Good Night Sweetheart! Dillian White Knocks Out 25-0 Lucas Browne With A Monster Left Hook
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent
London, UK (March 25th, 2018)– On Saturday, March 24, 2018, 25-0 heavyweight Lucas Browne was not Bad Bad Leroy Brown. Dangerous Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte made his bid for a rematch with Anthony Joshua, a shot at Deontay Wilder, or a crack at the WBA regular world heavyweight title held by Manuel Charr with a convincing sixth-round knockout of Browne at O2 Arena in Greenwich, England. The brutal, one-sided bout was not anticipated, but as the bout progressed, the way it ended was never in doubt. Whyte, 23-1, 17 knockouts, London, made his statement.
At 37 seconds of round six, the bout appeared over as quickly as it began, with Whyte retaining the World Boxing Council Silver Heavyweight title in the process. The 38-year-old Browne, a former WBA World heavyweight champion who was stripped of his title, wound up in a situation similar to Luis Ortiz against Wilder, being too old in the heavyweight division to deal with any real thunder from his opponents at the top of the heavyweight heap. Whyte had Browne’s left eye cut underneath in round one, and things only got worse for him from that point on. With Browne’s jabs coming in with lightning speed, and power right hands doing progressively more and more damage, other than a brief rally in the third round, Browne showed nothing. After a grazing right hand off the back of the Browne’s head, Whyte landed the coup-de-grace, which put Browne into dreamland. Browne needed oxygen, and left the ring on a stretcher.
Result: Dillian Whyte KO 6 Lucas Browne (0:37)
Referee: Ian John Lewis
Browne needed oxygen, and left the ring on a stretcher.
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