Nigeria’s Lawrence Okolie has secured a superb win over Krzysztof Glowacki to become the new WBO cruiserweight champion.
The hard-hitting Hackney fighter demonstrated his huge power with a dominant display over Glowacki at Wembley Arena, ending the fight in the sixth with an explosive right hand after controlling the early rounds.
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He becomes the UK’s newest world champion in just his 16th professional fight.
Okolie was scheduled to fight Glowacki for the vacant belt last December only for his opponent to be withdrawn from the contest after a positive Covid-19 test.
The Londoner instead blasted out Nikodem Jezewski inside two rounds and looked picked up from where he left off on Saturday night with world title gold within his grasp.
Okolie, trained by Shane McGuigan since May 2019, looked at ease as he dictated the fight from the opening bell, boxing well from distance before rocking his opponent with a stiff jab in the fourth,
Fluid and composed in his work, Okolie, boasting a sizeable reach advantage, continued to pick his shots expertly, tagging Glowacki with relative ease and opening up a cut above his left eye.
With Glowacki breathing heavily and the end of the fifth, Okolie produced the finish moments later, flooring his opponent with a huge right hand that left the former world champion unable to meet the referee’s count.
Okolie now has his sights on unifying the cruiserweight division with champions Mairis Briedis (IBF), Ilunga Makabu (WBC) and Arsen Goulamirian (WBA) in his crosshairs.
The 28-year-old has also made little secret of his desire to follow his manager and mentor Anthony Joshua up to the heavyweight division. 
Cleaning house at 200lbs and following through with that plan would see him follow in the footsteps of Evander Holyfield and David Haye, who unified the cruiserweight division before moving up to win a world title at heavyweight.
In undercard action, Joe Cordina fought for the first time since November 2019, securing a points win over the durable Faroukh Kourbanov.
There were also victories for Anthony Fowler, Ellie Scotney and Ramla Ali.
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