Lamon Brewster

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"Relentless" Lamon Tajuan Brewster (born June 5, 1973 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American heavyweight professional boxer, who won the silver medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. As a pro he has won the World Boxing Organization's version of the world heavyweight title. His record as of April 14, 2006 consists of 33 wins (29 by knockout) and 3 defeats (to Clifford Etienne, Charles Shufford, and Sergei Liakhovich, respectively).

On February 2, 2002, Brewster knocked out Nate Jones to win the North American Boxing Organization title; the win made him the mandatory challenger for the WBO champion. In October 2003, WBO Champion Corrie Sanders vacated the title (to accept a match for the higher-profile WBC world Heavyweight Title), setting the stage for Brewster to face highly-regarded former WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko (the younger brother of one-time WBC titleholder Vitali Klitschko).

On April 10, 2004, Brewster knocked out Wladimir Klitschko in the fifth round to win the vacant WBO Heavyweight Championship in Las Vegas. While Klitschko dominated the fight at first, Brewster survived the onslaught and rallied to knock out Klitschko. Klitschko claimed that he had been drugged, but this claim was never proven.

Brewster's first WBO Title defense was a hotly disputed, split-decision win over the lightly-regarded Kali Meehan. His second defense, on May 21, 2005, was a highly memorable performance: he knocked down Andrew Golota three times in the 1st round. Brewster went on to score a TKO - in just 53 seconds - to retain his title. Lastly, in September 2005, he survived a severe beating by a German-based Kosovar Luan Krasniqi only to KO the latter in the 9th round, while trailing on all cards. This bout was considered controversial by some because of the strange actions of the referee. Towards the end of the 8th round, Brewster knocked Krasniqi down with a left hook, and the latter received the count. However, the referee stopped his count at nine, and allowed Krasniqi to get up and continue the fight. Brewster's corner protested the action to no avail.

Brewster lost his title by unanimous decision on April 1, 2006 to Sergei Liakhovich from Belarus in an action-packed fight.

In the Liakhovich fight, Brewster suffered a torn retina. At this time, it is not known whether or not this will be a career-ending injury.

Brewster has two children with his wife and one from his previous relationship. He has two girls and a boy. Brewster is a devout Christian (to the point that he even asked the people at a pre-fight press conference to pray for him). He is also a cousin of former IBF world Heavyweight Champion Chris Byrd (who is also very religious).