Wayne Braithwaite

Wayne Braithwaite

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 WBCNABF 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)[1]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Loss 14-3 Trinidad and Tobago Shawn Corbin UD 12 26/10/2012 Guyana Georgetown, Guyana
Loss 15-1 Barbados Shawn Cox KO 1 25/02/2012 Guyana Georgetown, Guyana
Win 10-2 United States Adam Harris TKO 1 06/03/2010 Connecticut Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
Loss 21-2 United States Steve Cunningham UD 12 11/07/2009 Florida Sunrise, Florida, United States For IBF World Cruiserweight Title Eliminator
Win 14-0 Cuba Yoan Pablo Hernandez TKO 3 29/03/2008 Germany Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany WBC Latino/WBA Fedelatin Cruiserweight Titles
Loss 26-1 Wales Enzo Maccarinelli UD 12 21/07/2007 Wales Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom For WBO World Cruiserweight Title
Win 15-6 Mexico Gustavo Enriquez TKO 7 03/02/2007 Florida Kissimmee, Florida, United States
Loss 32-3-2 Panama Guillermo Jones TKO 4 03/09/2005 Ohio Cleveland, Ohio, United States WBC Latino/WBA Fedelatin Cruiserweight Titles/WBA World Cruiserweight Title Eliminator
Loss 30-2 France Jean-Marc "Marksman" Mormeck UD 12 02/04/2005 Massachusetts Worcester, Massachusetts, United States WBA Super/WBC World Cruiserweight Titles. 110-116, 112-114, 111-115.
Win 18-2-2 Dominica Louis Azille UD 12 17/04/2004 New York New York City, United States For WBC World Cruiserweight Title
Win 17-3 Panama Luis Andres Pineda TKO 1 13/12/2003 New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States WBC World Cruiserweight Title
Win 25-2 United States Ravea Springs TKO 4 21/02/2003 Florida Miami, Florida, United States WBC World Cruiserweight Title
Win 27-2 Italy Vincenzo Cantatore TKO 10 11/10/2002 Italy Campione d'Italia, Lombardia, Italy WBC World Cruiserweight Title
Win 16-0-2 Dominica Louis Azille KO 3 17/11/2001 Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, United States WBC World Cruiserweight Title Eliminator. Azille knocked out at 2:08 of the third round.
Win 25-12 United States Matthew Charleston TKO 2 31/05/2001 Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Win 13-27-8 United States Wesley Martin TKO 3 03/02/2001 Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win 1-6 Trinidad and Tobago Michael Augustine TKO 2 21/05/2000 Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Win 0-3 Trinidad and Tobago Richard Woodhall TKO 2 03/05/2000 Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Win 2-9 Trinidad and Tobago David McMillan KO 4 15/04/2000 Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Win 20-1-1 Canada Dale Brown TKO 8 12/02/2000 Connecticut Uncasville, Connecticut, United States WBC International/NABF Cruiserweight Titles
Win 11-8 Trinidad and Tobago Ken Sharpe TKO 3 27/12/1999 Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Win 5-1 Trinidad and Tobago Clint Regis KO 2 03/10/1999 Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Win 5-1 Australia Tosca Petridis TKO 2 29/07/1999 Australia Melbourne, Victoria, Australia WBC International Cruiserweight Title
Win 8-1 Australia Adam Watt KO 1 15/03/1999 Australia Sydney, New South Wales, Australia WBB World Cruiserweight Title
Win 19-12 Guyana Wayne Harris TKO 7 25/07/1998 Guyana Georgetown, Guyana Guyana Light Heavyweight Title
Win 10-4 Trinidad and Tobago Ken Sharpe PTS 8 11/10/1997 Guyana Georgetown, Guyana
Win 10-3 Trinidad and Tobago Ken Sharpe PTS 8 06/07/1997 Guyana Georgetown, Guyana
Win 10-6-1 France Rene Janvier TKO 1 10/05/1997 Martinique Fort-de-France, Martinique
Win 3-0 Trinidad and Tobago John Lennox Lewis PTS 4 16/03/1997 Guyana Georgetown, Guyana
Win -- Guyana John Douglas TKO 4 28/02/1997 Guyana Georgetown, Guyana
Preceded by
Juan Carlos Gomez
Vacates
WBC Cruiserweight Champion
11 Oct 20022 Apr 2005
Succeeded by
Jean-Marc Mormeck

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