On September 9, 2017, a 32-year-old Marco Huck (40-4-1, 27 KOs) got a shot at the cruiserweight WBO title held by 30-year-old Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs).
Huck came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 8 days. Usyk was on a 12-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 1 day.
Oleksandr Usyk stopped Marco Huck via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO cruiserweight title. Usyk improves his record to 13-0 (11 KOs), while Huck adds a loss to his record at 40-5-1.
On April 1, 2017, 32-year-old Marco Huck (40-3-1, 27 KOs) and 32-year-old Mairis Briedis (21-0, 18 KOs) fought for the vacant WBC cruiserweight title.
Huck came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 13 days. Briedis was on a 21-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 17 days.
Mairis Briedis defeated Marco Huck via unanimous decision . Briedis improves his record to 22-0, while Huck adds a loss to his record at 40-4-1.
On August 14, 2015, the 30-year-old WBO cruiserweight world champion, Marco Huck (38-2-1, 26 KOs), faced a 29-year-old Polish boxer Krzysztof Głowacki (24-0, 15 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Huck came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 11 months and 15 days. Głowacki was on a 24-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 14 days.
Krzysztof Głowacki stopped the champion via KO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBO cruiserweight champion. Głowacki improves his record to 25-0 (16 KOs), while Huck adds a loss to his record at 38-3-1.
On February 25, 2012, a 27-year-old Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight WBA (Regular) title held by 32-year-old Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin (23-0, 16 KOs).
Huck came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 3 days. Povetkin was on a 23-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 22 days.
Alexander Povetkin defeated Marco Huck via majority decision and successfully defended his WBA (Regular) heavyweight title. Povetkin improves his record to 24-0, while Huck adds a loss to his record at 34-2.
On December 29, 2007, a 23-year-old Marco Huck (19-0, 14 KOs) got a shot at the cruiserweight IBF title held by 31-year-old American boxer Steve Cunningham (20-1, 10 KOs).
Huck came in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 3 days. Cunningham was on a 1-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 3 days.
Steve Cunningham stopped Marco Huck via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF cruiserweight title. Cunningham improves his record to 21-1 (11 KOs), while Huck adds a loss to his record at 19-1.