British cruiserweight boxer Lawrence Okolie, who has held European and Commonwealth titles and has a record of 14-0, recently spoke to Sky Sports about the current Black Lives Matter movement that is sweeping the US, UK and many other places.
Okolie, who is 27 and was born in Hackney, London, said he feels a difference between what is happening now and all other anti-racist protests and movements he has lived through.
The current wave of mass protests was motivated by the killing of George Floyd, a Black man who died after then-police officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, knelt on the back of his neck for over eight minutes.