Okolie vs Jezewski

Who won Okolie vs Jezewski?

Lawrence Okolie beat Nikodem Jezewski by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday 12th December 2020 at Wembley Arena in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 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 Anthony Joshua beating Kubrat Pulev for the WBA Super World Heavyweight, WBO World Heavyweight and IBF World Heavyweight championship. Also, on the undercard Hughie Fury defeated Mariusz Wach, Kieron Conway was victorious over Macaulay McGowan and Florian Marku beat Jamie Stewart.

Okolie vs Jezewski stats

Back in December 2020, Lawrence Okolie stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Nikodem Jezewski made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 19 wins and 1 draw, with 9 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Okolie had a massive power advantage over Jezewski, boosting at 79% knock out percentage over Jezewski's 47%.

Lawrence Okolie was the younger man by 1 year, at 28 years old.

Okolie had a height advantage of 2 inches over Jezewski.

Both Lawrence Okolie & Nikodem Jezewski fought out of an orthodox stance.

Okolie was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 3 year and 10 months later than Jezewski, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 108 to Jezewski's 106.

Lawrence Okolie went into the fight ranked number 2 by the WBO at cruiserweight.

Okolie vs Jezewski form

Okolie had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Yves Ngabu on 26th October 2019 by technical knockout in the 7th round at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Mariano Angel Gudino on 20th July 2019 by technical knockout in the 7th round at O2 Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had beat 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.

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

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.

Activity check

Okolie's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 33 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.6 rounds on average.

What time did Okolie vs Jezewski start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:50 PM GMT at Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom, which was 4:50 PM EST or 1:50 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Okolie vs Jezewski?

Okolie vs Jezewski 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 Jezewski?

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