Jack Sharkey the title against Ingemar Johansson, having lost it to the Swede in their first fight. Oliver McCall then became the third such Heavyweight champion when beating Lennox Lewis for the WBC title in 1994, before losing it to Lewis' countryman, Frank Bruno the following year. In recent years, with the proliferation of European Heavyweight champions, fighters such as Chris Byrd and Hasim Rahman have also won and lost their championships against European opposition. Sharkey's distinction is noteworthy, however, as Schmeling and Carnera were, respectively, only the third and fourth Europeans to win the World Heavyweight championship. Later in life, Sharkey
Gábor Vető On April 17, 2010, Vető beat Omari Ramadan by T.K.O. to win the WBC Youth World Lightweight Championship. Gábor Vető Gábor Vető (born December 19, 1988 in Várpalota, Hungary) is an undefeated professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division and is the former WBC Youth World Lightweight Champion. Since 2010, the native Hungarian has been living in Bern, Switzerland. Vető was a member of the Hungarian national amateur team and had over 80 amateur bouts. On April 21, 2012, Vető beat the Ugandan Justin Juuko to win the Global Boxing Union World light welterweight title figh. On October 15, 2011,