By James Slater: Though Steve “USS” Cunningham and maybe a few other guys will have a case for disputing it, Germany’s Serbian-born Marco “Kapt’n” Huck is looking more and more like the most dominant of the current cruiserweight belt holders. Tonight in Germany, the powerful 25-year-old improved to 30-1(23) as he successfully defended his title for a fourth time by smashing the previously unstopped Matt Godfrey inside five brutally one-sided rounds.
In total, Huck sent the man known as “Too Smooth” down four times in the bout; once in the 2nd-round, again in the 3rd (when a low blow by Huck also got home) and twice in the 5th and final round – the fourth and last knockdown sending Godfrey right through the ring ropes. The official time of the ending was 2 minutes and 18-seconds of round-five, and 29-year-old Godfrey, who had promised such a great challenge beforehand, fell to 20-2(10). Never before, though, has the Rhode Island native been so ruthlessly manhandled..
Before the short and one sided fight Godfrey, winner of his last four and having been beaten only by Rudolf Kraj (on points over 12-rounds, also in Germany) said Huck would be facing a fighter the likes of which he has never seen before. Unfortunately, these bold words counted for nothing, and the physically superior champion quickly showed who was boss. Godfrey, in facing a fighter the likes of which HE had never seen before, never came close to winning a round or hurting Huck.
The one-way traffic thrilled the German fans, and it must be said how Huck is looking like he could be the best cruiserweight out there (although again, Steve Cunningham, the only man to have beaten Huck at pro level, would strongly disagree). What fans other than the ones in Germany really want to see now, though, is for Huck to venture out of Germany (the scene of all but two of his fights, the other two also taking place in Europe) and make his U.S debut.
As exciting as he is, Huck must also up the level a touch in his next fight. Okay, Adam Richards, Brian Minto and Godfrey, Huck’s last three challengers, were reasonable enough, but we want to see just how good Huck really is. He sure looks great, but how will the crowd-pleaser cope with the proven names at his weight, such as Cunningham, in what would be an eagerly anticipated rematch?
Huck had things his own way tonight, but would this be the case against “USS,” B.J Flores, Danny Green, Denis Lebedev, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk or even the Alexander Frenkel-Enzo Maccarinelli winner?
Let’s hope we see these match-ups soon.
In other action on the card:
Marcos Nader UD 8 Kai Kauramaki
Patrick Nielsen TKO 1 Laszlo Haaz
Enad Licina UD 8 Ismail Abdoul
Dominik Britsch UD 8 Lorenzo Cosseddu
Dustin Dirks KO 2 Sami Selesmaa
Robert Helenius TKO 6 Gregory Tony