Owen Beck (boxer) explained

Owen LeFranc Beck (born 31 May 1976), nicknamed "What the Heck Beck," is a Jamaican former professional boxer who challenged for the WBA heavyweight title in 2006. He had an amateur record of 73 wins and 5 losses.

Career

Known as Owen "What the Heck" Beck, Beck began his career in 1998 by winning his first 24 fights, but all against limited opposition, the best being amateur star Derrell Dixon and undefeated Taurus Sykes.

This streak and a contract with Don King set up a WBC & IBF Heavyweight Title Eliminator bout against heavyweight contender Monte Barrett in 2005, and Beck was TKO'd in the 9th.

Since the loss, Beck has lost to Ray Austin, but beat cruiserweight Darnell Wilson to set up a shot against the former WBA Heavyweight Title holder Nikolay Valuev. Valuev defeated Beck, dropping him twice and winning via TKO in the 3rd. After he fought Valuev he made a comeback and won the fight against Ricardo Arce via 2nd Round technical knockout and had another fight against Marvin Hunt and beat him via first-round knockout.

He took a 19-month break from boxing before returning to the ring in June 2009.

He fought Andrew Greeley and won the match by split decision on 13 June 2009.

He fought Jermell Barnes on 21 August 2009 in a fight which he won by unanimous decision with the scores of 79-73, 77-75 and 80-72 all in favor of Beck. Also in late 2009 Owen enlisted a new trainer Clinton Barnes.

On 16 January 2010, Beck fought Manuel Charr and was TKO'ed in the tenth and final round with 16 seconds left on the clock.

On 16 April, Beck fought Tony Thompson in Memphis, Tennessee, and was knocked out at 2-minutes and 50-seconds of the 4th round.

Professional boxing record

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	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
42	Loss	29–13	Ignacio Esparza	MD	10	29 Oct 2016
41	Loss	29–12	Oleg Maskaev	TKO	3 (10),	30 Dec 2012
40	Loss	29–11	Deontay Wilder	RTD	3 (8),	23 Jun 2012
39	Loss	29–10	Sergey Rozhnov	UD	4	8 Feb 2012
38	Loss	29–9	Artur Szpilka		4 (6)	15 Oct 2011
37	Loss	29–8	David Rodriguez	KO	3 (10),	24 May 2011
36	Loss	29–7	Cedric Boswell	KO	9 (10),	7 Dec 2010
35	Loss	29–6	Alex Leapai	TKO	6 (10),	12 Aug 2010
34	Loss	29–5	Tony Thompson	TKO	4 (10),	16 Apr 2010
33	Loss	29–4	Manuel Charr	TKO	10 (10),	9 Jan 2010
32	Win	29–3	Jermell Barnes	UD	8	21 Aug 2009
31	Win	28–3	Andrew Greeley	SD	8	13 Jun 2009
30	Win	27–3	Marvin Hunt	TKO	1 (6),	8 Nov 2007
29	Win	26–3	Ricardo Arce	TKO	2 (10),	28 Sep 2007
28	Loss	25–3	Nikolai Valuev	TKO	3 (12),	3 Jun 2006
27	Win	25–2	Darnell Wilson	UD	8	7 Jan 2006
26	Loss	24–2	Ray Austin	SD	12	3 Sep 2005
25	Loss	24–1	Monte Barrett	TKO	9 (12),	5 Feb 2005
24	Win	24–0	Troy Weida	TKO	1 (10),	4 Sep 2004
23	Win	23–0	Vernon Woodward	TKO	2 (8)	18 Jun 2004
22	Win	22–0	Byron Polley	TKO	1 (8),	15 May 2004
21	Win	21–0	Daniel Frank	TKO	3 (10),	1 May 2004
20	Win	20–0	Scott Conner	DQ	2 (8),	15 Apr 2004
19	Win	19–0	George Arias	UD	12	20 Sep 2003
18	Win	18–0	Mike Middleton	TKO	1 (10)	4 Jan 2003
17	Win	17–0	Craig Tomlinson	TKO	5 (10),	14 Dec 2002
16	Win	16–0	Rogério Lobo	TKO	4 (8),	27 Jun 2002
15	Win	15–0	Chavez Francisco	KO	1 (8),	30 Mar 2002
14	Win	14–0	Franklin Edmondson	TKO	5	25 Oct 2001
13	Win	13–0	Roy Bedwell	KO	2	9 Sep 2001
12	Win	12–0	Ron Gullette	TKO	2	28 Jun 2001
11	Win	11–0	Sean Williams	TKO	2	24 May 2001
10	Win	10–0	Ramon Hayes	TKO	2	12 Apr 2001
9	Win	9–0	David Smith	TKO	2	10 Mar 2001
8	Win	8–0	Ken Williams	TKO	2	17 Feb 2001
7	Win	7–0	Taurus Sykes	UD	6	7 Oct 2000
6	Win	6–0	Rocky Bentley	TKO	5	14 Sep 2000
5	Win	5–0	James Holly	TKO	2	26 Aug 2000
4	Win	4–0	Derrell Dixon	UD	4	25 May 2000
3	Win	3–0	Lee Swaby	PTS	4	11 Dec 1999
2	Win	2–0	Luke Simpkin	PTS	4	7 Aug 1999
1	Win	1–0	Max Key	TKO	1	12 Dec 1998