After allegedly agreeing to defend his “bridgerweight” title in opposition to interim champ Kevin Lerena and subsequently heading to a handbag bid as a substitute, Lawrence Okolie has formally vacated the belt and confirmed a transfer to heavyweight.
As Jake Donovan factors out, this makes Okolie (20-1, 15 KO) the third consecutive WBC “bridgerweight” titlist to ditch the belt with out a protection. We’ll see if the newly upgraded Lerena bucks the development.
“The Sauce” snapped a career-long three-fight end drought by taking Lukasz Rozanski behind the woodshed in Might. He has the scale and talent to be a contender at heavyweight, however he additionally had the scale and talent to reign atop the cruiserweight division for ages and pissed it away by way of lack of dedication.
