Owen LeFranc Beck (born 31 May 1976) is a Jamaican former professional boxer who competed between 1998 and 2026. He challenged once for the WBA heavyweight title in 2006.
Amateur career He had an amateur record of 73 wins and 5 losses.
Professional career Known as Owen "What the Heck" Beck, Beck began his career in 1998 by winning his first 24 fights, but all against limited opposition, the best being amateur star Derrell Dixon and undefeated Taurus Sykes.
This streak and a contract with Don King set up a WBC & IBF Heavyweight Title Eliminator bout against heavyweight contender Monte Barrett in 2005, where Beck lost by technical knockout in the third round.
After his first defeat, Beck again lost to Ray Austin, but beat cruiserweight Darnell Wilson to set up a shot against the former WBA Heavyweight Title holder Nikolai Valuev. Valuev defeated Beck, dropping him twice and winning via TKO in the 3rd. After he fought Valuev he made a comeback and won the fight against Ricardo Arce via 2nd-round technical knockout and had another fight against Marvin Hunt and beat him via first-round knockout.
He took a 19-month break from boxing before returning to the ring in June 2009.
He fought Andrew Greeley and won the match by split decision on 13 June 2009.
He fought Jermell Barnes on 21 August 2009 in a fight which he won by unanimous decision with the scores of 79–73, 77–75 and 80–72 all in favor of Beck. Also in late 2009 Owen enlisted a new trainer Clinton Barnes.
On 16 January 2010, Beck fought Manuel Charr and lost by technical knockout in the tenth and final round with 16 seconds left on the clock.
On 16 April, Beck fought Tony Thompson in Memphis, Tennessee, and was knocked out at 2-minutes and 50-seconds of the 4th round.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes42Loss29–13Ignacio EsparzaMD1029 Oct 2016 41Loss29–12Oleg MaskaevTKO3 (10), 30 Dec 201240Loss29–11Deontay WilderRTD3 (8), 23 Jun 201239Loss29–10Sergey RozhnovUD48 Feb 201238Loss29–9Artur Szpilka4 (6)15 Oct 201137Loss29–8David RodriguezKO3 (10), 24 May 201136Loss29–7Cedric BoswellKO9 (10), 7 Dec 201035Loss29–6Alex LeapaiTKO6 (10), 12 Aug 201034Loss29–5Tony ThompsonTKO4 (10), 16 Apr 201033Loss29–4Manuel CharrTKO10 (10), 9 Jan 201032Win29–3Jermell BarnesUD821 Aug 200931Win28–3Andrew GreeleySD813 Jun 200930Win27–3Marvin HuntTKO1 (6), 8 Nov 200729Win26–3Ricardo ArceTKO2 (10), 28 Sep 200728Loss25–3Nikolai ValuevTKO3 (12), 3 Jun 200627Win25–2Darnell WilsonUD87 Jan 200626Loss24–2Ray AustinSD123 Sep 200525Loss24–1Monte BarrettTKO9 (12), 5 Feb 200524Win24–0Troy WeidaTKO1 (10), 4 Sep 200423Win23–0Vernon WoodwardTKO2 (8)18 Jun 200422Win22–0Byron PolleyTKO1 (8), 15 May 200421Win21–0Daniel FrankTKO3 (10), 1 May 200420Win20–0Scott ConnerDQ2 (8), 15 Apr 200419Win19–0George AriasUD1220 Sep 200318Win18–0Mike MiddletonTKO1 (10)4 Jan 200317Win17–0Craig TomlinsonTKO5 (10), 14 Dec 200216Win16–0Rogério LoboTKO4 (8), 27 Jun 200215Win15–0Chavez FranciscoKO1 (8), 30 Mar 200214Win14–0Franklin EdmondsonTKO525 Oct 200113Win13–0Roy BedwellKO29 Sep 200112Win12–0Ron GulletteTKO228 Jun 200111Win11–0Sean WilliamsTKO224 May 200110Win10–0Ramon HayesTKO212 Apr 20019Win9–0David SmithTKO210 Mar 20018Win8–0Ken WilliamsTKO217 Feb 20017Win7–0[Taurus Sykes]]UD67 Oct 20006Win6–0Rocky BentleyTKO514 Sep 20005Win5–0James HollyTKO226 Aug 20004Win4–0Derrell DixonUD425 May 20003Win3–0Lee SwabyPTS411 Dec 19992Win2–0Luke SimpkinPTS47 Aug 19991Win1–0Max KeyTKO112 Dec 1998
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