Anthony Joshua, Adesanya walk out with top Nigerian boxer for big boxing fight

• Anthony Joshua and Israel Adesanya gave Lawrence Okolie guard of honour before his fight against Michal Cieslak
• Lawrence Okolie who has a Nigerian heritage did not disappoint as he perfectly defeated his opponent
• As things stand now, Lawrence Okolie has fought 18 professional fights and the 29-year-old has won all

Adorable video of Lawrence Okolie being walked out at the 02 Arena by Anthony Joshua and Israel Adesanya before his fight against Michal Cieslak has been spotted on social media

Before going to the stage to tackle Michal Cieslak, Anthony Joshua and Israel Adesanya were both seen standing for Lawrence Okolie to come out and gave him guard of honour.

And he did not disappoint these two stars as Okolie went on to make a successful second defence of his cruiser-weight belt, outpointing the Pole in decisive fashion.

Anthony Joshua who is preparing for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, and Adesanya, who outpointed Robert Whittaker earlier this month, share a Nigerian heritage with Okolie.

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What was the result Okolie got against Cieslak?

Lawrence Okolie controlled the pace of the fight and ended up walking away with a unanimous decision victory according to the report on Sportskeeda and Mirror.

Who is Lawrence Okolie?

Lawrence Okolie is a British professional boxer who has held the WBO cruiserweight title since 2021. The 29-year-old has a Nigerian father and has won 18 out of his 18 fights.

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Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion Israel Adesanya teamed up with Nigerian singer Davido in the United Kingdom.

The Nigerian-born MMA fighter was in attendance to support Nigerian boxer Lawrence Okolie who clashed in the ring with Michal Cieslak in a WBO cruiserweight title fight.

Davido also showed up to back Okolie who defeated Michal Cieslak via unanimous decision to retain his WBO cruiserweight belt at the O2 Arena in London.

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On the same night, former heavyweight world champion, Anthony Joshua showed up to support Okolie during his world title fight.

This is the same venue Davido would hold his afrobeat concert on Saturday, March 5, 2022.