Jürgen Brähmer (born 5 October 1978) is a German professional boxer, who held the WBO title from 2009 to 2011, and the WBA (Regular) title from 2013 to 2016.

Amateur career As an amateur, Brähmer accumulated 95 wins in 100 fights including victories against Ricky Hatton in 1996, Felix Sturm in 1997 and Carl Froch in the final at the German championship in 1998.juergen-braehmer.de, Jürgen Brähmer - Life

Professional career Early career Brähmer went undefeated in his first 27 professional fights, losing for the first time to fellow German Mario Veit by majority decision in May 2006. Brähmer avenged the loss a year later, beating Veit with a fourth-round knockout. Brähmer's first title challenge came against WBA light heavyweight champion Hugo Garay. Brähmer started the fight well but as the rounds went on, Garay was more consistent and he secured a unanimous decision in the end. The bout was broadcast by ZDF.

WBO light heavyweight champion Brähmer won the EBU title on his next fight, beating Rachid Kanfouah with a round 5 technical knockout. Brähmer won the WBO interim light heavyweight title by knocking out Aleksy Kuziemski on 22 August 2009. On 13 November 2009, Brähmer became the WBO world light heavyweight world champion after the title was vacated by Zsolt Erdei, who moved up to cruiserweight. Brähmer successfully defended the title on 19 December 2009, winning a unanimous decision over Dmitry Sukhotsky and then again in 2010 against Mariano Plotinsky.

In January 2010, Brähmer was sentenced to 16 months in prison due to two separate instances of assault. During this time, the WBO issued an interim title, which was won by Nathan Cleverly. Brähmer was due to face Cleverly on 21 May 2011, but Brähmer withdrew from the bout the week of the fight citing an eye injury. Brähmer had previously called off a unification bout against Beibut Shumenov on less than a weeks' notice, citing "acute gastrointestinal illness". Due to his withdrawal, the WBO stripped Brähmer of his title and awarded it to Cleverly.https://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylt=Ag1VRCWLVBsTr3PSxVTdee6UxLYF?slug=ap-cleverly-bellew

WBA (Regular) light heavyweight champion Brähmer returned to the ring in January 2012, beating Jose Maria Guerrero by round 4 TKO. Brähmer went on to reclaim the European title against Eduard Gutknecht in February 2013.

After Beibut Shumenov was elevated to Super champion status by the WBA, Brahmer was given the chance to fight for the vacant WBA (Regular) title. In December 2013, he defeated Marcus Oliveira in Germany to claim the world title. He went on to successfully defend it against Enzo Maccarinelli, Roberto Bolonti, Pawel Glazewski, Robin Krasniqi, Konni Konrad, and Eduard Gutknecht on a rematch, winning four of those fights by stoppage. Brähmer lost the WBA title on October 1, 2016, to Nathan Cleverly. This was his seventh defence of the title. Brähmer retired on his stool after round 6, claiming a shoulder injury. A rematch was talked about following the fight.

World Boxing Super Series

In July 2017, Brähmer joined the super middleweight World Boxing Super Series. Brähmer hadn't fought at super middleweight in roughly a decade. He fought Rob Brant in the first round of the tournament, beating him by unanimous decision. He had to withdraw from the next fight and therefore the series due to an influenzal infection.

Post WBSS In his first fight after dropping out of the WBSS, Brähmer fought veteran Pablo Nievas in Hamburg, Germany. It was an easy win for the German, who was in control throughout the fight and managed to force the referee to stop the fight with a flurry of punches towards Nievas in the fifth round.

In his next fight, Brähmer again won comfortably, this time bz way of knockout, flooring his opponent Kadrija in the second round with a vicious shot in the liver.

Brähmer scored his fourth win in a row over Jürgen Doberstein, on 21 December 2019. Brähmer scored a seventh-round KO win and looked impressive doing it, stating that he is ready for another world title run.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes55Win52–3Jürgen DobersteinKO7 (12), 21 Dec 201954Win51–3Erdogan KadrijaKO2 (8), 15 Jun 201953Win50–3Pablo Daniel Zamora NievasTKO5 (8), 15 Dec 201852Win49–3Rob BrantUD1227 Oct 201751Loss48–3Nathan CleverlyRTD6 (12), 1 Oct 201650Win48–2Eduard GutknechtUD1212 Mar 201649Win47–2Konni KonradRTD7 (12), 5 Sep 201548Win46–2Robin KrasniqiRTD9 (12), 21 Mar 201547Win45–2Paweł GłażewskiKO1 (12), 6 Dec 201446Win44–2Roberto BolontiUD127 Jun 201445Win43–2Enzo Maccarinelli5 (12), 5 Apr 201444Win42–2Marcus OliveiraUD1214 Dec 201343Win41–2Stefano AbatangeloUD1224 Aug 201342Win40–2Tony AverlantTKO2 (12), 27 Apr 201341Win39–2Eduard GutknechtUD122 Feb 201340Win38–2Vikapita MeroroUD1021 Apr 201239Win37–2Jose Maria GuerreroTKO4 (8), 28 Jan 201238Win36–2Mariano PlotinskyTKO5 (12), 24 Apr 201037Win35–2Dmitry SukhotskyUD1219 Dec 200936Win34–2Aleksy KuziemskiTKO11 (12), 22 Aug 200935Win33–2Antonio BrancalionTKO1 (12), 6 Jun 200934Win32–2Rachid KanfouahTKO5 (12), 7 Mar 200933Loss31–2Hugo GarayUD1222 Nov 200832Win31–1Karim BennamaTKO9 (10), 5 Apr 200831Win30–1Mario VeitKO4 (12), 15 Sep 200730Win29–1Héctor Javier VelazcoUD1219 May 200729Win28–1Francisco MoraKO8 (10), 28 Oct 200628Loss27–1Mario Veit1227 May 200627Win27–0Andre ThysseUD124 Feb 200626Win26–0Henry PorrasTKO7 (10), 26 Nov 200525Win25–0Roman AramyanTKO6 (8), 15 Oct 200524Win24–0Omar Eduardo GonzalezUD1212 Oct 200223Win23–0Francisco LaresTKO3 (6), 6 Apr 200222Win22–0Roberto MartinsTKO2 (8)16 Mar 200221Win21–0Mike CokerTKO2 (8)15 Dec 200120Win20–0Ray DomengeKO3 (8), 24 Nov 200119Win19–0Rudi LupoKO2 (8)29 Sep 200118Win18–0Tony MenefeeTKO1 (8), 28 Jul 200117Win17–0George KlinesmithKO1, 5 May 200116Win16–0Juan Carlos ViloriaTKO57 Apr 200115Win15–0Rob BleakleyTKO424 Mar 200114Win14–0Patrick SwannTKO524 Feb 200113Win13–0Pat LawlorTKO110 Feb 200112Win12–0Jerry WilliamsUD65 Dec 200011Win11–0Domenico AlfanoTKO1 (8)25 Nov 200010Win10–0Marino MonteyneTKO3 (6), 14 Oct 20009Win9–0Jason CollinsKO1 (6)1 Oct 20008Win8–0Vedran Akrap628 May 20007Win7–0Mario LuppKO1 (6)6 May 20006Win6–0Antonio RibeiroTKO2 (6)15 Apr 20005Win5–0Robert DavisKO2 (6)1 Apr 20004Win4–0Zsolt Janko1 (6)18 Mar 20003Win3–0Ramdane KaouaneKO2 (4)11 Mar 20002Win2–0Ferousi Ilunga1 (4)5 Feb 20001Win1–0Ramdane Kaouane411 Dec 1999

References

External links

Jürgen Brähmer - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live