Marco Huck vs. Brian Minto
| As of February 2010 | |
|---|---|
| WBA | NR |
| WBC | NR |
| IBF | NR |
| WBO | NR |
| As of January 2010 | |
| WBA | NR |
| WBC | NR |
| IBF | NR |
| WBO | NR |
Marco Huck 199 lbs beat Brian Minto 198 lbs by RTD at 3:00 in round 9 of 12
- Date: 2010-05-01
- Location: Weser-Ems-Halle, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
- Referee: Robert Byrd
- Judge: Jose Ignacio Martinez Antunez 90-79
- Judge: Fernando Laguna 88-81
- Judge: Zoltan Enyedi 90-81
Heavyweight Minto, coming off a loss to Chris Arreola, came down to cruiserweight for this WBO title bout. Minto put relentless and furious pressure on Huck, leading to a furious toe-to-toe exchange between the two fighters at the end of round two. Despite the pressure, Huck landed the bigger and cleaner shots over the first five rounds, leading to Minto going to the wrong corner at the end of round five. The pace slowed from the sixth round on, but the style of the fighters remained the same, Minto pressuring Huck, but Huck busier and landing more often, with many effective power shots finding the head and body of Minto. The culmination of nine rounds of accurate punching by Huck led the Minto corner to stop the bout at the end of round nine.
Notes
- Bout announced on March 23.[1]
- Fifth world cruiserweight title bout for Marco Huck, and his third defense of the WBO title.
- Marco Huck was ranked third in the world by Ring Magazine after this bout.
- Minto was down twice in the third, once from a slip. Minto was also down in round five.
- Minto went to the wrong corner at the end of round five.
- Minto's first bout at the cruiserweight weight limit (200 pounds or lower) in 38 pro fights, going back to his 2002 heavyweight debut.