By Daily Sports on February 4, 2018

In a one-sided contest, unbeaten cruiserweight Lawrence Okolie (8-0, 6 KOs) defeated Isaac Chamberlain (9-1, 4 KOs) by a 10 round unanimous decision to capture the vacant WBA Continental Cruiserweight Title Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, UK.

The 2016 Olympian Okolie dropped the 23-year-old Chamberlain twice in the fight in putting him down in rounds 1 and 6.

With Okolie winning the WBA Continental cruiserweight title, it looks like he’s being fast tracked for a world title shot for the WBA belt.

The knockdown in the 1st round was bogus. Okolie missed a right hand and then bumped into Chamberlain, knocking him to the canvas. The referee still counted it as a knockdown. Luckily, the botched call didn’t affect the overall results of the fight, as Chamberlain still would have lost by a wide score even if the referee had made a correct ruling on the 1st round knockdown.

Okolie did appear to hit Chamberlain with his right knee while he was falling from the bump. The knockdown in round 6th was a legitimate one for Okolie. He landed a right hand to the head of Chamberlain when he was in the process of throwing a punch. The shot knocked Chamberlain off balance and he reached down with both gloves and touched the canvas to keep from falling. It was a balance thing. Chamberlain was not hurt by the shot.

The judges scored the fight 98-89, 96-90 and 97-89.

•Photo shows Lawrence Okolie.

Source Daily Sports

Posted February 4, 2018

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