On April 1, 2006, Lamon Brewster (33-2, 29 KOs), the heavyweight WBO champion, defends his title against Belarusian challenger, Siarhei Liakhovich (22-1, 14 KOs).
Lamon Brewster is coming in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round TKO victory over Luan Krasniqi, 6 months and 4 days ago. Siarhei Liakhovich is on a 6-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Dominick Guinn, 1 year, 3 months, and 29 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Lamon Brewster at 99-1 winning odds. Siarhei Liakhovich really doesn't have much to present against Brewster.
Siarhei Liakhovich defeated Lamon Brewster via unanimous decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Liakhovich improves his record to 23-1, while Brewster adds a loss to his record at 33-3.