Beyer Regains WBC Super Middleweight Title
POSTED: Saturday, October 9, 2004
UPDATED: 12:27 am EDT October 10,
2004
Erfurt, Germany -- Markus "Boom Boom" Beyer regained the World Boxing Council super middleweight title with a sixth-round knockout of Italy's Cristian Sanavia at Messehalle.
Beyer, a native of Germany, was declared the winner when referee Ian John Lewis called a halt to the bout 44 seconds into the sixth round.
Beyer improved to 30-2 with 20 knockouts with the victory, which avenges a loss to Sanavia back on June 5. In that bout, Sanavia escaped with a split decision to capture the belt in Beyer's hometown of Chemnitz, Germany.
Sanavia fell to 33-2.
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