On March 13, 2010, a 29-year-old Adam Richards (23-2, 15 KOs) got a shot at the cruiserweight WBO title held by 25-year-old German boxer Marco Huck (27-1, 20 KOs).
Richards came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 19 days. Huck was on a 8-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 8 days.
Marco Huck made easy work of Adam Richards, stopping the challenger via KO in the 3rd. Huck improves his record to 28-1 (21 KOs), while Richards adds a loss to his record at 23-3.
On November 15, 2008, a 27-year-old Adam Richards (21-1, 14 KOs) and a 27-year-old Chazz Witherspoon (23-1, 15 KOs) met in the ring.
Richards came in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 20 days. Witherspoon was on a -1-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 25 days.
Chazz Witherspoon stopped Adam Richards via TKO in the 8th round. Witherspoon improves his record to 24-1 (16 KOs), while Richards adds a loss to his record at 21-2.
On June 17, 2001, a 20-year-old Adam Richards (2-0, 2 KOs) and Kevin Petty met in the ring.
Richards came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 9 days.
Adam Richards lost to Kevin Petty via TKO in the 3rd round, and adds an loss to his record at 2-1.