Lamon Brewster
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Brewster in 2011
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| Real name | Lamon Tajuan Brewster | ||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Relentless | ||||||||||||
| Rated at | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Reach | 77 in (196 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
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June 5, 1973 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 41 | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 35 | ||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Losses | 6 | ||||||||||||
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Lamon Tajuan Brewster (born June 5, 1973) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2010. He held the WBO heavyweight title from 2004 to 2006, and is best known for scoring an upset knockout victory over Wladimir Klitschko to win the vacant title. As an amateur, Brewster won a silver medal in the heavyweight division at the 1995 Pan American Games. Following his retirement from the sport in 2011, he became an entrepreneur and founded Fighting Connection Consulting in 2011.
Brewster was the 1995 US Heavyweight Champion as an amateur. Additional highlights include:
Brewster turned professional in 1996 and was undefeated for his first three years as a pro until losing decisions to Clifford Etienne and Charles Shufford in 2000.
On April 10, 2004, Brewster faced Wladimir Klitschko in a fight for the vacant World Boxing Organization championship that had been vacated by Corrie Sanders, who had upset Klitschko by knocking him out in the second round of their fight in 2003, when he decided to challenge Vitali Klitschko for the World Boxing Council title vacated when Lennox Lewis retired.
Brewster was dominated in the early going, knocked down once in the fourth round. In the fifth round, Brewster hurt Klitschko with a left hook that forced the Ukrainian fighter to use the ropes to hold himself up, which resulted in a knockdown. As the round ended, Brewster hit Klitschko with a combination of punches that caused him to go down after the bell sounded. Seeing Klitschko struggle to return to his feet, referee Robert Byrd stopped the fight and awarded a technical knockout victory to Brewster. Klitschko claimed foul play resulted in his defeat but an investigation found nothing.
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