Charr vs Lovejoy

Who won Charr vs Lovejoy?

Manuel Charr beat Christopher Lovejoy by knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday 15th May 2021 at Box Gym in 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, Manuel Charr stepped into the ring with a record of 31 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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

The stats suggested Lovejoy had a massive power advantage over Charr, boosting at 100% knock out percentage over Charr's 55%.

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

Lovejoy had a height advantage of 1 inch over Charr.

Both Manuel Charr & 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 186 more professional rounds, 210 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 25th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Heavyweight championship fight at Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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

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

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

He had won against Alex Leapai on 22nd May 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, meaning he had been fighting on average 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?

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