Professional career Bryant Jennings

1 professional career

1.1 jennings vs. klitschko
1.2 jennings vs. ortiz
1.3 comeback

professional career

in 2012, bryant earned 10-round unanimous decision on fellow prospect maurice byarm (13-0-1), of washington, d.c., on jan. 21 @ asylum arena in south philadelphia on nbc sports network fight night opening card. neither fighter had gone beyond 6 rounds before bout, took bout on 5 days notice.

he fought first name opponent in former wbo heavyweight champion siarhei liakhovich on march 24, 2012. fight took place @ aviator sports complex, brooklyn, new york , televised on nbc sports. jennings controlled fight jab , power punches. won fight tko @ end of round nine.

jennings faced steve collins (25-1) on june 16, 2012 @ prudential center, newark, new jersey. fight co-main event part of nbc sports fight night event, including tomasz adamek vs. eddie chambers. won unanimous decision after 10 rounds. on september 8, 2012 won after 35 seconds, knocking out chris koval. fight took place @ prudential center, newark, new jersey.

jennings faced bowie topou on december 9, 2012 @ mcgonigle hall, philadelphia. fight aired on nbc sports fight night. jennings knocked down in round 3, got , won in round 5; knocking out topou 1 minute , 37 seconds in round. progressed 16-0 , retains title usba heavyweight champion. beat high-rank contender mike perez earn title shot mandatory challenger, no.1 wbc contender.

jennings signed promoters gary shaw , antonio leonard after buying out existing agreement russell peltz.

jennings vs. klitschko

jennings faced heavyweight champion wladimir klitschko on april 25, 2015 in madison square garden wba (super), ibf, wbo, ibo & ring heavyweight titles. klitschko won fight due effective use of jab , hard right cross keeping jennings @ bay, klitschko won via unanimous decision 2 judges scoring 116-111 , final judge scoring 118-109. after fight, klitschko admitted 1 of hardest fights in years.

jennings vs. ortiz

jennings lost tko undefeated cuban boxer , heavyweight contender luis ortiz on december 19, 2015.

comeback

after not fighting on year after ortiz loss, jennings signed top rank.