On September 25, 2021, the 28-year-old WBO cruiserweight world champion, Lawrence Okolie (16-0, 13 KOs), faced a 26-year-old Montenegrin boxer Dilan Prašović (15-0, 12 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Okolie came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 5 days. Prašović was on a 15-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 3 days.
Lawrence Okolie made easy work of Dilan Prašović, stopping the challenger via KO in the 3rd. Okolie improves his record to 17-0 (14 KOs), while Prašović adds a loss to his record at 15-1.
On February 27, 2022, the 29-year-old WBO cruiserweight world champion, Lawrence Okolie (17-0, 14 KOs), faced a 32-year-old Polish boxer Michał Cieślak (21-1, 15 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Okolie came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 2 days. Cieślak was on a 2-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 13 days.
Lawrence Okolie defeated Michał Cieślak via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO cruiserweight title. Okolie improves his record to 18-0, while Cieślak adds a loss to his record at 21-2.
On March 25, 2023, the 30-year-old WBO cruiserweight world champion, Lawrence Okolie (18-0, 14 KOs), faced a 31-year-old New Zealander boxer David Light (20-0, 12 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Okolie came in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 26 days. Light was on a 20-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 23 days.
Lawrence Okolie defeated David Light via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO cruiserweight title. Okolie improves his record to 19-0, while Light adds a loss to his record at 20-1.
On March 20, 2021, 28-year-old Lawrence Okolie (15-0, 12 KOs) and 34-year-old Krzysztof Głowacki (31-2, 19 KOs) fought for the vacant WBO cruiserweight title.
Okolie came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 8 days. Głowacki was on a -1-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 9 months, and 5 days.
Lawrence Okolie stopped Krzysztof Głowacki via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Okolie improves his record to 16-0 (13 KOs), while Głowacki adds a loss to his record at 31-3.
On June 6, 2018, a 25-year-old Lawrence Okolie (8-0, 6 KOs) and Luke Watkins met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Okolie came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 3 days.
Lawrence Okolie stopped Luke Watkins via TKO in the 3rd round. Okolie improves his record to 9-0 (7 KOs)
On March 23, 2019, a 26-year-old Lawrence Okolie (11-0, 8 KOs) and Wadi Camacho met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Okolie came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 21 days.
Lawrence Okolie stopped Wadi Camacho via TKO in the 4th round. Okolie improves his record to 12-0 (9 KOs)
On May 24, 2024, a 31-year-old Lawrence Okolie (19-1, 14 KOs) and a 38-year-old Polish boxer Lukasz Rozanski (15-0, 14 KOs) met in the ring.
Okolie came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 11 months and 27 days. Rozanski was on a 15-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 1 month, and 2 days.
Lawrence Okolie stopped Lukasz Rozanski via KO in the 1st round. Okolie improves his record to 20-1 (15 KOs), while Rozanski adds a loss to his record at 15-1.
On October 26, 2019, a 26-year-old Lawrence Okolie (13-0, 10 KOs) and Yves Ngabu met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Okolie came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 6 days.
Lawrence Okolie stopped Yves Ngabu via TKO in the 7th round. Okolie improves his record to 14-0 (11 KOs)
On February 3, 2018, a 25-year-old Lawrence Okolie (7-0, 6 KOs) and a 23-year-old fellow British boxer Isaac Chamberlain (9-0, 4 KOs) met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Okolie came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 21 days. Chamberlain was on a 9-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 21 days.
Lawrence Okolie defeated Isaac Chamberlain via unanimous decision in the 10-round cruiserweight fight. Okolie improves his record to 8-0, while Chamberlain adds a loss to his record at 9-1.
On December 12, 2020, a 27-year-old Lawrence Okolie (14-0, 11 KOs) and Nikodem Jeżewski met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Okolie came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 1 month, and 16 days.
Lawrence Okolie stopped Nikodem Jeżewski via TKO in the 2nd round. Okolie improves his record to 15-0 (12 KOs)