Lawrence Okolie
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Lawrence Okolie (born 16 December 1992) is a British professional boxer. He has held the WBA Continental (Europe) cruiserweight title since February 2018 and the British cruiserweight title since September 2018. He previously held the Commonwealth title in 2018. Okolie is known for his long reach, excellent footwork and exceptional punching power. As of February 2019, he is ranked as the 8th best active cruiserweight by BoxRec.

Okolie is from Hackney, London and attended Stoke Newington School. He was selected for Team GB in 2016 Rio Olympics. Fighting as a heavyweight, he beat Igor Pawel Jakubowski from Poland on points in the Preliminary Round of the Rio Olympics. He then lost to Erislandy Savon of Cuba.

On 18 January 2017, Okolie announced he was becoming a professional boxer, signing with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Sport and compete in the cruiserweight division.

His first professional fight took place at the Manchester Arena in Manchester on 25 March 2017. It was on undercard of the world lightweight championship fight Jorge Linares vs. Anthony Crolla. His opponent was 33 year old Geoffrey Cave who had a record of no wins and two losses. The fight lasted 20 seconds and ended after Okolie landed two right hooks to the head of Cave. The referee stopped the fight immediately. His next bout took place in Glasgow, Scotland at The SSE Hydro on 15 April as part of the undercard of the world super lightweight unification fight Ricky Burns vs. Julius Indongo. He fought 35 year old Polish journeyman Lukasz Rusiewicz. Okolie knocked Rusiewicz down twice in round one en route to a first round stoppage. The time of stoppage was 2 minutes and 36 seconds.