Lawrence Okolie and Kevin Lerena to Fight on July 19

It has been officially announced that British fighter Lawrence Okolie (21-1, 16 KOs) will face South African contender Kevin Lerena (31-3, 15 KOs) in a bout for the WBC Silver title in the Heavyweight division (over 90.7 kg).

The fight will take place on July 19 at Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom, as part of the undercard of the main event between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois.

The event will be broadcast by the streaming platform DAZN.

In December, Lawrence Okolie stopped Hussein Muhamed via first-round technical knockout.

On May 1, Kevin Lerena earned a third-round TKO over Serhii Radchenko, successfully defending his WBC Bridgerweight title.