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hamed2 · 12-07-2025, 03:08 PM

IBO champ, Lawrence Okolie was so anxious to get WBO champ, Ryad Merhy into the ring, he agreed to come to Belgium to make the fight happen between the 2 unbeaten CW's.

Okolie dropped Ryad & almost stopped him in the 1st but Merhy boxed well in the following rounds & then dropped Okolie in the 5th.

Then in the 9th Okolie really started to beat Ryad up (30 punches landed & both of Ryad's eyes started to swell up, right/orange, left/yellow) & a huge right cross ended the fight at 2:44 of the round!

Judges had Okolie up 75-74 on 2 cards with Ryad up 75-74 on the other. PL 229 (24%) to 167 (33%) also favoring Okolie.

Okolie's now 9-0-1 with 7 KO's & Ryad's 8-1 with 4 KO's.

12-07-2025, 03:08 PM	#651
hamed2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,234	CW unification - WBO/IBO IBO champ, Lawrence Okolie was so anxious to get WBO champ, Ryad Merhy into the ring, he agreed to come to Belgium to make the fight happen between the 2 unbeaten CW's. Okolie dropped Ryad & almost stopped him in the 1st but Merhy boxed well in the following rounds & then dropped Okolie in the 5th. Then in the 9th Okolie really started to beat Ryad up (30 punches landed & both of Ryad's eyes started to swell up, right/orange, left/yellow) & a huge right cross ended the fight at 2:44 of the round! Judges had Okolie up 75-74 on 2 cards with Ryad up 75-74 on the other. PL 229 (24%) to 167 (33%) also favoring Okolie. Okolie's now 9-0-1 with 7 KO's & Ryad's 8-1 with 4 KO's.