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Total Fights | 20 |
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Wins | 19 |
Losses | 1 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 2 |
KO Wins | 14 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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Six years and two months into his professional boxing career, Lawrence Okolie has fought 20 times with 19 wins and a single loss.
Okolie's boxing record is currently 19-1, which includes one cruiserweight world-title win and three successful title defense fights. He has a 70% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 14 of his total 20 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. The only loss in Okolie's career is a 12-round majority decision loss to Chris Billam-Smith in a cruiserweight title fight.
His last fight was a 12-round majority decision defeat to Chris Billam-Smith on May 27, 2023. Okolie lost the cruiserweight WBO title to Billam-Smith in this fight. He is on a one-fight losing streak.
Some of Okolie's best fights and notable victories include wins over David Light, Dilan Prašović, Michał Cieślak, Yves Ngabu, Krzysztof Głowacki, Wadi Camacho, and Isaac Chamberlain.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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20 | May 27, 2023 | 30 | Chris Billam-Smith | Loss * | MD |
19 | Mar 25, 2023 | 30 | David Light | Win * | UD |
18 | Feb 27, 2022 | 29 | Michał Cieślak | Win * | UD |
17 | Sep 25, 2021 | 28 | Dilan Prašović | Win * | KO3 |
16 | Mar 20, 2021 | 28 | Krzysztof Głowacki | Win * | TKO6 |
15 | Dec 12, 2020 | 27 | Nikodem Jeżewski | Win | TKO2 |
14 | Oct 26, 2019 | 26 | Yves Ngabu | Win | TKO7 |
13 | Jul 20, 2019 | 26 | Mariano Angel Gudino | Win | TKO7 |
12 | Mar 23, 2019 | 26 | Wadi Camacho | Win | TKO4 |
11 | Feb 2, 2019 | 26 | Tamas Lodi | Win | TKO3 |
10 | Sep 22, 2018 | 25 | Matty Askin | Win | UD |
9 | Jun 6, 2018 | 25 | Luke Watkins | Win | TKO3 |
8 | Feb 3, 2018 | 25 | Isaac Chamberlain | Win | UD |
7 | Dec 13, 2017 | 24 | Antonio Sousa | Win | TKO2 |
6 | Oct 28, 2017 | 24 | Adam Williams | Win | TKO3 |
5 | Sep 1, 2017 | 24 | Blaise Mendouo | Win | PTS |
4 | Jul 1, 2017 | 24 | Russell Henshaw | Win | TKO1 |
3 | May 27, 2017 | 24 | Rudolf Helesic | Win | TKO1 |
2 | Apr 15, 2017 | 24 | Lukasz Rusiewicz | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Mar 25, 2017 | 24 | Geoffrey Cave | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Lawrence Okolie (The Sauce) is a 31-year old British professional boxer. He was born in Hackney, London England on December 16, 1992. He is a former cruiserweight world champion.
Okolie made his professional boxing debut against Geoffrey Cave at the age of 24 on March 25, 2017, defeating Cave via 1st round KO. He went on to win 18 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 13 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on March 20, 2021 after 15 professional fights, against Krzysztof Głowacki for the cruiserweight WBO (vacant) title. He defeated Głowacki via 6th round TKO to become the cruiserweight champion of the world.
Okolie has won one world title at cruiserweight. For all the details about Okolie's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Okolie has had just a single loss in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a cruiserweight title defense bout against English boxer Chris Billam-Smith on May 27, 2023. Okolie lost the fight via 12 round majority decision — and lost his WBO title. It's been 10 months and 1 day since this fight.
Okolie has had a total of five world-title fights till today, which includes winning one world title and three successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost one.
Lawrence Okolie has fought for a cruiserweight world title once, which he won via TKO. Till today, he has won one cruiserweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Mar 20, 2021 | Krzysztof Głowacki | Cruiserweight | WBO* | TKO |
Lawrence Okolie has had four cruiserweight world-title defense fights. He won three of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Mar 25, 2023 | David Light | Cruiserweight | WBO | UD |
Feb 27, 2022 | Michał Cieślak | Cruiserweight | WBO | UD |
Sep 25, 2021 | Dilan Prašović | Cruiserweight | WBO | KO |
Lawrence Okolie has lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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May 27, 2023 | Chris Billam-Smith | Cruiserweight | WBO | MD |
Okolie has fought a total of 20 times till today, which includes 5 world-title fights at the cruiserweight division. These four fights are the highlight of his career.
March 20, 2021: Okolie wins his first world title by defeating Krzysztof Głowacki via 6th round TKO. He is now the WBO cruiserweight world champion.
September 25, 2021: Okolie successfully defends the WBO cruiserweight title against Dilan Prašović, winning the fight via 3rd round KO.
February 27, 2022: Okolie successfully defends the WBO cruiserweight title against Michał Cieślak, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
March 25, 2023: Okolie successfully defends the WBO cruiserweight title against David Light, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
Okolie has knocked out 14 of his 20 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 70%. Of his total 19 wins, 14 of them have been via KO (73.7%).
Okolie's first world-title win was the WBO (vacant) belt at cruiserweight. He defeated Krzysztof Głowacki via 6 round TKO to win the title.
As of March 2024, Okolie has won one world title at cruiserweight.
Okolie has had a total of four title defense fights so far. He was successful three times and lost one time.