Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois first two undercard fights announced
Okolie vs Lerena and Lapin vs Edmondson title fights have been added to the undercard on the ‘Undisputed’ bill, topped by the historic heavyweight showdown between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois for all the belts at Wembley Stadium on July 19.
In the first of two featured fights that can now be revealed, two-weight world champion and now heavyweight contender Lawrence Okolie, the WBC Silver champion, will defend his title by taking on the former IBO world cruiserweight champion and WBA world heavyweight title challenger Kevin Lerena from South Africa, live on DAZN.
At light heavyweight, the British and Commonwealth champion Lewis Edmondson will go up against a Ukrainian challenge in the undefeated IBF Intercontinental and WBA Continental champion Daniel Lapin, with the two international belts on the line.
Lawrence Okolie vs Kevin Lerena
Okolie, 21-1 (14 KOs), won the WBO cruiserweight world title in 2021 with a knockout victory over Krzysztof Glowacki and went on to make three successful defences.
He then won the WBC bridgerweight world title with a first round KO of Lukasz Rozanski in Poland before making the switch up to heavyweight and winning the WBC Silver title with another first round triumph over Hussein Muhamed in December 2024.
At cruiserweight, Okolie was also British, Commonwealth and European champion after featuring at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
Lerena, 31-3 (15 KOs), became IBO world cruiserweight champion in 2017 with victory over Youri Kayembre Kalenga and went on to make six successful defences before making the switch to heavyweight and claiming the IBO Intercontinental title by defeating Mariusz Wach.
Now 33, Lerena came very close to becoming the architect of a major upset when he travelled to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in December 2022 to take on current IBF world champion Daniel Dubois on the undercard of Tyson Fury’s world title defence against Derek Chisora.
After losing a decision defeat to Justis Huni, Lerena’s most recent action came against Serhiy Radchenko in Pretoria, where he stopped the Ukrainian in the third round.
Daniel Lapin vs Lewis Edmondson
Southampton star Lewis Edmondson, 11-0 (3 KOs), became British and Commonwealth champion in his 10th fight when he took a step up in class against former European champion Dan Azeez in London and inflicted an unexpected defeat over 12 rounds in “The Saint’s” first professional title fight.
Most recently, the 29-year-old defended his Commonwealth belt against the previously unbeaten Oluwatosin Kejawa and secured victory via a unanimous decision in Bournemouth.
Kyiv’s Daniel Lapin, 11-0 (4 KOs), is an established member of Team Usyk and the southpaw won his maiden title, the IBO Continental, with a defeat of Aro Schwartz in 2023.
The 27-year-old Polish-born puncher added the WBA Continental title the following year with a first round stoppage of Octavio Pudivitr in Riyadh, before securing the IBF Intercontinental title in December with a unanimous points victory over Dylan Colin.
More undercard fights to be announced shortly.
Some tickets remain for the Usyk vs Dubois super-fight at Wembley Stadium on 19 July and are available from ticketmaster.co.uk and rtticket.com