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
Juan José Montes Juan José Montes Juan José Montes Valderrama (born July 15, 1989, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer. He competes in the Super flyweight division and is the current WBC Youth World Super Flyweight Champion. Montes defeated Francisco Reyes for the second time in over a year to retain the WBC Continental Americas crown via a 12 round unanimous decision. On November 28, 2009, Montes beat contender Fernando Lumacad by a 10 round majority decision to win the WBC Youth World Super Flyweight title. On October 2, 2010, Montes defeated Filipino Sylvester Lopez in a WBC Super Flyweight