Lawrence Okolie returns to the ring this weekend after greater than a yr away, because the Briton defends his cruiserweight title towards David Light.
Okolie final fought in February 2022, beating Michal Cieslak on factors to retain the WBO world title, and subsequent up for the 30-year-old is New Zealand’s Light.
Both males enter the main-event contest in Manchester as unbeaten fighters. Okolie is 18-0 with 14 knockouts, whereas his 31-year-old challenger is 20-0 (12 KOs).
On the undercard, Olympic bronze medalist Frazer Clarke continues his journey as knowledgeable, because the Team GB star takes on late substitute Bogdan Dinu.
Here’s all you have to know.
When is it?
Okolie vs Light will happen on Saturday 25 March on the AO Arena in Manchester.
The predominant card will begin at 7pm GMT, with main-event ring walks anticipated to happen at roughly 10pm GMT.
How can I watch it?
In the UK, the occasion will air dwell on Sky Sports, which will even stream the fights dwell on its Sky Go app.
No US broadcaster has but been introduced.
Odds
Okolie – 1/10
Light – 11/2
Draw – 18/1
Full odds by way of Betway.
Full card (topic to alter)
Lawrence Okolie (C) vs David Light (WBO world cruiserweight title)
Michael Gomez Jr vs Levi Giles (super-featherweight)
Frazer Clarke vs Bogdan Dinu (heavyweight)
Callum Simpson vs Celso Neves (super-middleweight)
Aaron McKenna vs Lukas Ndafoluma (middleweight)
Samuel Antwi vs Omir Rodriguez (super-welterweight)
Shakiel Thompson vs Robert Talarek (middleweight)
Karriss Artingstall vs Linzi Buczynskyj (featherweight)
Rhys Edwards vs Brian Phillips (featherweight)
Frankie Stringer vs TBA (light-weight)
Harvey Lambert vs Casey Brown (super-welterweight)
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