Lawrence Okolie parents: Who are his father and mother?

Lawrence Okolie, a British-Nigerian professional boxer who was born on 16 December 1992, has held the WBO cruiserweight championship since 2021.

He held the Commonwealth cruiserweight championship at the regional level from 2018 to 2019, as well as the British and European cruiserweight titles independently in 2019.

Okolie is renowned for his strong hitting ability, long reach, and precise jab. He is ranked third by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and BoxRec as of July 2022, and second best active cruiserweight in the world by The Ring magazine.

Lawrence Okolie parents: Who are his father and mother?

Okolie was born to Nigerian parents of Igbo origin in Hackney, London. He was born and raised in Stoke Newington, where he also went to school. At the 2016 Olympics in Rio, he competed for Team GB as a heavyweight.  We currently do not have details of his parents.

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On March 25, 2017, he engaged in his first professional bout in Manchester’s Manchester Arena. It was on the undercard of the lightweight world title match between Jorge Linares and Anthony Crolla.

Geoffrey Cave, 33, was his opponent, and he had a winless and a losing record. As Okolie successfully connected with two right punches to Cave’s head, the 20-second battle came to an end. The bout was promptly interrupted by the referee.

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