Mikael Lawal

Mikael Lawal
Born	Lagos, Nigeria
Nationality	British
Other names	Lethal
Statistics
Weight(s)	Cruiserweight
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	19
Wins	17
Wins by KO	11
Losses	2

Mikael Lawal is a British professional boxer who held the British cruiserweight title until October 2023.

Professional career

Lawal made his professional debut in April 2017, defeating Jindrich Velecky via a 1st-round TKO win.

He got his first big break on 14 October 2017 featuring on the undercard of George Groves versus Jamie Cox, at Wembley Arena defeating Tomislav Rudan in two rounds.

After signing with Sauerland Promotions, he got another fight on the undercard of a major fight, featuring on the undercard of the WBC and WBO title fight between Mairis Briedis and Oleksandr Usyk in Arena Riga,Latvia.

Early life

Lawal was born in Lagos, Nigeria but moved to the UK aged 1. He lived in the UK until the age of 13 when he moved back to Nigeria with his mother, who died a short while later. Lawal, then aged 14, moved in with his birth father and his stepmother. He did not get along with his stepmother, who used to tell his father lies about him so that he would be beaten. Eventually Lawal ran away from home, where he lived on the streets for a short period before visiting the British High Commission where he was able to be placed in an orphanage, before eventually receiving a temporary passport and returning to the UK aged 16.

After living with friends despite having family in London, Lawal began living in a hostel where his key worker referred him to boxing as a means to deal with his behaviour and anger issues, Lawal immediately took an interest to the sport but after a while began to struggle with the financial commitments to pay for training and finding a suitable amateur club. After a recommendation from one of his cousins, he visited Stonebridge Amateur Boxing Club where he rekindled his love for boxing and was eventually offered access to the gym free of charge by Aamir Ali, the clubs Director, as he saw the potential in Lawal. He then had a short amateur career of 9 fights before turning pro.

Professional boxing record

19 fights	17 wins	2 losses
By knockout	11	0
By decision	6	2

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
19	Loss	17–2	Viddal Riley	UD	10	31 Mar 2024	The O2 Arena, London, England	For English cruiserweight title
18	Loss	17–1	Isaac Chamberlain	UD	12	21 Oct 2023	York Hall, London, England	Lost British and for vacant Commonwealth cruiserweight titles
17	Win	17–0	David Jamieson	RTD	8	27 Nov 2022	Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, London, England	Won vacant British cruiserweight title
16	Win	16–0	Javier Andino	KO	2	30 July 2022	Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England
15	Win	15–0	Leonardo Damian Bruzzese	TKO	5	20 Nov 2021	Wembley Arena, London, England
14	Win	14–0	Benoit Huber	TKO	3	2 Oct 2021	Wembley Arena, London, England
13	Win	13–0	Ossie Jervier	UD	6	10 Nov 2020	BT Sports Studio, London, England
12	Win	12–0	Damian Chambers	TKO	1	19 Jul 2019	Planet Ice, Cheshire, England
11	Win	11–0	David Jamieson	UD	3	19 Jul 2019	Planet Ice, Altrincham, England
10	Win	10–0	Antony Woolery	MD	3	19 July 2019	Planet Ice, Altrincham, England
9	Win	9–0	Kent Kauppinen	PTS	6	19 July 2019	York Hall, London, England
8	Win	8–0	Tamas Kozma	KO	3	28 Sep 2018	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
7	Win	7–0	Istvan Kun	TKO	3	14 Jul 2018	Baden-Arena, Offenburg, Germany
6	Win	6–0	Adam Williams	TKO	5	17 Feb 2018	Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
5	Win	5–0	Istvan Orsos	UD	6	27 Jan 2018	Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia
4	Win	4–0	Tomislav Rudan	TKO	2	14 Oct 2017	Wembley Arena, London, England
3	Win	3–0	Jakub Wojcik	PTS	4	16 Sep 2017	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
2	Win	2–0	Florians Strupits	TKO	1	9 Jul 2017	York Hall, London, England
1	Win	1–0	Jindrich Velecky	TKO	1	22 Apr 2017	York Hall, London, England

External links

• Boxing record for Mikael Lawal from BoxRec (registration required)