Ringside footage emerges of Lawrence Okolie brutally knocking out Lukasz Rozanski in the first round
While not everybody recognises this relatively new 224lbs division between cruiserweight and heavyweight as a true world title, others viewed Okolie as a 'two-weight world champion' once he stopped Lukasz Rozanski to win it.
Regardless, he has since been ordered to defend against 'interim' bridgerweight belt holder Kevin Lerena.A WBC statement read: "The WBC has received official confirmation from bridgerweight champion Lawrence Okolie that he has decided to relinquish his world bridgerweight championship in order to pursue his dream of becoming heavyweight champion.“First I would like to state how proud and happy I was to compete for and win the WBC bridgerweight belt.
Lawrence Okolie offers Oleksandr Usyk the opportunity to become three-weight world champion and also hints at potential fights with Deontay Wilder and Zhilei ZhangDubois is now the IBF heavyweight world champion having cemented his status by KOing Anthony Joshua last month, and so will be one of two champions Okolie will be targeting at heavyweight.iFL TV of Usyk: "I fancy that, I feel like everyone else has had their shot and I want to go and test it.
"It might sound crazy to other people and I look at him and he is sensational and very talented, but I have attributes that he hasn't had to box against for a long time including speed and stuff like that."
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