BOXXER revealed a WBC title for Lawrence Okolie today, one day after the brand-new World Boxing Council Ratings were launched.
World Boxing News, as constantly, had actually gone through the brand-new list to see if there were any considerable modifications. Upon hearing of Rozanski vs Okolie, WBN understood that Okolie’s name was missing out on from the system.
A fighter should be ranked in the leading fifteen to challenge any champ for a world title. This provides the champ, in this case bridgerweight ruler Lukasz Rozanski, the chance to pick Okolie for the fight.
But after studying the rankings for a long time to guarantee no errors, WBN saw Okolie isn’t ranked. In addition, as he’s going up in weight, WBN verified the cruiserweight and heavyweight lists and discovered no trace of Okolie.
How the Briton can deal with Rozanski for the green and gold strap is a secret. There’s likewise the truth he lost his last fight to take into account, making the scenario an additional head-scratcher.
Maybe the company plans to rank the previous WBO 200-pound champ in April?
Rozanski vs Okolie
Nonetheless, the statement of the clash was launched on Thursday, as it appears both sides are totally on board and have approval.
Okolie will challenge Rozanski for the WBC bridgerweight title on Friday, May 24th, at the Podpromie Arena in Rzeszow, Poland, reside on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.
‘The Sauce’ goes up in weight for his very first expert bout above the 200lbs limitation following a bulk choice loss against previous stablemate Chris Billam-Smith. The set traded blows in a legendary world title face-off in May 2023 at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth.
Discussing his possibility to end up being a two-weight world ruler, Okolie stated: “I’m delighted to go to Poland and test myself yet once again on away ground. Rozanski is a great champ with an explosive design. But I’m pertaining to do some severe damage. He has actually never ever seen power like mine.”
Rozanski specified: “I’m safeguarding my world title in my yard, in my city, combating against a previous world champ. It’s a great fight. I’ve trained hard all my life for minutes like these.”
Poland fight
BOXXER CEO and Founder Ben Shalom stated: “We’re delighted to be going back to Poland and working when again with our good friends at Knockout Promotions for what guarantees to be another magnificent night of boxing.
“I was ringside to enjoy Rozanki beat Babic inside a round to declare the WBC Bridgerweight World Title, so I understand Lawrence will require to do his finest to bring the belt back to the UK.
“I think at this much heavier weight, we will see the very best and most devastating variation of Lawrence Okolie.”
Andrew Wasilewski for Knockout Promotions concluded: “I’m thrilled that Knockout Promotions will be arranging another gala in cooperation with our English associates from BOXXER.
“We had actually hoped that in 2015’s gala would start more partnership, and it is taking place. We are delighted and can’t wait.”
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