Nuri Seferi

Nuri Seferi
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Real name Nuri Seferi
Nickname(s) Albanian Tyson
Rated at Cruiserweight
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nationality Albanian
Born (1976-12-23) 23 December 1976
Gostivar, Macedonia
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 45
Wins 37
Wins by KO 21
Losses 8
Draws 0

Nuri Seferi (born 23 December 1976) is an ethnic Albanian professional boxer who competes out of Burgdorf, Switzerland.

Biography

Seferi was born to an Albanian family. Whilst in Yugoslavia as an eight-year-old he started wrestling, a sport which his grandfather had competed in professionally. In 1992 his family fled from Gostivar and moved to Burgdorf, Switzerland. Seferi found it hard to adapt to the lifestyle and language change, and as he was 15 at the time he was too old for compulsory education. He took up boxing in order to help with integration into Swiss society.[1] He began to train under the guidance of trainer Sandor Konya at a local gym in Burgdorf, but he also trained with legendary Swiss martial artist and kickboxer Andy Hug as well.

Amateur career

With a perfect record of 10 wins with 9 knockouts as an amateur, Seferi became the Swiss amateur heavyweight champion in 1998. Shortly after winning the title however he began to focus on turning professional and retired a successful amateur career undefeated.

Professional

He made his professional debut on 31 March 1999 against Slovakian Miroslav Dzurenda in Worb, Switzerland. The 22-year-old Seferi won the fight by a knockout in the first round. his first defeat came on 16 June 2001 to Ukrainian Kostyantyn Okhrey, with Seferi being unable to continue in the 4th round due to a rib injury. Of his first 10 wins in 6 round bouts, all were won by knockouts in the first 4 rounds, with 6 knockouts coming in the opening rounds.

On 7 July 2012 Seferi made his comeback fight following his operation against Giulian Ilie in Bern, Switzerland before the Wladimir Klitschko v Tony Thompson bout. Seferi started the fight poorly, getting outfoxed and unable to match Ilie's speed. However, he gained momentum in the latter rounds and knocked down his opponent in the sixth and eighth round respectively to win on points over the 8 rounds.[2]

He fought Steve Herelius on 7 December 2013. Seferi dominated the fight, but his opponent got disqualified in the 7th round.

He was defeated by Krzysztof Glowacki in January 2015.

He won the WBO European Cruiserweight title on 26 June 2010 and defended his title successfully four times until losing to Krzysztof Głowacki on 31 January 2015.

Personal life

He has a younger brother, Sefer Seferi who is also a professional boxer in the cruiserweight division. In December 2011, Nuri and his brother Sefer were named honorary citizens of their birthplace, Gostivar in Macedonia by the city's mayor Rufi Osmani.[3]

Professional boxing record

37 Wins (21 knockouts, 16 decisions), 8 Losses (1 knockout, 7 decisions),[4]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Loss 37-8 Turkey Firat Arslan UD 12 2016-09-27 Germany Stuttgart, Germany IBO Cruiserweight title eliminator.

For vacant WBO European Cruiserweight title.

Win 37-7 Serbia Dusan Krstin TKO 6 2016-05-21 Switzerland Burgdorf, Switzerland
Loss 36-7 Poland Krzysztof Głowacki UD 12 2015-01-31 Poland Torun, Poland WBO Cruiserweight title eliminator.

Lost WBO European Cruiserweight title.

