The boxing profession of Australia’s former heavyweight world champion Lucas Browne appears to be over.
The person large dubbed Massive Daddy was all however knocked into retirement on Sunday by up and coming Kiwi heavy hitter Hemi Ahio.
Ahio took barely a minute to beat 45-year-old Browne on the Kambosos-Lomachenko undercard in Perth.
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A brutal proper hand dropped Browne to the canvas, however bizarrely the referee allowed the veteran to stand up and hold preventing.
“A really unhealthy opening minute for Lucas Browne,” Ben Damon stated on commentary for Essential Occasion.
“Lucas Browne is hard however the referee must do the correct factor right here… oh pricey.
“I feel he ought to have stopped it proper there.”
Browne stored preventing however the referee needed to step in once more barely 10 seconds later and finish the bout.
Damon urged will probably be the final we see of Browne in a boxing ring.
“Let’s hope that’s the finish of the highway for Lucas ‘Massive Daddy’ Browne,” Damon stated.
“He has been a heavyweight world champion and he has been all around the world, however he discovered himself effectively and actually within the firing line right here right now.”
Browne previously held the heavyweight world title after beating Ruslan Chagaev in 2015, however later had the belt stripped when he examined constructive to clenbuterol.
He was additionally the Australian and Commonwealth champion from 2012 to 2015.
In April 2021 Browne suffered a devastating first-round knockout loss to rugby league legend Paul Gallen in Wollongong.
After watching Sunday’s combat, American boxing nice Shawn Porter stated the bout ought to by no means have occurred.
“You possibly can have all of the expertise on the earth, however when you do not have the punch resistance, the basics and energy you used to have… this was solely a matter of time,” Porter stated.
“I joked once I stated ‘what’s he doing within the ring?’ – however if you’re 45 years previous you’ve got simply bought to search out one thing else to do.
“For those who’re 45 and also you wish to do that in entrance of your loved ones and buddies within the ring, be sure (promoters) match you with somebody you’ll be able to simply transfer round with.”
Browne’s skilled document stands at 31 wins and 6 losses.
