Lawrence Okolie: record, next fight and profile →
Longtime cruiserweight veteran Denis Lebedev may hold the final match in his career in the summer as the full world champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA), according to the boxer's manager Vadim Kornilov of World of Boxing.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for undefeated cruiserweight contender Lawrence Okolie (12-0, 9 KOs), is targeting a July world title fight for his man, against veteran Denis Lebedev. The WBA world title is now vacant, after Oleksandr Usyk vacated the crown to focus on a planned campaign of the heavyweight division.
Buatsi, Okolie Fight Photos Gallery - Liam Conroy (16-4-1) managed to end the three-fight first round KO streak of Joshua Buatsi (10-0) but could not prevent the Ghana-born Brit claiming the vacant British light-heavyweight title with a brutally efficient third-round stoppage at London’s Copper Box Arena.
Copper Box Arena, London - In a bout for the British, Commonwealth cruiserweight titles, 2016 Olympian Lawrence Okolie (12-0, 9 KOs) stopped veteran Wadi Camacho (27-7, 12 KOs) in four rounds. They went right each other in the first round. Okolie applied a lot of pressure and was looking to push Camacho back. There was a lot of missing and it looked very rough at times with plenty of holding.
Lawrence Okolie, Joshua Buatsi Weights Photos Gallery - Charlie Edwards is officially set to kick off his flyweight reign. The 26-year old British flyweight will make the first defense of his 112-pound title versus Spain’s Angel Moreno, which tops Saturday’s bill at Copper Box Arena in Hackney Wick, London, England.
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte has lashed, in the escalating war of words with unbeaten cruiserweight Lawrence Okolie. On Saturday night, Okolie faces Wadi Camacho, with the British and Commonwealth titles at stake at the Copper Box Arena.
Edwards, Moreno, Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - British light-heavyweight title challenger Liam Conroy has heaped praise on trainer Johnney Roye ahead of facing Joshua Buatsi on Saturday night. (photos by Mark Robinson). The hard-hitting Barrovian is on a run of five straight stoppage wins and is determined to upset the odds at London’s Copper Box Arena – live on Sky Sports.
Charlie Edwards, Buatsi, Okolie, Courtenay Workouts Photos Gallery - Liam Conroy says he is ready to make history at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday by becoming the first ever man from Barrow-in-Furness to win the prestigious Lord Lonsdale Challenge Belt.
Lawrence Okolie believes that a KO win against Wadi Camacho is a 'formality' when the fierce London Cruiserweight rivals clash at the Copper Box Arena this Saturday with the British and Commonwealth titles on the line, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US.
Charlie Edwards, Moreno, Okolie Press Conference Photos Gallery - Charlie Edwards will make the first defence of his WBC Flyweight World title against Angel Moreno on a huge night of boxing in the capital at the Copper Box Arena on March 23, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US. (photos by Mark Robinson)