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Light had no choice but to try to burrow forward and get up close to Okolie on the inside. They grappled in clinches early on. But throughout Okolie was looking to hit. The right hand flew down and Light stepped back from it just in time.
Still, Okolie launched his right at him in the second round. He hit it to the head, the body, then the head again. Okolie caught him flush too as the challenger tried to canter forward.
A solid one-two hit, its impact on Light a sign of the power behind those punches.
Nevertheless Light steadied himself. Okolie would tap him with his jab and then unleash the right in a sudden explosive burst.
Light however managed to reply, driving his left into Okolie, a shot that, if only for an instant, Okolie seemed to feel.
These moments of success for the New Zealander were only fleeting. Still with cussed determination Light carried on pushing himself forward, slugging his right hook into the side of Okolie's head and working to disrupt the champion when he could.