Johnny Nelson reigned over the 200-pound division for six years and 13 title defenses from 1999 to 2005. Marco Huck had matched him on both counts, with 13 defenses of his own and a six-year run from 2009-15. But he was looking to take those records all for himself August 14 with a win over Polish southpaw Krzysztof Glowacki.
The fight in Newark, New Jersey, was Huck’s first in America in his 11-year career. All but two of his other bouts came in Germany, where he lorded over the championship he took from