I was surprised to see the seemingly near the end of the line Braehmer dominate with his jab and take a unanimous decision with pretty lopsided scorecards with the closest being 116-112 for the veteran German, which was the score that I agreed with on the night.
Brant won three of the first four rounds on my card, but would only win one round after as Braehmer controlled the bout from distance as Brant's punch output simply slowed far too much for him to win a decision on German ground.
I was torn entering this bout as Braehmer hadn't fought in a year, had quit on his stool in his last bout against Nathan Cleverly and was dropping a division in weight, but Brant hadn't fought anyone near a contender and was moving up from middleweight to participate in the tournament.
I picked Brant (as did Ramon Malpica) to win and I figured that he would be the more active and more motivated fighter, but it didn't appear to be the case in fistic action.
The Braehmer win moves him to the World Boxing Super Series semi-final against second seed Callum Smith of Great Britain in a less than inspiring fight on paper.
Smith is the higher seed, but I would not be surprised if the fight happens in Germany with the other semi between George Groves and Chris Eubank Jr is almost a certainty to be British bound.
I'm hoping to do a look back at the good and bad of the World Boxing Super Series next week along with a few thoughts about the semi-finals in both brackets/
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