Lawrence Okolie vs. David Light | Sky Sports - 25 March 2023

[jameswilson]

Rumours that Jack Catterall will no longer appear on this card

Weirdly in my head I thought when he was first announced I just said ‘no way in hell does he make that card.’

[maverick23]

Rumours that Jack Catterall will no longer appear on this card

Weirdly in my head I thought when he was first announced I just said ‘no way in hell does he make that card.’

He gets announced on the show, then Taylor/Teo gets hyped up and miraculously the WBO orders Taylor/Teo. Bob comes out and says they’re not doing the fight because Catterall’s now fighting someone else so their contract is void and now there’s silence on Catterall fighting in Manchester.

Seems like Boxxer/Ben have dropped a bollock here. Lost the Taylor fight, advertises Catterall fighting but doesn’t deliver and now potentially in a legal battle with Top Rank. And the whole time Catterall remains inactive.

Been with Boxxer for 7 months and yet to fight or even have a fight formally announced. Jack should be undisputed champ but he’s at risk of sitting out more of his peak. 2 fights in over 3 years is really poor for him.

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Tickets going from £25

[garethhop]

Looks like they are setting the arena up for about 4000. WTF are they doing this in Manchester for.

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Looks like they are setting the arena up for about 4000. WTF are they doing this in Manchester for.

They should have just used the Altrincham Ice Arena instead.

[jameswilson]

Looks like they are setting the arena up for about 4000. WTF are they doing this in Manchester for.

Because Sky and Boxxer are idiotic enough to think Lawrence Okolie is some huge popular charismatic draw. He didn't re-sign with matchroom because Boxxer and Sky offered to make him 'THE face of Sky boxing.'

You'd have to be a f ucking idiot to think Okolie fills an arena bigger than 5k without a damn good undercard or an opponent who brings the masses.

[mickey1975]

Harvey Lambert from Hull and Callum Simpson from Barnsley will be amongst the best sellers on this card. Insane choice of venue.

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Fight Week!!

[KiwiRider]

Looks like they are setting the arena up for about 4000. WTF are they doing this in Manchester for.

Because Sky and Boxxer are idiotic enough to think Lawrence Okolie is some huge popular charismatic draw. He didn't re-sign with matchroom because Boxxer and Sky offered to make him 'THE face of Sky boxing.'

You'd have to be a f ucking idiot to think Okolie fills an arena bigger than 5k without a damn good undercard or an opponent who brings the masses.

Don't hold back James.
He is mildly entertaining in the ring, but don't for goodness sake give the man a microphone

[a force]

Harvey Lambert from Hull and Callum Simpson from Barnsley will be amongst the best sellers on this card. Insane choice of venue.

I don’t think Callum sells many tickets yet although they’ve had him on the pitch at Barnsley & he goes to all the home games & is also friends with our centre back Liam Kitching who’s brother Guy Kitching has just turned pro so he’s having a good go at building a fan base up.

However Barnsley up until the other day had a big promotion battle with Ipswich scheduled for the same night so I don’t think there were many Barnsley fans going to watch him.

[mickey1975]

Harvey Lambert from Hull and Callum Simpson from Barnsley will be amongst the best sellers on this card. Insane choice of venue.

I don’t think Callum sells many tickets yet although they’ve had him on the pitch at Barnsley & he goes to all the home games & is also friends with our centre back Liam Kitching who’s brother Guy Kitching has just turned pro so he’s having a good go at building a fan base up.

However Barnsley up until the other day had a big promotion battle with Ipswich scheduled for the same night so I don’t think there were many Barnsley fans going to watch him.

He claims to have done a lot. My mate gave him his final spar on Friday. Said he’s come on loads, was really impressed.

[1192966]

My mate

[handsofstone]

This card is woeful, straight away the worst card Okolie has ever boxed on

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Clarke is now facing Bogdan Dinu.

Rydell Booker had to be withdrawn.

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25.03.2023 - Frazer Clarke - 5(4) 0 0 - (BoxRec's #65) vs. Bogdan Dinu - 20(16) 4(4) 0 - (BoxRec's #164)

[maverick23]

Clarke is now facing Bogdan Dinu.

Rydell Booker had to be withdrawn.

How Dinu was ever so high in the WBA beggars belief. He’s poor and been stopped easily in his last 2 and gotten this on less than a week’s notice. Will be over quickly, Shalom will say Clarke’s beaten the former wba number 1 or whatever he was and in reality Clarke will learn nothing.

[JamesPhilips]

Anyone know ANYTHING about this David Light? Anyone seen him fight?

Looking at his record he’s clearly not a hitter, and was KOD in a round by David Nyika.

Surely the massive Okolie will stop him mid rounds?

[leejonesjnr]

Anyone know ANYTHING about this David Light? Anyone seen him fight?

Looking at his record he’s clearly not a hitter, and was KOD in a round by David Nyika.

Surely the massive Okolie will stop him mid rounds?

One amateur stoppage loss 8 years ago doesn’t make him chinny and 12 stoppages from 20 pro fights doesn’t say he can’t punch.
I’ve seen a couple of contests, he’s decent but not likely to win this. I wouldn’t be shocked to see him make the full 12.

