Wayne Braithwaite

Wayne Braithwaite
File:Wayne Braithwaite vs. Yoan Pablo Hernández 2.JPG Braithwaite (left) vs. Hernández, 2008
Statistics
Nickname(s)	Big Truck
Rated at	Cruiserweight
Height	6 ft (183 cm)
Nationality	Guyanese
Born	(1975-08-09) August 9, 1975 Georgetown, Guyana
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	30
Wins	24
Wins by KO	20
Losses	6

Wayne Braithwaite (born August 9, 1975) is a Guyanese professional boxer. He is a former WBC cruiserweight champion, holding a notable win over Yoan Pablo Hernández and having fought a multitude of former champions, including Steve Cunningham, Enzo Maccarinelli, Guillermo Jones and Jean Marc Mormeck.

Amateur career

As an amateur, Braithwaite compiled a record of 57 wins to 3 losses.

Professional career

Braithwaite turned professional in 1997. For only his tenth fight, in 2000, he was pitted against Dale Brown, who had two years' more professional experience. Braithwaite stopped Brown in eight rounds, winning the WBC–NABF International cruiserweight titles. In 2002, Braithwaite received his first opportunity at a world championship when he faced Vincenzo Cantatore for the WBC cruiserweight title. Fighting in Cantatore's native Italy, Braithwaite was able to weather several onslaughts by his opponent, as well as questionable calls by the referee, en route to a tenth-round stoppage victory. This made Braithwaite only the second boxer from Guyana to win a world title. He successfully defended the title three times, reaching the rank of world's #1 cruiserweight by The Ring magazine during 2003–05.

Braithwaite's undefeated run and title reign came to an end in 2005 when he lost to Jean Marc Mormeck via unanimous decision. The bout was a unification for both the WBC and WBA (Super) cruiserweight titles. The early portion of the fight was dominated by Braithwaite, but Mormeck was able to regain lost ground and win the decision. In Braithwaite's next outing in the same year, he was stopped in four rounds by Guillermo Jones. In 2007, Braithwaite lost to Enzo Maccarinelli in a failed challenge for the WBO cruiserweight title, in which Maccarinelli won a dominant unanimous decision.

A momentary career resurgence for Braithwaite in 2008 saw him upset then-undefeated and future unified cruiserweight world champion Yoan Pablo Hernández, stopping him in three rounds and earning him a WBA and WBC regional title each. Braithwaite was unable to sustain this form in his next fight the following year, losing a unanimous decision to multiple cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham. Amid a period of sparse activity, consisting of a lone win and two consecutive losses, Braithwaite has not fought since 2012.

Professional boxing record

30 fights, 24 wins (20 knockouts), 6 losses (2 knockouts)
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	14-3	Shawn Corbin	UD	12	26/10/2012	Georgetown, Guyana
Loss	15-1	Shawn Cox	KO	1	25/02/2012	Georgetown, Guyana
Win	10-2	Adam Harris	TKO	1	06/03/2010	Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
Loss	21-2	Steve Cunningham	UD	12	11/07/2009	Sunrise, Florida, United States	For IBF World Cruiserweight Title Eliminator
Win	14-0	Yoan Pablo Hernandez	TKO	3	29/03/2008	Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	WBC Latino/WBA Fedelatin Cruiserweight Titles
Loss	26-1	Enzo Maccarinelli	UD	12	21/07/2007	Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom	For WBO World Cruiserweight Title
Win	15-6	Gustavo Enriquez	TKO	7	03/02/2007	Kissimmee, Florida, United States
Loss	32-3-2	Guillermo Jones	TKO	4	03/09/2005	Cleveland, Ohio, United States	WBC Latino/WBA Fedelatin Cruiserweight Titles/WBA World Cruiserweight Title Eliminator
Loss	30-2	Jean-Marc "Marksman" Mormeck	UD	12	02/04/2005	Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	WBA Super/WBC World Cruiserweight Titles. 110-116, 112-114, 111-115.
Win	18-2-2	Louis Azille	UD	12	17/04/2004	New York City, United States	For WBC World Cruiserweight Title
Win	17-3	Luis Andres Pineda	TKO	1	13/12/2003	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	WBC World Cruiserweight Title
Win	25-2	Ravea Springs	TKO	4	21/02/2003	Miami, Florida, United States	WBC World Cruiserweight Title
Win	27-2	Vincenzo Cantatore	TKO	10	11/10/2002	Campione d'Italia, Lombardia, Italy	WBC World Cruiserweight Title
Win	16-0-2	Louis Azille	KO	3	17/11/2001	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	WBC World Cruiserweight Title Eliminator. Azille knocked out at 2:08 of the third round.
Win	25-12	Matthew Charleston	TKO	2	31/05/2001	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Win	13-27-8	Wesley Martin	TKO	3	03/02/2001	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	1-6	Michael Augustine	TKO	2	21/05/2000	Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Win	0-3	Richard Woodhall	TKO	2	03/05/2000	Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Win	2-9	David McMillan	KO	4	15/04/2000	Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Win	20-1-1	Dale Brown	TKO	8	12/02/2000	Uncasville, Connecticut, United States	WBC International/NABF Cruiserweight Titles
Win	11-8	Ken Sharpe	TKO	3	27/12/1999	Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Win	5-1	Clint Regis	KO	2	03/10/1999	Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Win	5-1	Tosca Petridis	TKO	2	29/07/1999	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	WBC International Cruiserweight Title
Win	8-1	Adam Watt	KO	1	15/03/1999	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	WBB World Cruiserweight Title
Win	19-12	Wayne Harris	TKO	7	25/07/1998	Georgetown, Guyana	Guyana Light Heavyweight Title
Win	10-4	Ken Sharpe	PTS	8	11/10/1997	Georgetown, Guyana
Win	10-3	Ken Sharpe	PTS	8	06/07/1997	Georgetown, Guyana
Win	10-6-1	Rene Janvier	TKO	1	10/05/1997	Fort-de-France, Martinique
Win	3-0	John Lennox Lewis	PTS	4	16/03/1997	Georgetown, Guyana
Win	--	John Douglas	TKO	4	28/02/1997	Georgetown, Guyana

Preceded by Juan Carlos Gomez Vacates

WBC Cruiserweight Champion 11 Oct 2002–2 Apr 2005

Succeeded by Jean-Marc Mormeck

External links

• Professional boxing record for Wayne Braithwaite from BoxRec