On August 22, 1998, the 28-year-old IBF super-middleweight world champion, Charles Brewer (31-5, 21 KOs), faced a 35-year-old Antoine Byrd (31-6-1, 17 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Brewer came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 25 days. Byrd was on a 1-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 29 days.
Charles Brewer made easy work of Antoine Byrd, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Brewer improves his record to 32-5 (22 KOs), while Byrd adds a loss to his record at 31-7-1.
On March 28, 1998, the 28-year-old IBF super-middleweight world champion, Charles Brewer (30-5, 20 KOs), faced a 38-year-old British boxer Herol Graham (48-5, 28 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Brewer came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 26 days. Graham was on a 4-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 22 days.
Charles Brewer stopped Herol Graham via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF super-middleweight title. Brewer improves his record to 31-5 (21 KOs), while Graham adds a loss to his record at 48-6.
On June 21, 1997, 27-year-old Charles Brewer (28-5, 19 KOs) and Gary Ballard fought for the vacant IBF super-middleweight title.
Brewer came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 3 days.
Charles Brewer stopped Gary Ballard via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Brewer improves his record to 29-5 (20 KOs)
On April 20, 2002, a 32-year-old Charles Brewer (37-8, 26 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight WBO title held by 30-year-old Welsh boxer Joe Calzaghe (32-0, 27 KOs).
Brewer came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 15 days. Calzaghe was on a 32-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 7 days.
Joe Calzaghe defeated Charles Brewer via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO super-middleweight title. Calzaghe improves his record to 33-0, while Brewer adds a loss to his record at 37-9.
On December 2, 1997, the 28-year-old IBF super-middleweight world champion, Charles Brewer (29-5, 20 KOs), faced Joey DeGrandis, in a title defense fight.
Brewer came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 11 days.
Charles Brewer defeated Joey DeGrandis via unanimous decision and successfully defended his IBF super-middleweight title. Brewer improves his record to 30-5
On January 14, 1990, a 20-year-old Charles Brewer (5-0, 3 KOs) and John McClendon met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Brewer came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 26 days.
In the rematch, Charles Brewer stopped John McClendon via TKO in the 4th round. Brewer improves his record to 6-0 (4 KOs)
On October 29, 1999, a 30-year-old Charles Brewer (33-6, 23 KOs) and Reggie Strickland met in the ring.
Brewer came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 21 days.
Charles Brewer stopped Reggie Strickland via TKO in the 2nd round. Brewer improves his record to 34-6 (24 KOs)
On September 19, 2003, a 33-year-old Charles Brewer (39-9, 27 KOs) and Freeman Barr met in the ring.
Brewer came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 19 days.
Charles Brewer stopped Freeman Barr via TKO in the 5th round. Brewer improves his record to 40-9 (28 KOs)
On September 2, 2000, Charles Brewer and Sven Ottke met again in a rematch.
Brewer came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 30 days. Ottke was on a 19-fight win streak with a 10% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 30 days.
Sven Ottke defeated Charles Brewer via split decision in the rematch and successfully defended his IBF super-middleweight title. Ottke improves his record to 20-0, while Brewer adds a loss to his record at 35-7.
On December 8, 2000, a 31-year-old Charles Brewer (35-7, 25 KOs) and Esteban Cervantes met in the ring.
Brewer came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 59% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 6 days.
Charles Brewer stopped Esteban Cervantes via TKO in the 1st round. Brewer improves his record to 36-7 (26 KOs)