Okolie vs Light LIVE!
Manchester saw the comeback of ‘The Sauce’ on Saturday night as Lawrence Okolie finally made the third defence of his WBO cruiserweight title against David Light. More than a year had passed since we last saw the Londoner in action, following up his career night against Krzysztof Glowacki with an early stoppage of Dilan Prasovic and then a laboured points defeat of Michal Cieslak.
Since then Okolie’s ascending career has rather been put on hold during an acrimonious split with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing, so he needed a statement victory here to regain momentum in his bid to unify the 200lbs division before jumping up to heavyweight. However, while the victory was comfortable in the end, it was far from entertaining for the most part aside from a strong finish in which he doled out some heavy punishment and Light showed a commendable chin before making it to the final bell.
On a busy Boxxer undercard at the AO Arena, Frazer Clarke made light work of Bogdan Dinu and fellow Olympic hero Karriss Artingstall got her straightforward third professional win, along with Michael Gomez Jr controversially beating Levi Giles to claim the vacant English super-featherweight belt. Follow Okolie vs Light reaction live below!
