Okolie vs Gudino

Who won Okolie vs Gudino?

Lawrence Okolie beat Mariano Angel Gudino by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday 20th July 2019 at The O2 Arena in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Cruiserweight division, which meant the weight limit was 200 pounds (14.3 stone or 90.7 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Dillian Whyte beating Oscar Rivas for the WBC Interim World Heavyweight championship. Also, on the undercard Dave Allen was overcome by David Price, Richard Riakporhe was victorious over Chris Billam-Smith and Derek Chisora beat Artur Szpilka.

Okolie vs Gudino stats

Back in July 2019, Lawrence Okolie stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 12 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Mariano Angel Gudino made his way to the ring with a record of 13 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 8 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Okolie had advantage in power over Gudino, with a 75% knock out percentage over Gudino's 62%.

Lawrence Okolie was the younger man by 5 years, at 27 years old.

Both Lawrence Okolie & Mariano Angel Gudino fought out of an orthodox stance.

Okolie was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 3 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 8 months later than Gudino, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 32 more professional rounds, 108 to Gudino's 76.

Lawrence Okolie went into the fight ranked number 2 by the WBA, 14 by the WBC and 5 by the WBO at cruiserweight.

Okolie vs Gudino form

Okolie had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Wadi Camacho on 23rd March 2019 by technical knockout in the 4th round in their BBBOC British Cruiserweight and CBC Commonwealth Cruiserweight championship fight at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Matty Askin on 22nd September 2018 by unanimous decision in their BBBOC British Cruiserweight championship fight at Wembley Stadium, London.

Going into that contest, he had beat Luke Watkins on 6th June 2018 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their CBC Commonwealth Cruiserweight championship fight at York Hall, London.

Before that, he had won against Isaac Chamberlain on 3rd February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at The O2 Arena, London.

He had beat Antonio Sousa on 13th December 2017 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at York Hall, London.

Activity check

Okolie's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 31 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.2 rounds on average.

What time did Okolie vs Gudino start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 6:30 PM BST at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom, which was 1:30 PM EST or 10:30 AM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Okolie vs Gudino?

Okolie vs Gudino was broadcast on Sky Box Office HD in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Okolie vs Gudino?

Lawrence Okolie was a 3/100 (-3300) favourite going into the contest, while Mariano Angel Gudino made his way into the ring at 59/5 (+1200) with oddsmakers.