Overview
- Lawrence Okolie won by second-round TKO in Lagos after Ebenezer Tetteh failed to answer the bell for Round 3.
- This was Okolie’s first fight in Africa and only his third appearance at heavyweight after moving up from cruiserweight.
- Post-fight, Okolie called for the WBC-ordered eliminator with Moses Itauma, which reports say would make the winner mandatory for Oleksandr Usyk.
- Moses Itauma is scheduled to face Jermaine Franklin on January 24 in Manchester, so finalizing the eliminator and possible staging in Nigeria hinges on that outcome.
- On the undercard, Tony Yoka scored a first-round knockout of Patrick Korte to bolster his own heavyweight momentum.