By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing
Former WBA heavyweight champion Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne (29-2, 25 KOs) stopped John Hopoate (12-7, 11 KOs) on Saturday at the StMarys Band Club, StMarys, NSW, Australia. Browne dropped Hopoate twice in round one. In round two, Hopoate connected with a solid combination, but the former world champion regained control and was connecting with a barrage of punches on the former first grade footballer that had him out on his feet when referee Les Fear called the fight off at 2:55.
He’s still pretty good but I don’t know if he can get back to the top again. He shouldn’t be getting tagged by semi pro fighters.
He was only warming the chair when he was at “the top ” ………too old,too slow and has become a club fighter but he’s pretty tough,I’ll give him that !!
“Hopoate connected with a solid combination, but the former world champion regained control.”
“Former world champion”? This must be some kind of joke…
Yes, the joke is called boxing.
Tyson Fury is a former world champion. He took drugs too. Im more opt to call big daddy a champion. At least he defended his belt.
When was that ? Didn’t his title get taken from him? Wba tin foil championship!
Please get it right Brown was never a former world champion he got banned by the WBA for taking drugs and it was not classed as a win.
Lucas Browne in my opinion would make a better sparring partner for the upper class fighters than he does as a fighter with hopeful dreams of making it back to the top. Browne’s record is truly an illusion of a great-accomplished record only governed by so-so fighters with a few real-good fights. No, I am not a fan.
Big daddy has a David Price chin and will betrayed by it against the top contenders.
Remember that time Lucas Browne had lined himself back up to a top contender spot in the WBA (World Belt Awarders) and he called Dylan Whyte out like a big tough guy and got laid out?
Good times!
Tbh by the time he got the big fights he was too old. I remember when he took out towers! He was a beast back then! It took five years for the big fights to happen shame he didn’t get a fight like the whyte fight in his peak years