Bring on Krzysztof Głowacki.
Lawrence Okolie destroyed Nikodem Jezewski on the Anthony Joshua-Kubrat Pulev card Saturday in London, putting the Pole down three times and stopping him in two rounds.
The victory sets up a meeting with Glowacki for the vacant WBO cruiserweight title.
Okolie, a 2016 Olympian from London, was supposed to have fought Glowacki on Saturday’s card but Glowacki had to pull out after testing postitive for COVID-19.
Jezewski (19-1-1, 9 KOs) agreed to step in and fight Okolie on five days notice. Maybe that wasn’t the best decision.
Okolie (15-0, 12 KOs) landed a right to the body that forced Jezewski to take a knee about halfway through the opening round. And the winner was only getting started.
He hurt Jezewski with a right to the head moments later, which wobbled him. He then put Okolie him down again with another right to the head, hurting him badly.
In Round 2 one more right hand to the head put Jezewski onto all fours. He was able to get up but he couldn’t continue. The fight was stopped at 1:45.
In a preliminary bout, heavyweight prospect Hughie Fury (25-3, 14 KOs) survived a cut above his left eye to defeat Mariusz Wach (36-7, 19 KOs) by a near-shutout decision in a 10-round bout.
Fury, the cousin of Tyson Fury, won by scores of 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91.
He has won two consecutive fights since he was outpointed by Alexander Povetkin in August of last year.