Antwun Echols vs. Charles Brewer

A rare classic.

[@162773]

underrated classic

[@BOXING4FREE]

Love watching Brewer fight.

[@mattan147]

Wow! 2 bangers in their prime going for the knockout from the opening bell. A rare classic indeed.

[@chalkyblack7582]

Echols have the heart of a 🦁

[@billyv46]

Ref Michael Ortega should've never been allowed to referee another fight. I never say stuff like this, but you have to honestly wonder if he had a bet on Echols.

[@ABGreer]

Love Echols in his prime 💪🏾💪🏾

[@illyrian4life]

in the words of stoney " da refereee sucks"

[@anthonyquiroz8410]

Lol what fight was that?

[@joeblough261]

@@anthonyquiroz8410 Norman Stone, the loudmouth trainer of John Ruiz who basically screamed and yelled at every referee for every fight to the point of embarrassment. Even Ruiz ditched the guy at a certain point, despite being super close.

[@axebattler6604]

I watched this live. Great fight and maybe the most accurate breakdown and prediction i ever made.

[@AvoidTheseMemes]

I remember this fight.

[@mcsmoothstyle]

thanks for this upload, i really wanted to see this fight.

[@Odawg96]

Premature stoppage. Brewer NEVER hit the canvas. He took some hellacious shots at the end, but he was still on his feet. Yeah, I prefer to err on the side of caution, but the ref brought this one to an end a few seconds too soon. Why not another standing 8 count? Likewise, Echols hit the canvas three times and was able to weather the storm. However, even with no 3-knockdown rule, I wouldn't have blamed the ref for stopping it after the third knockdown.

[@Tracywithafacey]

Shocking ref, he let one fighter get absolutely pasted for a round, and then when this guy gets hurt once he blows up. Not good.

[@eltubster14]

Two absolute warriors with KO power going for it.

[@KhanSharief]

This is what I hate from Boxing. A lot of controversies

[@rayrobinson3782]

RIP Antoine Echol

[@duftyboxing]

a forgotten classic right here, but ref jacked it up. to bad.

[@timecoder9899]

referee robbery.... now i remember why i watch this..... a shame!

[@AlexelCaban]

One of the best comebacks ever.

[@ollie7811]

Alex Caban Ye must’ve cost them a lot

[@bestoftherest0694]

Great fight but the ref determined the outcome and not the fighters. They should have done a rematch

[@boxing.ia1]

REST IN PEACE KID DYNAMITE

[@rodstephens77]

Then if the guy would have died from head trauma then what,boxing is a brutal sport ,my opinion good stoppage great judgement.

[@thetruth72667]

In boxing guys can die from head trauma or body trauma & that's part of the game cause it's a brutal sport. Letting a guy go down 3times in a single round is very dangerous & that is why they came up with a 3KD rule & it's over. The commentators, crowd, fighter were all disgusted by such a bad judgment call after he aloud one fighter to get bashed to the point he couldn't stand many times for an entire round. Dude didn't go down & walked away fine after the stoppage.....wow! "No rematch needed" damn that's some serious lack of confidence & cowardice!!! Horrible call considering this is the hurt business

[@thomasstathis5590]

I gotta say, I was a BIG Echols fan and was rooting for him, but I feel this was a bit quick of a stoppage. Either way, this was an incredibly violent fight, and a classic for two and a half rounds.

[@rockyruane9379]

Ref lets Echols get nearly killed in the 2nd round but stops the fight when Brewer is barely hurt......OOOOOK

[@turningtide1]

serious error by ref i believe what really helped echols was his trainer's vital insight. he let echols know that he withered the storm.

[@janetvasquez3982]

Just watched again!..good stoppage !. He was out..from the right hand...then took i think 4-5head bobbles 😆 🤣 😂 😹..

[@Jumpman90]

Echols would have been a champion if it wasn’t for a guy named Bernard hopkins

[@kforcer]

Absolutely. Joppy and Holmes definitely wouldn't have lasted with him. Harry Simon could have been a good fight but I personally would see Echols taking it.

[@patrickmurphy7719]

Absolutely horrible stoppage

[@itikadavidmwangakala4865]

At the rate and power these guys were putting up, some one could have easily died if the fight continued. The Ref could not foresee how the fight would turn out until after Echols was killing Brewer. The fight became like a killing zone

[@TheFightJournalBoxing]

Would you take a rematch We already had our fight. For what? No rematch! We want the Calzaghe’s and Roy Joneses.

[@barrybeave]

Terrible referring

[@yamiynyisrael7341]

Im too strong for charles right now🤣🤣🤣

[@davidmcconnell5046]

Brewer embodies the style I like most...technically sound stylist who has dynamite power and a aire of danger at all times

[@MayzFamilYENT]

it isnt ova yet...!! 2 all the fans... he has a sporting GEAR COMING SOON..!

[@weallliveinanevilsystem.7238]

God damn that was fire! 🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅😎

[@janetvasquez3982]

Im gonna say good stoppage..echols was a huge puncher..Brewer was basically out on his feet. fight would of lasted another 10secs.ended w uneeded head punishment..us as fight fans love the brutality of this sport but to take those shots are unforgiving.. GOOD STOPPAGE REF!

[@beautifullife543]

Echols had power like Trinidad, Brewer was an idiot who could have easily outfoxed Echols

[@JabberCT]

The ref just flings the guy on his ass lol.

[@joeblough261]

Brewer got fucked over again. This ref made zero sense, was absolutely awful. I never could stand Echols but props for his grit and guts in this fight. But that stoppage was horseshit, and Brewer also got robbed vs. Ottke (as many others did) twice. Brewer should've just stayed calm and gone to the body a bit in the 3rd round. Oh well, shoulda coulda...

[@joeblough261]

Also, if this was in Connecticut, where the three knockdown rule is in effect (as far as I know) why wasn't it in effect for this fight?

[@PhflyDan1]

Raaaaaaas!? Helacious Think the ref panicked there! Too many BIG, clean punches going in. Maybe Brewer WAS more hurt. But how do you justify that after Echols was blasted to the canvas 3x??

[@jrayner21679]

That referee shouldn’t have worked another fight ever. And it wasn’t just the early stoppage he made so many mistakes and the fight lasted 3 fucking rounds it was fucking embarrassing and a championship fight to boot. He was ready to end the fight in the first round when Echols went down for the 3rd time and it would’ve been justified. But because it was the end of the round and he heard the time keeper doing the standing eight then he decided to let it go. He’s jumping in to break the fighters up throwing one of them to the ground and then he stops the fight without Brewer even going down. Referees don’t do interviews anymore because how fucking stupid this dude sounds after the fight.

[@khabasahure9840]

soemthing aint right here he should not have called that fight so soon echols was down three times? and getting bopped around he didnot call the fight on him ???? wtf!!!

[@fantasybouthour6679]

Horrible stoppage

[@reginekeiko7499]

Fak!!

[@mattlindsay-eb4oq]

ortega was put on the shelf after that probs, poor brewer

[@keithcampbell6806]

I usually don't criticise refs but this one was an early stoppage.Echols was down three times and he didn't stop it.Brewer was hard done here .

[@teflonarmored]

Horrible officiating!