By Eric Thomas: Former World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster (33-4, 29 KOs) will be making a comeback after a year away from boxing when he returns to the ring on August 30th against a still yet to be determined opponent at the Cincinnati Gardens, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Brewster, now 35, hasn’t fought since losing by a sixth round TKO to IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on July 2nd, 2007. At the time of the fight, Brewster was coming off another one-year layoff following surgery to repair a detached retina of his left eye that he sustained in his war-like bout with Serguei Lyakhovich on April 1, 2006.
Brewster’s choice of Wladimir as his first opponent after such a long period away from the ring, not to mention after serious eye surgery, seems somewhat foolhardy in hindsight. However, Brewster, who previously stopped Wladimir by a 5th round TKO in April 2004, probably couldn’t resist both the risk and the pay to fight for a title. After all, most fighters work hard for a title shot, with few ever getting chances to compete for a title. For that reason, one can hardly blame Brewster for choosing to fight Wladimir under less than optimal conditions for himself. After Brewster’s second long layoff, the obvious question would be whether he still has anything left to give to boxing?
It’s hard to believe that it’s only been four months since former one-time World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster (33-4, 29 KOs) was stopped in the 7th round by International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. It seems like ages, especially because of the lack of news about Brewster in the boxing world. Brewster, still only 34, is almost completely forgotten, as if he’s been written off because of the loss to Klitschko. However, the loss shouldn’t be that big of a deal, since Brewster was quite literally insane for fighting Klitschko in the first place, because it had been a year since Brewster had last fought, and even worse, he was coming off a eye surgery to repair a detached retina.