1. Mahmoud Charr held the World Boxing Association heavyweight title twice between 2017 and 2024.
13 Facts About Mahmoud Charr
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Mahmoud Charr's father had died in the Lebanese civil war.
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Mahmoud Charr started his martial arts career with Thai boxing at the age of 17.
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Mahmoud Charr was knocked down in the second round with a right hook, and he lost the bout by fourth-round technical knockout when it was stopped due to a cut received as a result of Klitschko's punches.
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Mahmoud Charr strongly protested the stoppage but the decision remained the same, giving Mahmoud Charr the first defeat of his professional career.
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Mahmoud Charr defended his WBC International Silver heavyweight title against Yakup Saglam in Galati, Romania on February 22,2013.
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Mahmoud Charr turned up to the post-fight press conference of the David Haye vs Derek Chisora fight on 14 July 2012 in order to challenge the victorious Haye.
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Mahmoud Charr lost the bout by seventh-round knockout, suffering his second career loss.
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Mahmoud Charr's fight against Povetkin was the first of five consecutive bouts that subsequently took place in Russia, the last of which was a brutal one-punch fifth-round knockout defeat to Mairis Breidis on 22 August 2015 in Grozny, Chechnya.
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In January 2021, Mahmoud Charr was stripped of his WBA title due to inactivity.
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In 2015, an altercation at a kebab shop in Essen, Germany led to a drive-by shooting which left Mahmoud Charr shot four times in the abdomen and forced to undergo emergency surgery that night to save his life.
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Mahmoud Charr was dining with rapper Kay One at the time of the incident, which occurred following an argument with an online troll who had been abusing the boxer for some weeks.
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The perpetrator, whom Mahmoud Charr identified to police, turned himself in to the police.