- Lawrence Okolie beat Hussein Muhamed on his heavyweight debut
- Okoli secured victory with a hugely impressive first-round knockout
Lawrence Okolie secured an impressive victory against Hussein Muhamed as he made his professional debut.
Okolie managed to score a huge first-round knockout in the WBC Silver Heavyweight title fight at Wembley Arena.
The 30-year-old was delighted following his victory and expressed confidence that he can defeat any opponent.
As reported by The Sun, he said: ‘That’s my second first-round KO in a row.
‘Now that I’ve been putting on the weight, enjoying training camp, I can be a lot more explosive.
‘It’s showing in the fights, as soon as I start hitting these guys, they start going. I’m ready for the best in the world at any weight.
Lawrence Okolie secured an impressive victory against Hussein Muhamed as he made his professional debut.
Okolie managed to score a huge first-round knockout in the WBC Silver Heavyweight title fight
He impressed with his new weight of 18st 8lbs and appeared full of confidence.
Okolie held the WBC bridgerweight title from May to October this year. He also held the WBO cruiserweight title from 2021 to 2023.
Prior to the fight Okolie had predicted that he would be able to defeat Muhamed with ‘a big knockout’.
Speaking at the pre-fight press conference, Okolie said: ‘This is the heavyweight division. It’s all about knockouts and I’ve got several different ways I’m going to be able to do it with Hussein.
‘I’ve obviously got the speed advantage. I wonder, even at heavyweight, I believe I’ll be the bigger puncher. I’ll be picking clever shots to the head, clever shots to the body, and just showing boxing skill and then we’ll box our way to a big knockout.’
