A former world champ at both cruiserweight and bridgerweight, Lawrence Okolie says he now wants to become world heavyweight champion – next year.
Britain’s Lawrence Okolie, who previously held the WBO cruiserweight title and also the WBC bridgerweight belt, will box his heavyweight debut on Frank Warren’s December 7 “Magnificent 7″ card in London.
The new WBC heavyweight rankings have been released, and there is a new name in the current top 10. Britain’s Lawrence Okolie, who won the WBO belt down at cruiserweight and the WBC bridgerweight belt, a title he chose to vacate, is now ranked five as a heavyweight.
As fight fans may have read, Britain’s Lawrence Okolie has vacated the WBC bridgerweight belt as he has made it clear he will now campaign as a heavyweight.
WBO Cruiserweight Champion Lawrence Okolie returned to Sky Sports to retain his World Championship in a confident unanimous decision victory over the previously-undefeated New Zealand champion and WBO #1 contender David Light at the AO Arena, Manchester.
Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder sure looked all done in his last fight, or actually in his previous two fights, when he was widely outpointed by Joseph Parker and then crushed in the fifth round by Zhilei Zhang.
Can “The Sauce” add some spice to the heavyweight division? Former WBO cruiserweight champ and recently crowned bridgerweight champ Lawrence Okolie seems to have a number of interesting options right about now.
London’s Lawrence Okolie scored the kind of quick and devastating KO that gets fans interested and excited last night in crushing Lukasz Rozanski to rip the WBC bridgerweight title.
In an evening that could have been billed as a comic tragedy rather than a fight, former WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie (20-1, 14 KOs) turned what was supposed to be a championship bout into a farcical sideshow, effortlessly demolishing the untested and comically overhyped WBC Bridgerweight champion Lukasz Rozanski (15-1, 14 KOs).
Lawrence Okolie made a dominant display of power on Friday night, winning the WBC briderweight title with a first round knockout over the hapless champion Lukasz Rozanski at the Podpromie Arena in Rzeszow, Poland.