Lovejoy goes on the boards: Charr impresses with lightning knockout


Lovejoy goes on the boards
Charr impresses with lightning knockout

His opponent Christopher Lovejoy comes with the recommendation that he has not yet lost a fight. It’s a recommendation that Mahmoud Charr doesn’t care about, which the 36-year-old heavyweight boxer mercilessly pulverized on his comeback in the ring.

Heavyweight boxer Mahmoud Charr has made an impressive and successful comeback in the ring after a break of around three and a half years. The 36-year-old won in the Baaden sports studio in Cologne against Christopher Lovejoy from the USA by knocking out in the second round. It was the first appearance after Charr’s World Cup triumph in November 2017 against Russian Alexander Ustinov.

“A quick, quick end,” judged ex-boxing star Axel Schulz as an expert to the “Bild” that broadcast this fight. “Respect! After three and a half years a chunk like that.” Charr celebrated the premature end rather unusually by turning a wheel. For him it was the 32nd victory in the 36th fight, 18 of which he won by knockout. His opponent Lovejoy was still unbeaten until the clash with Charr.

The Cologne-based man with Syrian-Lebanese roots is currently listed as a “Champion in Recess” (world champion on hold). The title had been stripped from him after he could not defend it against Trevor Bryan (USA), protégé of the promoter legend Don King, in the States at the beginning of the year.

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