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THE same day news broke regarding an Amir Khan failed performance-enhancing drug test, two British cruiserweights stood eyeball to eyeball, then thought about shaking hands before ultimately choosing to embrace each other. Not only a…

SOUL OF SPORT: Lawrence Okolie successfully defended his WBO cruiserweight title against David Light on Saturday on a packed evening of boxing ... KEVIN QUIGLEY captures all the emotions and drama from the AO Arena in…

IN the build-up to tonight’s (March 25) dominant win against David Light, his WBO mandatory challenger, Lawrence Okolie, when asked to explain why he had decided to move from Matchroom and DAZN to Boxxer and Sky Sports, answered by saying…

Lawrence Okolie DEFENDS his world cruiserweight title against David Light despite a valiant effort from the Kiwi, with the Sauce winning by unanimous decision despite not quite being at his best in ManchesterBy Michael Rudling…

LAWRENCE OKOLIE will draw a line under a turbulent 13-month ring hiatus at the Manchester Arena this weekend while also returning to Sky Sports after leaving Matchroom for Boxxer in December. As it happened, he would become the first of two…

Lawrence Okolie takes to the ring for the first time since his split with Eddie Hearn as he looks to showcase his improvements under new trainer SugarHill Steward against David Light: Everything you need to know ahead of the…

WHEN DAZN arrived in the UK in December 2020 they carried with them the slogan “Game. Changed” which, if you could get past the awkward placing of the full stop, seemed to imply they would be the ones to change the game by essentially…

WHILE watching clips of British cruiserweights Lawrence Okolie and Richard Riakporhe clashing at the European premiere of Creed III, it was hard to determine which of the two things – Creed III or an altercation between British rivals – had…

Lawrence Okolie works his way to a unanimous decision victory against Michal Cieslak in the toughest fight of his career so far. Declan Taylor reports from the O2 BENEATH a brand new roof, it was very much back to the old Lawrence Okolie…

The holder of the WBO cruiserweight belt has to remind himself 'actually I'm pretty good at this'. John Dennen hears from Lawrence Okolie and promoter Eddie Hearn LAWRENCE OKOLIE exudes confidence. But that’s not always…