Owen LeFranc Beck | |
Realname: | Owen LeFranc Beck |
Nickname: | What the Heck Beck |
Height: | 6feet |
Weight: | Heavyweight |
Reach: | 78inches |
Birth Date: | 31 May 1976 |
Birth Place: | Negril, Jamaica |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 42 |
Wins: | 29 |
Ko: | 20 |
Losses: | 13 |
Draws: | 0 |
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.
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.
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
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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 |
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