Jürgen Brähmer vs. Robert Brant was a professional boxing match contested on 27 October 2017.[1]
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| Date | 27 October 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Sport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC super middleweight title eliminator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brähmer defeats Brant via UD (119–109, 118–110, 116–112). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
Brähmer entered the World Boxing Super Series in July 2017, having not fought since losing to Nathan Cleverly at Light Heavyweight the previous October.[2] Four days later it was announced that unbeaten prospect Rob Brant would move up from middleweight to super middleweight to enter the tournament, the only American boxer to take part.[3] Given the opportunity to compete, Brant stated he would "be proud to have the opportunity to represent the United States".[4]
At the WBSS draft Gala, held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on 8 July, Brähmer, seeded fourth in the tournament, was matched against Brant.
Brähmer's last fight at super middleweight was a decision win over Mario Veit in September 2007, before he moved up to win the WBO Light heavyweight title. Brant entered the fight as a 8/13 favourite.[5]
The fight
Brähmer dominated the bout, outboxing and outworking Brant over the twelve rounds.[6] Brant was unable to cope with Brähmer's refined technique, and he eventually seemed to tire out having never fought twelve rounds before. At the end of 12 rounds, all three judges scored the bout for Brähmer 119–109, 118–110 and 116–112.[7][8][9] Brähmer's promoter and tournament organizer, Kalle Sauerland, called it Brähmer's best performance of all time.[10]
Aftermath
Brähmer moved on to the semi finals to face Callum Smith. However he was forced to withdraw due to an influenzal infection, three days after the first semi final between George Groves and Chris Eubank Jr..[11]
Undercard
Confirmed bouts:[12]
