Okolie enters heavyweight division with a bang

By Scott Shaffer

08/12/2024

Okolie enters heavyweight division with a bang

Lawrence Okolie TKO1 Hussein Muhamed... Although he was grossly overweight, Lawrence Okolie did not need to worry about conditioning in his heavyweight debut. Okolie, a previous cruiserweight and bridgerweight champion turned up at 260 pounds but didn't get tested at all by Germany's Hussein Muhamed (18-2). Okolie landed a big right hand in round one that put Muhamed down on the canvas. Muhamed arose on shaky legs and the referee stopped the bout. A 2016 Olympian, Okolie fought at 224 pounds as recently as May, and is now 23-2 including the World Series of Boxing.