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
Krzysztof Włodarczyk also beat undefeated Puerto Rican Palacios by UD and by SD in 2011/2012. In 2013 he upset undefeated Russian Olympic champion Rakhim Chakhkiev after coming off the deck to win by KO in Moscow for his arguably biggest win. Krzysztof Włodarczyk Krzysztof Włodarczyk ( ; born 19 September 1981) is a Polish professional boxer. He is a two-time former cruiserweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 2006 to 2007, and the WBC title from 2010 to 2014. Włodarczyk held the IBF Inter-Continental cruiserweight title during 2001-2002, the Polish International cruiserweight title during 2002-2004, the WBC Youth cruiserweight title