Charr vs Lovejoy

Who won Charr vs Lovejoy?

Mahmoud Charr beat Christopher Lovejoy by knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday, May 15th, 2021, at Box Gym, Nordrhein-Westfalen.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Charr vs Lovejoy stats

Back in May 2021, Mahmoud Charr stepped into the ring with a record of 31 wins, 4 losses, and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Christopher Lovejoy made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 19 wins and 0 draws, with 19 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Lovejoy had a massive power advantage over Charr, boasting a 100% knockout percentage compared to Charr's 55%.

Mahmoud Charr was the younger man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Lovejoy had a height advantage of 1 inch over Charr.

Both Mahmoud Charr and Christopher Lovejoy fought out of an orthodox stance.

Charr was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 10 years and 9 months earlier than Lovejoy, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 198 more professional rounds, totaling 222 compared to Lovejoy's 24.

Charr vs Lovejoy form

Charr had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Alexander Ustinov on November 25, 2017, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Heavyweight championship fight at Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Prior to that, he had defeated Sefer Seferi on September 17, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Goeppingen, Baden-Württemberg.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Andrei Mazanik on June 4, 2016, by technical knockout in the 7th round at Autohaus Duerkop, Hessen.

Before that, he had been beaten by Mairis Briedis on August 22, 2015, by knockout in the 5th round at Colosseum Sport Hall, Grozny, Russia.

He had won against Alex Leapai on May 22, 2015, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Luzhniki, Moscow.

Activity check

Charr's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 23 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 2 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.

What time did Charr vs Lovejoy start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM UTC at Box Gym, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, which was 4:00 PM EST or 1:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 9:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Charr vs Lovejoy?

Mahmoud Charr was a 1/10 (-1000) favorite going into the contest, while Christopher Lovejoy made his way into the ring at 5/1 (+500) with oddsmakers.