On November 10, 2018, a 35-year-old Tony Bellew (30-2-1, 20 KOs) got a shot at the undisputed cruiserweight championship held by 31-year-old Oleksandr Usyk (15-0, 11 KOs).
Bellew came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 5 days. Usyk was on a 15-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 20 days.
Oleksandr Usyk stopped Tony Bellew via KO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring cruiserweight titles. Usyk improves his record to 16-0 (12 KOs), while Bellew adds a loss to his record at 30-3-1.
On November 30, 2013, a 31-year-old Tony Bellew (20-1-1, 12 KOs) got a shot at the light-heavyweight WBC and The Ring title held by 36-year-old Canadian boxer Adonis Stevenson (22-1, 19 KOs).
Bellew came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 5 days. Stevenson was on a 9-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 2 days.
Adonis Stevenson stopped Tony Bellew via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC and The Ring light-heavyweight titles. Stevenson improves his record to 23-1 (20 KOs), while Bellew adds a loss to his record at 20-2-1.
On October 15, 2011, a 28-year-old Tony Bellew (16-0, 10 KOs) got a shot at the light-heavyweight WBO title held by 24-year-old Welsh boxer Nathan Cleverly (22-0, 11 KOs).
Bellew came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 29 days. Cleverly was on a 22-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 24 days.
Nathan Cleverly defeated Tony Bellew via majority decision and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Cleverly improves his record to 23-0, while Bellew adds a loss to his record at 16-1.