Lucas Browne was born on 14 April 1979 and is an Australian professional boxer and former mixed martial artist and kickboxer.
30 Facts About Lucas Browne
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Lucas Browne held the WBA heavyweight title in 2016 when he stopped Ruslan Chagaev.
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Lucas Browne won his first contest by fourth round knockout.
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On 17 February 2012, Lucas Browne became the Australian heavyweight champion by knocking out Colin Wilson in three rounds.
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In November 2013, Lucas Browne scored a fifth round TKO of former European Union heavyweight champion Richard Towers.
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On 26 April 2014, Lucas Browne fought Eric Martel-Bahoeli for the vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title at the Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield, England.
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Lucas Browne knocked down Martel-Bahoeli in round 2 but the fight continued.
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In round 3, following an accidental clash of heads, Lucas Browne was cut over the left eye.
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Martel-Bahoeli was knocked down again in round 4 and the end came in round 5 when Lucas Browne connected with a right uppercut.
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Lucas Browne claimed the WBC Eurasian Pacific Boxing Council heavyweight title.
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Lucas Browne defended the WBC-EPBC title on 1 August 2014 against Andriy Rudenko at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England.
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Lucas Browne defeated Rudenko by a 12 round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title.
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Lucas Browne won the fight by stopping Chagaev in the tenth round.
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Lucas Browne landed nearly 20 unanswered punches, mostly right hands, before referee Stanley Christodoulou stopped the fight at 2 minutes, 27 seconds.
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Lucas Browne was later stripped of the title due to a failed drug test for the banned substance clenbuterol.
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Lucas Browne repeatedly maintained his innocence, however testing on the second sample for the drug proved positive.
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On 2 November 2016, the WBA ordered Lucas Browne to fight American heavyweight veteran Shannon Briggs for the WBA regular title.
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Lucas Browne was originally due to fight Fres Oquendo, who hadn't fought since 2014, however that fight could not be made due to Oquendo recovering from an injury.
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Reports indicated that after 8 months of being stripped of the WBA heavyweight title due to positive A and B samples for the banned substance clenbuterol, Lucas Browne has produced another positive drug test, this time for the banned substance ostarine.
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Lucas Browne backed out of the fight and was replaced by American boxer Amir Mansour.
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At the time, Lucas Browne was not listed in the WBO's top 15 rankings, meaning he would need to fight for a WBO regional title to get ranked.
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Lucas Browne's face was cut and badly swollen from the clean shots landed from Whyte.
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Lucas Browne left himself open most of the time and tried switching stances after a few rounds.
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Lucas Browne suffered a cut over his left eye in round 3, which got worse with each round.
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Lucas Browne returned to the ring on 28 September 2018 at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Gold Coast and knocked out 41-year-old Julius Long for a second time in three years.
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Lucas Browne controlled the fight, eventually knocking Pati out in round 5 with a left hook followed by a right uppercut.
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Lucas Browne claimed the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council silver title.
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Lucas Browne was not able to recover and Allen was awarded the KO victory in the third round.
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On 21 April, 2021, Lucas Browne went up against Paul Gallen and lost via first round technical knockout.
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Lucas Browne made it to the top 50 of Australian Idol 2004.