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Jürgen Brähmer vs. Robert Brant

Jürgen Brähmer vs. Robert Brant was a professional boxing match contested on 27 October 2017.[1]

Jürgen Brähmer vs. Robert Brant
Date27 October 2017
VenueSport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Title(s) on the lineWBC super middleweight title eliminator
Tale of the tape
Boxer Germany Jürgen Brähmer United States Robert Brant
Nickname "Bravo"
Hometown Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Pre-fight record 48–3 (35 KO) 22–0 (15 KO)
Age 39 years 27 years
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 166+9⁄10 lb (76 kg) 166 lb (75 kg)
Style Southpaw Orthodox
Recognition IBF
No. 10 Ranked Light Heavyweight
WBC
No. 12 Ranked Super Middleweight
WBA
No. 14 Ranked Light Heavyweight
TBRB
No. 9 Ranked Light Heavyweight		 WBA
No. 2 Ranked Middleweight
WBO
No. 3 Ranked Middleweight
WBC
No. 23 Ranked Super Middleweight
Result
Brähmer defeats Brant via UD (119–109, 118–110, 116–112).

Background

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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

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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

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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

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Confirmed bouts:[12]

Broadcasting

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Country Broadcaster
Baltic & Nordic countries Viasat[13]
  Belgium VOO
  Bulgaria Nova
  Canada Super Channel
  Germany SAT.1
  Russia Match! Boets[14]
  Singapore StarHub
Sub-Saharan Africa TVMS
  Turkey Tivibu Sports[15]
  United Kingdom ITV
  United States Audience[16]
  Ukraine Inter

References

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  1. ^ "Juergen Braehmer vs. Rob Brant". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Juergen Braehmer is Latest to Join World Boxing Super Series". 2 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Avni Yildirim, Rob Brant, Mike Perez Join World Boxing Super Series". 6 July 2017.
  4. ^ Robert "Bravo" Brant [@robertbrantusa] (6 July 2017). "I am proud to have the opportunity to represent the United States in the @WBSuperSeries and fight against some of the best in the world 🇺🇸🇺🇸" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Phil Haigh (25 October 2017). "Jurgen Braehmer vs Rob Brant UK time, TV channel, date, undercard and odds for WBSS quarter-final". metro.co.uk. Metro. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  6. ^ "World Boxing Super Series results: Brähmer outpoints Brant, moves to semifinal". 27 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Jurgen Braehmer beats Rob Brant to set up clash with Callum Smith". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  8. ^ Dan Rafael (28 October 2017). "Juergen Braehmer beats Rob Brant in World Boxing Super Series bout". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Juergen Braehmer vs. Rob Brant - Results ⋆ Boxing News 24". 28 October 2017.
  10. ^ ""Bester Brähmer aller Zeiten"". 29 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Callum Smith to fight Nieky Holzken after Jurgen Brahmer withdrawal". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  12. ^ "BoxRec - event".
  13. ^ "MTG will be the exclusive home of the World Boxing Super Series in the Nordic and Baltic regions". europawire.eu. EuropaWire. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  14. ^ Andrew Karlov (14 October 2017). "Groves vs Cox. Where to watch live". ringside24.com. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  15. ^ WBN Staff (9 September 2017). "WBSS agree further European media rights deals". worldboxingnews.net. World Boxing News. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  16. ^ Dan Rafael (28 September 2017). "World Boxing Super Series finds U.S. distribution for quarterfinals". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
Preceded by Jürgen Brähmer's bouts
27 October 2017 		Succeeded by
vs. Callum Smith
vs. Pablo Daniel Zamora Nievas
Preceded by
vs. Alexis Hloros
 Robert Brant's bouts
27 October 2017 		Succeeded by
vs. Colby Courter
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