Lawrence Okolie To Box On Burns vs. Indongo In Glasgow

By Elliot Foster

Lawrence Okolie has already had his next fight confirmed.

The former Team GB star, who competed at the 2016 Olympics in Rio before turning professional under Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Sport, made his professional debut on Saturday.

Okolie featured on the undercard of Jorge Linares’ world lightweight title showdown against Anthony Crolla at Manchester Arena, exclusively live on Sky Sports.

And it took him just 20 seconds to end the challenge of Geoffrey Cave, who was knocked out by two flawless right hands and required medical attention in the aftermath.

The 24-year-old, from Hackney, had been scheduled to box just before the main event, in the chief support slot, but time constraints meant that he was forced into the ring after Linares outpointed Crolla.

As a result, it was confirmed in the aftermath that Okolie would be added to the undercard of Ricky Burns’ WBA super-lightweight title defence against IBF and IBO king Julius Indongo on April 15 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, live on Sky Sports.

Also on the Burns-Indongo bill, Scott Cardle will box in a defence of the British lightweight title against English champion Robbie Barrett.

Charlie Edwards and Iain Butcher meet in a clash for the vacant British super-flyweight title and there is action for Callum Johnson, who defends his Commonwealth light-heavyweight title against Schiller Hyppolite.

Josh Kelly, who recently inked promotional terms with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing, will make his professional debut on the card and Charlie Flynn will face Ryan Collins for the vacant Celtic lightweight title. Meanwhile, Felix Cash will box on the bill and there is also a title clash between Joe Ham and Scott McCormack as the pair vie for the vacant Scottish super-bantamweight title.