) (Swindon, England)
followed by
10 x 3 mins vacant WBA Continental Cruiserweight Title
CHRIS BILLAM-SMITH 14st 3lbs 0oz v VASIL DUCAR 14st 2lbs 8oz
(Bournemouth, England) (Brno, Czech Republic)
followed by
6 x 2 mins International Featherweight contest
ELLIE SCOTNEY 8st 10lbs 13oz v MAILYS GANGLOFF 8st 6lbs 13oz
(Catford, England) (Aix-les-Bains, France)
followed by
10 x 3 mins WBA Intercontinental Super-Welterweight Title
ANTHONY FOWLER 10st 13lbs 13oz v JORGE FORTEA 10st 12lbs 7oz
(Liverpool, England) (Sueca, Spain)
followed by
10 x 3 mins International Super-Featherweight contest
JOE CORDINA 9st 6lbs 6oz v FAROUKH KOURBANOV 9st 4lbs 8oz
(Cardiff, Wales) (Liege, Belgium)
followed by
12 x 3 mins vacant WBO Cruiserweight World Title
LAWRENCE OKOLIE 14st 3lbs 6oz v KRZYSTOF GLOWACKI 13st 13lbs 13oz
(Hackney, England) (Walcz, Poland)
Lawrence Okolie is confident of winning his first World Title in style by stopping former World Champion Krzysztof Glowacki when they clash for the vacant WBO Title at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday March 20, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on DAZN in the U.S.
Krzysztof Glowacki says there are weaknesses in Lawrence Okolie’s game and has promised to take ‘his’ WBO Cruiserweight World Title back home with him to Poland after he beats the Hackney contender at The SSE Arena, Wembley this Saturday, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on DAZN in the U.S.
Though we in the UK are set to start being vaccinated as soon as next week, the coronavirus is still a long way from gone.