In a clash between unbeaten cruiserweights, Lawrence Okolie (15-0, 12 KOs) quickly demolished late sub Nikodem Jezewski (19-1-1, 9 KOs) on Saturday night in the Joshua-Pulev co-feature at the SSE Arena outside London. Okolie dropped Jezewski twice in round one and finished him with another knockdown in round two. Time was 1:45. Okolie won the WBO International title.
Heavyweight Hughie Fury (25-3, 14 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Mariusz Wach (36-7, 19 KOs). Fury was cut over the left eye in a round four head clash, but ground down the 39-year-old Wach as the bout progressed. Scores were 100-90, 100-90, 99-91. Hughie is WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s cousin.
Heavyweight Martin Bakole (16-1, 12 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over Sergey Kuzmin (15-2, 11 KOs) to claim the vacant WBC International title. Scores were 98-92, 97-93, 96-94.
Super welterweight Kieron Conway (16-1-1, 3 KOs) took a one-sided ten round unanimous decision over late stand-in Macaulay McGowan (14-2-1, 3 KOs) by scores of 100-90, 100-89, 100-89. Conway was originally slated to fight Souleymane Cissokho.
Welterweight Florian Marku (7-0-1, 5 KOs) and Jamie Stewart (2-0-1, 0 KOs) battled to an eight round draw. Stewart on the canvas in round two, but managed to get a 76-76 referee’s verdict.
I wonder who is doing the matchmaking for these Mathchroom/DAZN cards. I haven’t seen one decent undercard fight all year. Not even one. Ridiculous guys!
The Whyte-Povetkin card was good
One thing is for sure….Hughie is no Tyson Fury (vice versa). Two complete different fighters.
Okolie has some seriously positive physical attributes, but he’s like the perfect guy to fight under the Kronk style. He often loads up and gives up his height when jabbing or coming forward, and he wastes a lot of movement. Steward would take guys like that, settle them down and get them to relax, persistently and almost stubbornly stay at range, and be so economical with punches/movement. Sometimes makes for a boring fight, but for a guy his size, it’s often a dominating one.
Okolie looks good so far. I never saw a boxer “short circuit” as they put it sever times.. I’m not sure that guy is suited for boxing.
nothing special to see here so move on