On October 1, 2016, the 37-year-old WBA (Regular) light-heavyweight world champion, Jürgen Brähmer (48-2, 35 KOs), faced a 29-year-old Welsh boxer Nathan Cleverly (29-3, 15 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Brähmer came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 19 days. Cleverly was on a -1-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 15 days.
The champion refused to continue the fight in the 6th round, and Nathan Cleverly is crowned the new WBA (Regular) light-heavyweight world champion. Cleverly improves his record to 30-3 (16 KOs), while Brähmer adds a loss to his record at 48-3.
On November 22, 2008, a 30-year-old Jürgen Brähmer (31-1, 25 KOs) got a shot at the light-heavyweight WBA title held by Hugo Garay.
Brähmer came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 17 days.
Jürgen Brähmer was defending his light-heavyweight titles and, fighting for the light-heavyweight WBA titles against Hugo Garay and lost via unanimous decision in the 12-round light-heavyweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 31-2.
On May 27, 2006, a 27-year-old Jürgen Brähmer (27-0, 22 KOs) and Mario Veit met in the ring in a super-middleweight bout.
Brähmer came in to the fight on a 27-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 23 days.
Jürgen Brähmer lost to Mario Veit via majority decision in the 12-round super-middleweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 27-1.