Lamon Brewster
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"Relentless" Lamon Tajuan Brewster (b. June 5 1973, Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American heavyweight boxer, and the current holder of the World Boxing Organization version of the world heavyweight title. His record as of 22 May 2005 consisted of 32 wins (28 by knockout) and 2 defeats (to Clifford Etienne and Charles Shufford, respectively).
On February 2, 2002, Brewster knocked out Nate Jones to win the North American Boxing Organization title, placing him as a mandatory challenge for the WBO world championship. In October 2003, WBO champion Corrie Sanders relinquished the title rather than face Brewster, setting the stage for Brewster to face highly-regarded former WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko.
On April 10, 2004, Brewster knocked out Klitschko in the fifth round to win the vacant WBO world heavyweight belt. His first defense was a hotly disputed split decision win over lightly regarded Kali Meehan and his second defense came on May 21, 2005 when he knocked down Andrew Golota three times to score a TKO win in just 53 seconds to retain his title.
External Links
"Gone in 53 Seconds" Recap of 1st WBO Title defense (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/more/05/21/bc.box.golota.brewster.ap/index.html)