On December 7, 2024, the 40-year-old WBA (Regular) heavyweight world champion, Mahmoud Charr (34-4, 20 KOs), faced a 43-year-old Bulgarian boxer Kubrat Pulev (31-3, 14 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Charr came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 11 months, and 16 days. Pulev was on a 2-fight win streak with a 41% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 7 days.
Kubrat Pulev defeated Mahmoud Charr via unanimous decision and wins the WBA (Regular) title — in his first world-title fight. Pulev improves his record to 32-3, while Charr adds a loss to his record at 34-5.
On August 22, 2015, a 30-year-old Mahmoud Charr (28-3, 16 KOs) and a 30-year-old Latvian boxer Mairis Briedis (16-0, 13 KOs) met in the ring.
Charr came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months. Briedis was on a 16-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 25 days.
Mairis Briedis stopped Manuel Charr via KO in the 5th round. Briedis improves his record to 17-0 (14 KOs), while Charr adds a loss to his record at 28-4.
On April 10, 2015, a 30-year-old Mahmoud Charr (27-2, 16 KOs) and a 34-year-old French boxer Johann Duhaupas (31-2, 20 KOs) met in the ring.
Charr came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 17 days. Duhaupas was on a -1-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 27 days.
Johann Duhaupas defeated Manuel Charr via majority decision in the 10-round fight. Duhaupas improves his record to 32-2, while Charr adds a loss to his record at 27-3.
On May 30, 2014, a 29-year-old Mahmoud Charr (26-1, 15 KOs) and a 34-year-old Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin (26-1, 18 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Charr came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 18 days. Povetkin was on a -1-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 25 days.
Alexander Povetkin stopped Manuel Charr via KO in the 7th round. Povetkin improves his record to 27-1 (19 KOs), while Charr adds a loss to his record at 26-2.
On September 8, 2012, a 27-year-old Mahmoud Charr (21-0, 11 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight WBC title held by 41-year-old Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klitschko (44-2, 40 KOs).
Charr came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 9 days. Klitschko was on a 12-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 21 days.
Vitali Klitschko stopped Manuel Charr via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title. Klitschko improves his record to 45-2 (41 KOs), while Charr adds a loss to his record at 21-1.