On May 15th, WBA heavyweight champion in recess Mahmoud “Diamond Boy” Charr (34-4, 17 KOs) will finally get back into the ring. But it won’t be against Trevor Bryan as originally planned by the WBA. Charr will face undefeated Christopher “Pretty Boy” Lovejoy (19-0, 19 KOs).
“It’s time to finally get back in the ring,” stated Charr. “I am in absolutely top shape! Lovejoy will suffer the first defeat of his career and that’s just the beginning!”
The fight will take place in Hamburg in the EC Boxing Promotion Gym. It will be Charr’s first fight since 2017. Lovejoy is not currently in the WBA rankings. Interestingly, all of the 37-year-old Lovejoy’s fights have been in Tijuana, BCN, Mexico.
WBA heavyweight champion who hasn’t fought in nearly 4 years eh?
Perfect example of why boxing is a confusing mess and why most people don’t follow this once very popular sport anymore.
WBA is a complete joke.
Fun fact: I am also undefeated in Tijuana. 🙂
Pretty sure you could get a belt for that if you paid the sanctioning fee.
This is just an absolutely wonderful freak show of a fight. Lovejoy retired a few weeks ago, has that record and has only fought in Mexico and Manuel Charr hasn’t fought since 1965.
The word Circus comes to mind, how did this guy ever get a crack at the title, what will the title become “champion who was in recess”, when I was at school recess was an adults term for play lunch, sounds fitting
Anybody remember Heavyweight boxer Don Steele? He was 41-0 (41 KOs) heading into his fight with Brian Nielsen. If not for a No Contest somewhere in there, I believe that would have put him in the record books for most consecutive KOs for a Heavyweight to start a career. I didn’t think it possible to have a more over-inflated record than Steele, then along came Christopher Lovejoy….
This is so confusing. Who is Charr? Wasn’t he supposed to fight Oquendo a few years ago? Is Oquendo still ranked by WBA?
Wonder why the UFC is the favorite with people under 40?
Lovejoy is awesome. Best divy around.
Is Fres Oquendo on the undercard?
Charr is like a bad case of Herpes. Just won’t go away