On December 16, 2000, a 32-year-old Richie Woodhall (26-2, 16 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight WBO title held by 28-year-old Welsh boxer Joe Calzaghe (29-0, 24 KOs).
Woodhall came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 10 days. Calzaghe was on a 29-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 4 days.
Joe Calzaghe stopped Richie Woodhall via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-middleweight title. Calzaghe improves his record to 30-0 (25 KOs), while Woodhall adds a loss to his record at 26-3.
On October 23, 1999, the 31-year-old WBC super-middleweight world champion, Richie Woodhall (25-1, 15 KOs), faced Markus Beyer, in a title defense fight.
Woodhall came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 10 days.
Richie Woodhall was defending his super-middleweight WBC titles against Markus Beyer and lost via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-middleweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 25-2.
On October 19, 1996, a 28-year-old Richie Woodhall (21-0, 13 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBC title held by 27-year-old American boxer Keith Holmes (29-1, 19 KOs).
Woodhall came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 19 days. Holmes was on a 22-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 3 days.
Keith Holmes stopped Richie Woodhall via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC middleweight title. Holmes improves his record to 30-1 (20 KOs), while Woodhall adds a loss to his record at 21-1.