WAYNE `Big Truck’ Braithwaite was 10-0, when he met Canadian Dale `Cowboy’ Brown at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, USA on February 12, 2000.The Guyanese southpaw cruiserweight was making the first defence of the WBC International title while Brown was laying down his NABF cruiserweight title.

Weighing in at 188 pounds, one pound heavier than his opponent Braithwaite walked out of the ring with both titles. Referee Vic Drakulich stopped the scheduled 12-rounder at one minute and 44 seconds of the eighth round to avoid further punishment to the Canadian.
It was the first fight in the USA for Braithwaite who graduated to become the second Guyanese to win a world title.
The former WBC cruiserweight champion will turn 40 in August. He has been defeated six times in his last nine fights dating back to an April 2005 loss to Jean Marc Mormeck.