- 1,612
- 9
- 38
If he had taken some heart from that effort, Okolie snuffed out any of the New Zealander's optimism in the next round. He slung a hard hook into the body and then cracked his right hook into Light's head, finding the mark and finding his range. He blasted the right fully in again, showing how dangerous he could be.
Even in the 11th round, just after Okolie had a point deducted by referee Bob Williams for holding, all of a sudden he had Light badly shaken himself.
Somehow the gritty challenger kept himself upright and Okolie could not find any further breakthrough.
Light took Okolie to the cards, where the Londoner won by scores of 116-112, 119-108 and 117-110.
"David Light was extremely tough and he had a good tactic of moving around to his right," Okolie said.
"But, at the end of the day, there's no need to make excuses - just get better.