Tonight on Frank Warren’s present in London, two massive and fast heavyweight knockouts have been witnessed. First, returning to the ring for the primary time since dropping his unbeaten report in a battle with Fabio Wardley, David Adeleye laid out the unbeaten Solomon Dacres within the opening session to win the English heavyweight title.
Adeleye, now working with coach Adam Sales space, dropped Dacres with a left hand to the pinnacle and he obtained the stoppage win in lower than 90 seconds. Now 13-1(12), Adeleye made a press release tonight, though he mentioned after his fast win that there’s “nonetheless work to do.” Underneath Sales space, Adeleye might attain his full potential. Will probably be very fascinating to see who 28-year-old “Large D” is matched up towards subsequent. Dacres, who’s now 9-1(3), goes again to the drafting board.
In his heavyweight debut, former WBO cruiserweight and former WBC bridgerweight champ Lawrence Okolie additionally obtained the job carried out inside a spherical. After weighing in at an eye catching 260 kilos, “The Sauce” mentioned he would get the KO win inside 4 rounds. As an alternative, it took Okolie lower than three minutes.
Dealing with the once-beaten Hussein Muhamed, Okolie countered a careless assault with a proper hand to the pinnacle that dropped Muhamed. The damage fighter made it again to his ft, however he was unsteady and buzzed, with the third man quickly shifting in to rescue him from taking additional, unnecessary punishment.
Okolie is now 21-1(16) general and 1-0(1) as a heavyweight. Muhamed is now 18-2(14).
How far 31 12 months previous Okolie can go as a heavyweight, we’ll watch and see. Previous to tonight’s straightforward win, Okolie mentioned he’ll purpose subsequent for the winner of the Zhilei Zhang-Agit Kabayel battle, or possibly for a battle with the aforementioned Wardley. Okolie feels he can win a world title on this, his third-weight division. Perhaps he can accomplish that.
Once more, these 260 kilos had folks speaking, and it is going to be fascinating to see how Okolie will fare if he has to go to the late rounds while carrying such a weight. Tonight, Okolie had no issues by any means.
