Lawrence Okolie added to next month's Ricky Burns bill after 20-second KO in first pro fight
Monday 27 March 2017 15:46, UK
Lawrence Okolie can demonstrate his knockout power again when he fights for the second time as a professional on the Ricky Burns-Julius Indongo undercard.
The 24-year-old cruiserweight marked his debut in the paid ranks with a destructive knockout of Geoffrey Cave on Saturday at Manchester Arena.
Okolie swiftly returns to action on the same bill as Ricky Burns' super-lightweight unification clash with Julius Indongo in Glasgow on April 15, live on Sky Sports.
"The whole experience was invaluable," said Okolie, whose second opponent has yet to be announced.
"In the pros, sometimes you don't have a scheduled time, so you have to stay warm and get ready to be switched on. I have ticked that box already.
I wasn't sure if he was going down or not so I threw another right hand and that ended it.
"I managed to keep my focus and not get overawed by the situation, that's important to me. It's not just go in and fight, there's so much more to boxing in the build-up and on the night, and I need to learn about all of it.
"I just relaxed and caught him with a right hand. I wasn't sure if he was going down or not so I threw another right hand and that ended it.
"It's about fighting as often as possible so it's great to be going up to Scotland on another big bill in front of the great fans up there."
On another packed bill, Scott Cardle can earn the British lightweight title outright when he battles challenger Robbie Barrett, while Callum Johnson defends his Commonwealth light-heavyweight title against Schiller Hyppolite.
Charlie Edwards battles Iain Butcher for the vacant British super-flyweight title and there is a professional debut for Josh Kelly, with Charlie Flynn and Joe Ham also in action.
