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CHAMP
He’s done it! And the new!
WOW!!!!
Huge right hand from Lawrence Okolie, he absolutely bodies Glowacki in the sixth round.
OKOLIE KNOCKS OUT GLOWACKI!
ROUND FIVE
Okolie looking to build on that big round four, throwing out more probing stuff jabs. Glowacki continues to struggle.
The Hackney man lands a stiff right hand after a jab and then circles back to the outside, keeping Glowacki at range.
Okolie then lands to the body again. Glowacki has a cut! He’s been opened up over his right eye.
Okolie will look to target that. At the moment it’s all going his way.
ROUND FOUR – GLOWACKI ROCKED!
Okolie probes with his long stiff jab and then comes in with a huge right uppercut. Glowacki still can’t get near him.
Lawrence using his feet on the outside brilliantly too, still waiting for that big shot.
And Okolie lands a huge right hand! He wobbles Glowacki with a big one!
But the Pole manages to stay standing. Glowacki’s legs went briefly.
Massive round for Okolie!
ROUND THREE
Lawrence still working brilliantly with the long jab, Glowacki can’t get near him at all.
The Pole is getting frustrated and Okolie is just picking him off at distance, waiting to land the big right hand he’s after.
Okolie also continues to target the body, and Lawrence then lands a right hand up close. Glowacki still looking to get in close but to no avail.
Great third for Okolie. 3-0.
ROUND TWO
Okolie pummels the body whenever he gets the chance too, Barry McGuigan, like he has all night, calls for the jab again.
Okolie is touching Glowacki whenever he wants at the moment, but he’ll want a power shot soon.
Glowacki not disheartened just yet, he’s still probing, but nothing working for him just yet.
The Pole goes in with the head and the referee warns him. Perhaps some early frustration already.
ROUND ONE
Nice and relaxed to kick things off for Okolie, tapping the jab out, not giving away too much at all.
Glowacki trying to pressure, but nothing coming off for him yet.
Okolie controlling the centre and he lands a nice right hand! Brilliant start from The Sauce.
And another solid right hand, followed up by a jab to keep Glowacki at bay.
Good round for Okolie.
OKOLIE VS GLOWACKI
Here we go! Round 1 is UNDERWAY!
RING-WALKS
Both fighters have made their walks and are in the ring ready and raring to go!
MAIN EVENT NEXT!
It’s nearly time.
RIP MARVELOUS MARVIN HAGLER
David Diamante honouring the life of the late great Marvin Hagler at Wembley with a 10-bell salute.
OKOLIE’S TIME
Well, here we are, moments away from the main event, with Lawrence Okolie about to fight for the WBO world cruiserweight title in his 16th fight.
But Krzysztof Glowacki is no pushover, so this will be the toughest test of The Sauce’s career to date.
WINNER
Rounds in the bank for Joe Cordina tonight.
CORDINA BEATS KOURBANOV
The Welsh Wizard gets the job done. The judges give it to him 96-96, 98-93, 96-95 – majority decision.
ROUND TEN
Kourbanov really trying to give it his all in there, but there’s no way he’s getting this on the cards.
Cordina has been too slick and too classy for him, but Kourbanov has still given a decent account of himself.
The Welshman has still been hit a fair bit tonight. Ring rust must be the answer for that.
In the end, solid rounds in the bank for Cordina, who clearly needs to push on with his career now. 7-3.
ROUND NINE
Decent round for Kourbanov in there! He lands some big shots on Cordina, who welcomes them and fires back.
Both fighters looking to tussle with more intent in the penultimate round of the fight.
Kourbanov comes back with more fire toward the end of the round and Cordina pushes him back onto the ropes for some inside game.
Best round of the fight.
ROUND EIGHT
Kourbanov tries to come out a little more aggressive but Cordina looks to be having fun in there, popping off his jab when he needs to.
His promoter Eddie Hearn has spoken about getting Cordina a world title shot this year.
And that just might be the perfect sort of pick-me-up fight for Cordina.
There’s not much more he can do with Kourbanov, the power simply doesn’t seem to be there. But he’s winning.
ROUND SEVEN
Cordina having success in the seventh with his stinging jab and he’s winning this fight fairly easily right now.
Kourbanov can’t really hang with Cordina. The Welshman clearly needs classier opposition to showcase his own slick skills.
And the 14 months out of the ring won’t have helped either.
At the moment we’re coasting to a clear Cordina win on the cards.
ROUND SIX
Cordina with some more neat work but he ate a big right hand in the middle of some inside work there,
Kourbanov landed flush and it got his corner very excited, but Cordina styled it out in his usual slick fashion,
The Welshman gets into a closer exchange with Kourbanov and the pair look to work in close, but Kourbanov looks to be the slightly stronger man in there.
ROUND FIVE
More of the same from both fighters in there.
Cordina clearly the better boxer and the much-neater of the two, but nothing too out-there to shout home about.
He’s going to have to take some risks in thee if he wants a stoppage tonight.
Kourbanov is trying to come forward and give it some but Cordina bats him away with counters off the ropes.
Solid round.
ROUND FOUR
Cordina with more neat work, but not much for Kourbanov to get too worried about.
It’s all very workmanlike in there at the moment, nothing too adventurous going on from either fighter.
Round 4 to Cordina.
ROUND THREE
More solid stuff from Cordina to open the third but he’s going to have to give a bit more if he wants to hurt Kourbanov.
He may want to bank rounds after his lay-off, however. It’s just not very incisive at the moment.
Kourbanov tries to launch a body attack but Cordina snuffs it out, backs off and resets with jabs of his own.
3-0 Cordina.
ROUND TWO
Cordina would some solid body-to-head attack in there, he’s moving nice and slick, getting any lost rhythm back.
The Welsh Wizard throws a few nice combos and Kourbanov retreats onto the ropes, but Cordina manages to land a lovely body shot.
Kourbanov gets a couple of his own nice jabs in there too.
Both fighters now being warned for hitting the back of each other’s heads.
2-0 Cordina.
ROUND ONE
Bit of a feeling out round for Cordina, who’s not been in the ring since November 2019 remember.
Kourbanov doesn’t look anywhere near as slick as Cordina in there. The Welshman throwing out nice jabs both to the head and body.
Not much coming back in his direction either. Kourbanov tries to get the body attack going but he’s struggling.
1-0 Cordina.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
