Charles Brewer Bio

Charles Brewer was born on October 15, 1969, in Philadelphia, PA. At a young age, he learned what it meant to protect yourself at all times by growing up on the rough streets of North Philly. Brewer was introduced to the sport of boxing when he was just 8 years old, but it wasn't until age 14, when he met up with former middleweight contender Bobby "Boogaloo" Watts, who holds a win over former Undisputed World Middleweight Champion, Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Charles had a fairly short amateur career having only 17 fights and finishing his amateur career with a record of 14-3. However, during that short stint in the amateur ranks, he won the Golden Gloves Championship in 1988.

On August 3, 1989, Brewer turned pro and immediately was blessed with having his first professional fight televised on national TV. From that day on, "The Hatchet" was born. Brewer would fight frequently in front of his hometown of Philadelphia at the legendary Blue Horizon and in fact, he won his first title belt (USBA Super Middleweight) there on March 12, 1996, when he defeated Frank Rhodes by unanimous decision.

The following year, Charles won the vacant IBF Super Middleweight title by knocking out Gary Ballard in the 5th round. Brewer would make three successful defenses of his IBF title. On October 24, 1999, he would travel to Leipzig, Germany to defend his title against undefeated Sven Ottke. Charles would lose a highly controversial 12 round split decision to Ottke.

After the Ottke loss, Brewer reeled off three wins all by KO in the second round. Charles would return to Germany on September 2, 2000 and once again, came up on the short end of the stick, dropping another controversial split decision to Sven Ottke.

Brewer would not remain without a belt around his waist for long and on October 5, 2001, he beat Fernando Zuniga via a 12 round unanimous decision adding the NABF Super Middleweight title to his showcase.

During his career, he also faced the likes of WBO Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe, Mario Veit, Lolenga Mock and Antwun Echols, in one of the best fights of 2001.

Charles’ career has also a different twist to it. Charles has, throughout most of his career, been very active in the TECHNOLOGY side of things as well. Charles has been employed at some of the largest corporations in the U.S. (ATT, JP MORGAN, UNISYS, BRISTOL MYERS SQUIB) and Charles is also, Microsoft Certified (MCP,MCDST).

Also, Charles’ career has been televised on the following networks: ESPN,ESPN2,SHOWTIME,USA NETWORK, TELEFUTURA


Charles Brewer
(The Hatchet)
(Super-Middleweight)
(Retired)
Professional record: 50 fights; 40+ (28 KO), 10-
1996-1997: United States Super middleweight
1997-1998: I.B.F. Super middleweight
2001: North America Super middleweight
- 1989 -
+ (Aug-3-1989, Philadelphia) Jerome Johnson ko 3
+ (Sep-25-1989, Atlantic City) Robert Edmonds 4
+ (Oct-3-1989, Philadelphia) Ron Reid kot 3
+ (Nov-7-1989, Atlantic City) Eric RHINEHART kot 3
+ (Dec-19-1989, Atlantic City) John MC CLENDON 4
- 1990 -
+ (Jan-14-1990, Atlantic City) John MC CLENDON kot 4
+ (Mar-18-1990, Atlantic City) Roberto Perez kot 3
+ (Apr-29-1990, Atlantic City) Willie Douglas 8
+ (Jun-24-1990, Atlantic City) Willie Douglas 6
+ (Sep-21-1990, Atlantic City) Fred Rivera kot 4
+ (Dec-28-1990, Atlantic City) Freddy Sanchez 6
- 1991 -
+ (Mar-8-1991, Atlantic City) Eddie Evans kot 3
+ (May-16-1991, Atlantic City) Mark Buchanan 8
+ (Aug-9-1991, Atlantic City) Joaquin VELASQUEZ kot 2
- (Sep-20-1991, Philadelphia) Robert THOMAS 6
- 1992 -
- (Jan-12-1992, Atlantic City) Robert THOMAS 8
+ (Jun-25-1992, Philadelphia) Willie Harris ko 1
+ (Aug-14-1992, Atlantic City) Ernest KENNEDY ko 1
+ (Sep-11-1992, Atlantic City) Ricky STACKHOUSE kot 3
+ (Oct-13-1992, Philadelphia) Danny MITCHELL ko 3
- 1993 -
+ (Jan-26-1993, Philadelphia) Aaron Smith kot 4
+ (May-11-1993, Philadelphia) Carl Sullivan ko 6
+ (Jul-20-1993, Philadelphia) Steve Darnell kot 2
+ (Nov-23-1993, Philadelphia) Mario Munoz kot 1
- 1994 -
- (Feb-1-1994, Philadelphia) Lonnie BEASLEY kot 1
- (Jun-14-1994, Philadelphia) Rafael WILLIAMS kot 6
+ (Oct-20-1994, Ledyard) Terry SEAY ko 2
- (Nov-8-1994, Mashantucket) Rodney TONEY 10
- 1995 -
+ (Aug-1-1995, Philadelphia) Adam GARLAND kot 3
+ (Oct-17-1995, Philadelphia) Mark Buchanan ko 2
- 1996 -
+ (Mar-12-1996, Philadelphia) Frank RHODES 12 (United States, Super
middleweight)
+ (Oct-4-1996, New York) Fermin CHIRINOS 8
- 1997 -
+ (Feb-18-1997, Philadelphia) Greg WRIGHT 12 (United States, Super
middleweight)
+ (Jun-21-1997, Tampa) Gary BALLARD kot 5 (I.B.F., Super middleweight)
+ (Dec-2-1997, Philadelphia) Joey DE GRANDIS 12 (I.B.F., Super middleweight)
- 1998 -
+ (Mar-28-1998, Atlantic City) Herol GRAHAM kot 10 (I.B.F., Super
middleweight)
+ (Aug-22-1998, Leipzig) Antoine BYRD kot 3 (I.B.F., Super middleweight)
- (Oct-24-1998, Dusseldorf) Sven OTTKE 12 (I.B.F., Super middleweight)
- 1999 -
+ (May-8-1999, Dusseldorf) Carlton HOLLAND kot 2
+ (Oct-29-1999, Indianapolis) Reggie STRICKLAND kot 2
- 2000 -
+ (Mar-3-2000, Verona) Laverne CLARK ko 2
- (Sep-2-2000, Magdebourg) Sven OTTKE 12 (I.B.F., Super middleweight)
+ (Dec-8-2000, Philadelphia) Esteban CERVANTES kot 1
- 2001 -
- (May-19-2001, Uncasville) Antwun ECHOLS kot 3
+ (Oct-5-2001, Philadelphia) Fernando ZUNIGA 12 (North America, Super
>middleweight)
- 2002 -
- (Apr-20-2002, Cardiff) Joe CALZAGHE 12 (W.B.O., Super middleweight)
+ (Aug-2-2002, Ledyard) Scott PEMBERTON kot 6
- 2003 -
+ (Jan-31-2003, Atlantic City) Etienne WHITAKER 10
+ (Sep-19-2003, Toms River) Freeman BARR kot 5
- 2004 -
- (Nov-6-2004, Riesa) Mario VEIT kot 9



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