Lamon Brewster

American black boxer born in 1973 and world champion heavy trucks WBO from April 10th, 2004 to April 1st, 2006.

Brewster is one of the best heavy trucks black of the years 2000 at the side of Chris Byrd and of Calvin Brock, excel puncher he nevertheless knew the failure as his fellow-members against boxers of Eastern Europe which currently dominates the category of the heavy ones.

He begins his career pro in 1996 and until 2000 gains 23 uninterrupted victories before knowing its first failure. During this period it boxes Beverly Hills with Las Vegas while passing by Atlantic City and strikes almost all its adversaries in the first 3 rounds affirming itself like excellent a puncher.

It is in 2000 qu ' it knows its first two reverses against two good boxers: Clifford Etienne and Charles Shufford. Two defeats at the point which relegates it to the second plan and make it have patience until 2004 having its championnant first of the world. Until this date, Brewster gains before the limit against all its adversaries and do not lose any combat. It also seizes very secondary title: WBO NABO and continental WBC.

April 10th, 2004, extremely of its 29 victories of which 26 before the limit and of only two defeats at the point, he faces the frightening Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko for title WBO of heavy that the Klitschko brothers had divided themselves since 2000. This reconquest of the title seems a formality for the Ukrainian who had lost it.

This day there on the boxing ring of Las Vegas, the forecasts are confirmed, although aggressive, Brewster is not able to be essential against Kitschko which makes use skilfully of its large lengthening-piece to mark points and which clings to him to withdraw any initiative to him. During 3 rounds Brewster boxes many the frightening direct ones of the Ukrainian without finding solutions. To the 4th round it is not due been able and is found with the carpet. Raised Lamon and is saved by the gong. The following round, the public waits until it is completed but Brewster which knew to change the course of number of its engagements badly engaged by only one blow, proves its talent to turn over the situations while striking a series of sequence which surprises Wladimir in the 30 last seconds of the end of the round. Releasing it more and imposing its punch finally, Brewster wedges Klitschko unable to be defended in the cords where the referee the account. Brewster the sending with ground right at the end of the round and Klitschko tries with difficulty to join its corner before the referee does not stop the combat.

By this victory of at 30 seconds of fast and unexpected sequences, Brewster achieves its greater exploit. This boxer with the military shorts of yellow color and the hairstyle in African braid asserts himself like one of the heavy trucks impossible to circumvent. September 4th, 2004 in Las Vegas, it successfully defends its title at the point against Kali Meehan, one of rare the adversary which it leaves upright, Brewster is not solved to strike Meehan a friendly boxer who helped it in his preparation against Klitschko.

May 25th, 2005 he faces Andrew Golota in his stronghold of Chicago vis-a-vis a completely acquired hostile crowd with Golota and which launches refuses to him, Brewster goes up on the boxing ring of a massacring mood. It destroys Golota into 1 round by sending it to the carpet by three times. Lamon finishes the year by a new victory before the limit against Luan Krasniqi.

April 1st, 2006, it fights the Belorusse Sergeï Lyakhovich with Cleveland. At the time of the 2nd round, the champion undergoes a detachment of retina. Handicapped, it loses the combat at the point. Because of its wound, Brewster does not go up on the boxing ring before July 2007. Meanwhile its large Klitschko rival became new world champion IBF and asserts himself like the new great champion of the category. Brewster takes the risk to face it with new after one year of absence of the boxing rings.

This revenge which has lieut on July 7th, 2007 with Cologne in Germany will see the triumph of the Ukrainian. Qualified " fights with direction unique" by the press, Brewster at the time of this meeting will show the same gaps vis-a-vis the lengthening-piece of Klitschko as during their first confrontation, without finding solutions and its corner will oblige it to give up between 6th and 7th rounds. It is the first time that Brewster loses before the limit.

At the 34 years age, obviously on the decline, it seems not very probable that Brewster succeeds in with new seizing a championship.

Prize list: 33 victories (29 KB) 4 defeats (1 KB) 0 null 0 No contest

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