Sergei Liakhovich lifts the WBO title from Lamon Brewster in one of the greatest heavyweight fights of all time. After falling behind on points early, Brewster hurts Liakhovich with a right hand in the fifth round and rains bombs on him but fails to put the challenger away. They continue to wreck each other in the sixth before Liakhovich takes his turn to hurt Brewster to the body and then to the head. Both fighters are hurt in round seven, but it is Liakhovich who wilts to a knee under heavy punishment to the body and head at the end of the round. The challenger regroups and has Brewster wobbling badly after a right hand in the ninth round. A left hook from Liakhovich wobbles Brewster again in the eleventh. Brewster gives everything he has left in the tank in the twelfth but loses his title via unanimous decision. Neither man is ever the same, especially Brewster, who suffers a detached retina in the fight.

Lamon Brewster vs. Sergei Liakhovich

Shannon Briggs reclaims a heavyweight title when he scores a dramatic knockout of WBO Champion Sergei Liakhovich. After going on the attack in the opening round, Briggs fights extremely sparingly for the next seven rounds, falling well behind on points to the champion, who is just active enough to bag the rounds. After hurting Liakhovich in the eleventh, Briggs rocks him with another right hand in the eleventh and lands another that sends him to his knees, hanging between the ropes. Liakhovich gets to his feet and stumbles into a corner, but Briggs follows up by pummeling the champion and sending him tumbling through the ropes and onto a ringside table with only two seconds left in the bout. Liakhovich tries to pull himself together to get back in the ring, but Referee Robert Ferrara stops the fight anyway.

Lamon Brewster vs. Sergei Liakhovich

Sergei Liakhovich vs. Shannon Briggs

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