On March 5, 2016, Ruslan Chagaev (34-2-1, 21 KOs), the heavyweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against Australian challenger, Lucas Browne (23-0, 20 KOs).
Ruslan Chagaev is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round TKO victory over Francesco Pianeta, 7 months and 23 days ago. Lucas Browne is on a 23-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, with his last fight being a 9th round KO win over Julius Long, 6 months and 20 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Lucas Browne at 99-1 winning odds. Ruslan Chagaev really doesn't have much to present against Browne.
Lucas Browne stopped the champion via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA (Regular) heavyweight champion. Browne improves his record to 24-0 (21 KOs), while Chagaev adds a loss to his record at 34-3-1.