A fight against
Evander Holyfield on March 17, 2007, ended in a loss by TKO when his corner threw in the towel in the third round. This defeat was followed by four wins and a lost fight against
Denis Boytsov in November 2008 and on April 28, 2009, he defeated Benji Baker by fourth round retirement. Thereafter he lost by unanimous decision against
Jean Marc Mormeck but won his next fight against Dominique Alexander by way of technical knockout in the fifth round. On December 9, 2010, he lost fight against
Tomasz Adamek who defended his
IBF International Heavyweight and
WBO and
NABO Heavyweight Titles. On July 7, 2012, fought
Tyson Fury in Hand Arena,
Clevedon,
Somerset, UK for the WBO Intercontinental Title. He was beaten by ruling of TKO in the 5th round when the referee stopped the fight. ==Professional boxing record==