Jurgen Brahmer

(Photo Credit: Sebastian Heger) By Scott Gilfoid: WBA “regular” light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer (47-2, 35 KOs) will be making a voluntary defense of his title in two months from now against #9 WBA Thomas Oosthuizen (25-0-1, 14 KOs) on March 12 at the Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany.

The 37-year-old Braehmer isn’t the WBA’s top champion. He’s a junior champion or paper champion in the minds of some boxing fans. Unfortunately, Braehmer has been matched like a paper champions since he won the vacant WBA World 175lb title in December 2013 in beating Marcus Oliveira by a 12 round unanimous decision.

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBA World light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer (47-2, 35 KOs) will be taking an easy voluntary defense next month against #9 WBA Thomas Oosthuizen (25-0-2, 14 KOs) on November 7th at the Salle des Étoiles, in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Thill be the 37-year-old Braehmer’s second straight voluntary defense after his 9th round knockout of little known contender Konni Konrad in his last fight in September.

Braehmer last defended against a mandatory challenger last March when he defeated Robert Krasniqi. That was the World Boxing Association that gave Krasniqi a high ranking based on some wins over fluff opponents. Why the WBA didn’t have talents like Artur Beterbiev, Andrzej Fonfara, Jean Pascal, Bernard Hopkins, Sullivan Barrera and Yunieski Gonzalez ranked above a limited fighter like Krasniqi is anyone’s guess.

Heck, even now the WBA has a weird ranking by Felix Valera as their No.1 contender rather than a good fighter like one of the above talents. What that means is that once Braehmer takes care of the 27-year-old Oosthuizen next month on November 27th, then Braehmer will have another easy defense against Valera as his mandatory.

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By Jim Dower: WBA World light heavyweight title holder Juergen Braehmer (47-2, 35 KOs) had an easy time dominating his opponent #7 WBA Konni Konrad (22-2, 11 KOs) in stopping him in the 8th round on Saturday night at the EnergieVerbund Arena in Dresden Germany. The 30-year-old Konrad quit on his stool after the 7th round had ended.

Braehmer, 36, knocked Konrad down with a right hook in the 6th round. It was one of the rare instances in the fight where Konrad attempted to do anything. Braehmer timed him and knocked him down with a perfect shot.

Konrad didn’t have enough punching power or hand speed to trouble Braehmer at all in this fight. When Konrad did land an odd shot here and there, Braehmer always responded with bigger shots in return that caused Konrad to back off and get on the inside. The fight resembled a sparring match rather than an actual fight.

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBA World light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer (46-2, 34 KOs) successfully made weight on Friday in coming in at 173.9 pounds at the weigh-in for his mismatch against No.7 WBA Konni Konrad (22-1, 11 KOs) on Saturday night at the Energie Verbund-Arena, in Dresden, Germany.

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBA World light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer (46-2, 34 KOs) will be defending his title this Saturday against 30-year-old #7 WBA Konni Konrad (22-1-1, 11 KOs) in a voluntary defense at the Energie Verbund-Arena, Dresden, Sachsen.

This is pretty much a tremendous mismatch similar to Braehmer’s recent mismatches in his last three fights against Robin Krasniqi, Pawel Glazewski, Roberto Feliciano Bolonti, and Enzo Maccarinelli.

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBA World light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer (46-2, 34 KOs) will be making a soft defense of his WBA title on September 5th against German based #13 WBA Konni Konrad (22-1-1, 11 KOs) at the Freiberger Arena, in Dresden, Sachsen, Germany.

For the 36-year-old Braehmer, this is his fifth easy defense of his title since he captured it in 2013 in beating Marcus Oliveira by a 12 round decision. If Braehmer beats the 29-year-old Konrad, which would seem very likely, he’ll be defending his title against another fringe contender in #11 WBC Nathan Cleverly.

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