Win 36-6 Hungary Tamas Lodi UD 12 2014-05-16 Germany Berlin, Germany Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title.
Win 35-6 Venezuela Gusmyr Perdomo MD 8 2014-04-11 Germany Berlin, Germany
Win 34-6 France Steve Herelius DQ 7 2013-12-20 Germany Hamburg, Germany
Win 33-6 Serbia Nenad Stankovic TKO 1 2012-10-07 Republic of Macedonia Skopje, Macedonia Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title.
Win 32-6 Romania Giulian Ilie MD 8 2012-07-07 Switzerland Berne, Switzerland
Win 31-6 Belgium Tony Ingelrest TKO 3 2011-09-24 Republic of Macedonia Gostivar, Macedonia Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title.
Win 30-6 Hungary Jozsef Nagy UD 8 2011-03-19 Germany Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Win 29-6 Kenya Douglas Otieno Okola UD 12 2010-11-27 Republic of Macedonia Gostivar, Macedonia Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title.
Win 28-6 Georgia (country) Sandro Siproshvili UD 12 2010-06-26 Austria Vienna, Austria Won Vacant WBO European Cruiserweight title.
Win 27-6 Republic of the Congo Jonathan Pasi UD 6 2010-06-05 Germany Niedersachsen, Germany
Win 26-6 Hungary Tamas Polster TKO 5 2009-12-26 Austria Vienna, Austria Won interim WBC Mediterranean cruiserweight title.
Win 25-6 Tanzania Joseph Marwa UD 4 2009-12-12 Switzerland Berne, Switzerland
Win 24-6 Hungary Tamas Polster KO 2 2009-07-25 Austria Vienna, Austria
Win 23-6 Slovakia Vladimir Idranyi UD 6 2008-12-20 Switzerland Burgdorf, Switzerland
Win 22-6 Germany Muhammed Ali Durmaz TKO 2 2008-11-28 Republic of Macedonia Skopje, Macedonia
Loss 21-6 United Kingdom Herbie Hide UD 12 2008-07-04 Turkey Ankara, Turkey WBC International cruiserweight title.
Win 21-5 Croatia Josip Jalusic UD 12 2008-05-03 Switzerland Kirchberg, Switzerland Interim Global Boxing Union cruiserweight title.
Win 20-5 Croatia Josip Jalusic UD 12 2007-12-08 Switzerland Kirchberg, Switzerland Interim Global Boxing Union cruiserweight title.
Win 19-5 Slovakia Roman Klucar TKO 2 2007-05-26 Germany Kirchberg, Switzerland
Win 18-5 Croatia SedSinisa Puljak TKO 5 2007-01-20 Switzerland Basel, Switzerland
Win 17-5 Romania Florin Chidici TKO 3 2006-09-16 Switzerland Montreux, Switzerland
Loss 16-5 Germany Marco Huck UD 10 2006-06-03 Germany Niedersachsen, Germany Seferi received point deduction in 4th round for attacing with head.
Loss 16-4 Russia Nikolay Popov UD 12 2006-04-26 Russia Moscow, Russia vacant WBO Asia Pacific cruiserweight title.
Win 16-3 Republic of Macedonia Sasha Mitreski TKO 6 2005-12-26 Switzerland Berne, Switzerland
Loss 15-3 Ukraine Taras Bydenko UD 10 2005-09-28 Germany Hamburg, Germany German International heavyweight title.
Win 15-2 Belarus Ihar Shukala TKO 3 2005-05-21 Switzerland Baden, Switzerland
Win 14-2 Poland Lukasz Rusiewicz UD 8 2005-02-26 Switzerland Burgdorf, Switzerland
Loss 13-2 Russia Denis Bakhtov UD 10 2005-02-11 Russia Saint Petersburg, Russia
Win 13-1 Poland Andrzej Witkowski UD 8 2004-09-25 Switzerland Burgdorf, Switzerland
Win 12-1 Turkey Bruce Oezbek UD 8 2004-06-12 Switzerland Berne, Switzerland
Win 11-1 Chechnya Muslim Biarslanov SD 8 2003-06-09 Switzerland Berne, Switzerland
Win 10-1 Germany Mario Stein TKO 1 2002-09-28 Germany Stadthalle, Germany
Win 9-1 Czech Republic Rudolf Murko TKO 1 2002-05-20 Switzerland Berne, Switzerland
Loss 8-1 Ukraine Kostyantyn Okhrey TKO 4 16/06/2001 Switzerland Burgdorf, Switzerland Seferi couldn't continue due to a rib-injury.
Win 8-0 Romania Mihail Gorgoiu KO 1 12/05/2001 Switzerland Saint-Gallen, Switzerland
Win 7-0 Croatia Velimir Listes KO 1 09/12/2000 Switzerland Burgdorf, Switzerland
Win 6-0 Slovakia Stefan Cirok TKO 2 28/08/2000 Switzerland Berne, Switzerland
Win 5-0 Slovakia Julius Gal TKO 3 20/05/2000 Switzerland Burgdorf, Switzerland
Win 4-0 Germany Steffen Holtz KO 4 17/03/2000 Germany Stuttgart Germany
Win 3-0 Hungary Richard Raffesberger TKO 3 03/10/1999 Switzerland Winterthur, Switzerland
Win 2-0 Slovakia Frantisek Pacalaj TKO 1 22/05/1999 Switzerland Burgdorf, Switzerland
Win 1-0 Slovakia Miroslav Dzurenda KO 1 31/03/1999 Switzerland Worb, Switzerland

References

  1. ↑ Administrator. "Auf den ersten Blick ein typischer Boxer". nuriseferi.ch.
  2. ↑ "Wladimir Klitschko Batters Tony Thompson For TKO in Six - Boxing News". boxingscene.com.
  3. ↑ Administrator. "Die Seferi Brüder sind zu Ehrenbürgern von Gostivar ernannt worden". nuriseferi.ch.
  4. ↑ http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=15083&cat=boxer
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