[ashall2]

There were free tickets on Ticketmaster yesterday for this.

[mickey1975]

A local fight fan can see some very good boxers from a very good position for under £50. Front 10 rows lower tier are the best seats in that arena.

[JamesPhilips]

Anyone know ANYTHING about this David Light? Anyone seen him fight?

Looking at his record he’s clearly not a hitter, and was KOD in a round by David Nyika.

Surely the massive Okolie will stop him mid rounds?

One amateur stoppage loss 8 years ago doesn’t make him chinny and 12 stoppages from 20 pro fights doesn’t say he can’t punch.
I’ve seen a couple of contests, he’s decent but not likely to win this. I wouldn’t be shocked to see him make the full 12.

Lol Mr Automatic Contradiction rears his head again

He wasn’t stopped he was KO’D in a round. Very rare for the amateurs.
And he has some decent stoppages true, but has not fought at a high level.

You say you wouldn’t be surprised if he lasted the distance… well if I’m offered a price of evens or longer that he gets stopped, I’m jumping on that, that’s how I view it

EDIT - just checked, Okolie by stoppage is 3-1 on, which is what I’d expect

[Sweet Dick Willie]

Clarke is now facing Bogdan Dinu.

Rydell Booker had to be withdrawn.

How Dinu was ever so high in the WBA beggars belief. He’s poor and been stopped easily in his last 2 and gotten this on less than a week’s notice. Will be over quickly, Shalom will say Clarke’s beaten the former wba number 1 or whatever he was and in reality Clarke will learn nothing.

Wasn't Dinu beating Miller before the ko??

[margaret thatcher]

dinu is a flopper

[leejonesjnr]

Anyone know ANYTHING about this David Light? Anyone seen him fight?

Looking at his record he’s clearly not a hitter, and was KOD in a round by David Nyika.

Surely the massive Okolie will stop him mid rounds?

One amateur stoppage loss 8 years ago doesn’t make him chinny and 12 stoppages from 20 pro fights doesn’t say he can’t punch.
I’ve seen a couple of contests, he’s decent but not likely to win this. I wouldn’t be shocked to see him make the full 12.

Lol Mr Automatic Contradiction rears his head again

He wasn’t stopped he was KO’D in a round. Very rare for the amateurs.
And he has some decent stoppages true, but has not fought at a high level.

You say you wouldn’t be surprised if he lasted the distance… well if I’m offered a price of evens or longer that he gets stopped, I’m jumping on that, that’s how I view it

EDIT - just checked, Okolie by stoppage is 3-1 on, which is what I’d expect

Ok

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OKOLIE VS LIGHT CRUISERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE FIGHT TO BE AIRED ON PROBOX TV WORLDWIDE

OKOLIE VS LIGHT CRUISERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE FIGHT TO BE AIRED ON PROBOX TV WORLDWIDE

Global streaming service and television network PROBOX TV have secured worldwide television rights for the WBO Cruiserweight World title clash between Lawrence Okolie and David Light this coming Saturday, March 25th.

All PROBOX TV subscribers in; USA, Canada, DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), NORDICS (Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark), France, Holland, Turkey, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Philippines and South Korea can all watch the event as part of their monthly or yearly subscription.

The event promoted by BOXXER in Manchester, England shows much promise with two undefeated cruiserweight’s topping an action packed card. Somebody’s O will have to go when Okolie and Light battle for world honours. Lawrence Okolie (18-0, 14 KOs) took charge of the WBO belt with a sixth round stoppage over Krzysztof Glowacki in 2021 and has since gone on to defend his title against Dilan Prasovic and Michal Cieslak.

New Zealand’s David Light (20-0, 12 KOs) comes off a huge away day victory over Brandon Glanton. The Auckland man won the split decision last December in a candidate for Fight of The Year. Light claimed the undefeated record of Brandon Glanton, hoping for a similar outcome when he squares off with Okolie.

A stacked undercard precedes the cruiserweight world title fight in Manchester. The English Super Featherweight title will be on the line when Michael Gomez Jr (18-1) and Levi Giles (13-0) lock horns in a ten round duel. Heavyweight Frazer Clarke (5-0) will go to battle with Romanian, Bogdan Dinu (20-4) in an eight round contest, Callum Simpson (10-0) faces Celso Neves (9-3-2) and highly regarded Irish middleweight Aaron McKenna (15-0) takes on Lukas Ndafoluma (22-6) over eight rounds.

Founder of PROBOX TV Garry Jonas discussed securing the global television rights of the world title clash.

“BOXXER is emerging as one of the top promoters in the UK and Europe and we are pleased to help them develop their brand worldwide. I’m delighted to stream the fight in over 25 countries including the USA, Canada and a large number of European and Asian countries.

“PROBOX TV is committed to bringing top quality boxing content to fight fans all over the world and having a quality championship fight on PROBOX TV with Okolie and Light with BOXXER is a very strong start.”

The show will start at 15:00 Eastern Standard Time (USA) on Saturday, March 25th.

You can watch ProBoxTV.com ad-free for only $1.99/Month in both English and Spanish.