Christopher Lovejoy v Mahmood Charr scheduled to commence this coming weekend in Cologne.

Next weekend we are scheduled to see the return of the enigmatic, mysterious undefeated heavyweight Christopher Lovejoy, if he steps into the ring to face former WBA regular champion Manuel Charr at the Box Gym arena in Cologne. Lovejoy 19-0 (19 Ko’s) has never faced a name opponent to date and has never featured in a televised bout, although sketchy footage exists from a couple of his knockouts, all of his appearances have been self funded and below the border in Mexico. Last year Lovejoy was scheduled to appear in London as an opponent for tough British heavyweight David Allen, until an intervention from Don King regarding a contractual dispute forced Lovejoy to pull out on the eve of the event. Many sceptics have speculated that Lovejoy is purely a marketed commodity who is attempting to promote himself into a huge payday. Inside boxing men like Kevin Henry and Bones Adams say that Las Vegas based Lovejoy can indeed fight, having also previously served briefly as a sparring partner to unified champion Tyson Fury several years ago but since then Chris has remained an unknown entity. Charr himself hasn’t boxed since 2017 when he faced Alexander Ustinov to pick up the WBA belt, he is 31-4 (17 Ko’s) and when on form is capable. With 6 days to go and Lovejoy already posting videos and pictures of himself in Cologne by the dozen via Instagram, one has to wonder, is Christopher once again enjoying the trappings of his media fame with very little intention of putting gloves on next weekend, Lovejoy already pulled away from high profile fights with Allen, Bryan very close to the date prior to this. This fight really has very little in terms of reward in terms of risk for Lovejoy, Charr isn’t renowned as a player in the higher echelons of the heavyweights today and victory would merely be an active baby step forward, where as a loss would bring the mystical tower that Chris has portrayed to the world to its knees. Expect a late pull out or injury postponement as this bout nears.