Date: Saturday, Feb. 26
Main card: 4 p.m. ET
Okolie vs. Cieslak: 5:15 p.m. ET (approximately)
TV channels :ESPN+, Sky Sports
Location : OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Lawrence Okolie returns to the ring on Sunday night to defend his WBO cruiserweight belt against Michal Cieslak.
The champion is preparing for his first fight since defeating Dilan Prasovic on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s loss to Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in September, and he will face a fighter who has only one loss in his 22-bout career, with 15 of his victories coming via knockout.
Cieslak, a former World Title Challenger, hasn’t fought since May 2021, when he defeated Yury Kashinsky.
This will be Okolie’s second defense of the championship; he won it in March 2021 and is preparing for a unification fight with the winner of the Mairis Briedis and Jai Opetaia fight or a step up to heavyweight if he wins.
LAWRENCE OKOLIE RECORD AND BIO
- Nationality: Great Britain
- Date of birth: December 16th, 1992
- Height: 6′ 5″
- Reach: 82.5″
- Total fights: 17
- Record: 17-0 (14 KOs)
MICHAL CIESLAK RECORD AND BIO
- Nationality: Poland
- Date of birth: April 19th, 1989
- Height: 6′ 3″
- Reach: 79″
- Total fights: 23
- Record: 21-1 (15 KOs)
OKOLIE VS. CIESLAK FIGHT CARD
- Lawrence Okolie vs. Michal Cieslak; WBO world cruiserweight title
- Galal Yafai vs. Carlos Bautista; Flyweight
- Karim Guerfi vs. Jordan Gill; EBU European featherweight title
- Anthony Fowler vs. Lukasz Maciec; Middleweight
- Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Martz; Heavyweight
- Cheavon Clarke vs. Toni Visic; Cruiserweight
- Campbell Hatton vs. Joe Ducker; Lightweight
- John Hedges vs. Aleksander Nagolski; Light heavyweight
- Demsey McKean vs. Ariel Esteban Bracamonte; Heavyweight
