Lawrence Okolie v Krzysztof Glowacki Full Card Preview
Lawrence Okolie takes on Krzysztof Glowacki to attempt to win a World title in just his 16th professional fight.
Rio 2016 Olympian Okolie (15-0) is attempting to win the WBO Cruiserweight title against Pole Glowacki (31-2) a fight that had originally been planned for December 2020 on the Joshua v Pulev undercard but the fight fell through due to Covid-19.
Glowacki , an experienced Cruiserweight with only 2 loses , one to Oleksander Usyk and most recently to Mairis Briedis in 2019.
The main talking point leadig up to the fight is can Okolie step up to world level?
Okolie has racked up 15 victories to date , 12 of them coming by knock out. Lawrence has defeated several domestic rivals with wins over Isaac Chamberlain , Wadi Camacho , Luke Watkins and Matty Askin.
Most Recently Okolie fought late replacement Jezewski and demolished him inside 2 rounds.
Anthony Fowler v Jorge Fortea
Anthony Fowler returns for the first time since fight camp and is looking to set up a rematch with Scott Fitzgerald or take on the winner of Ted Cheeseman v JJ Metcalf
2016 Rio Olympian Anthony 'The Machine' Fowler is back in action on March 20th looking to make it 5 wins on the bounce when he faces Spaniard Jorge Fortea (21-2-1) .
Read our full interview with Fowler here
Question ; What are you expecting from your opponent Jorge Fortea come fight night?
Answer ; I'm expecting a very hard fight , I've watched him and he knows his way round the ring. He's hard to pin down and land clean shots , he's tough and has a very relaxed , calm style.
Chris Billam-Smith v Vasil Ducar
Chris Billam-Smith (11-1) takes on Vasil Ducar (9-3-1) for the vacant WBA Continental Cruiserweight title.
Billam-Smith is looking to make it 3 wins on the bounce since losing to Richard Riakporhe in July 2019.
Vasil Ducar is a replacement for Deion Jumah who pulled out of he fight.
Also on the card
Joe Cordina v Faroukh Kourbanov
Team GB Olympian Joe Cordina is looking to make it 12 wins in the pro ranks , coming up against Kourbanov who fights out of Belgium
Bradley Rea v Lee Cutler
Unbeaten Middleweight prospect Bradley Rea (9-0) takes on another unbeaten prospect Lee Cutler (7-0) in an exciting domestic clash.
Ramla Ali v Bec Connolly
Ellie Scotney v Mailys Gangloff
Scotney currently (1-0) is looking to make it 2 wins out of 2 in the pro ranks on Saturday night.
Where to watch
You can watch Okolie v Glowacki on Sky Sports in the UK
In the US you can watch Okolie v Glowacki on DAZN
The action starts at 7pm on Sky Sports
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