Nuri Seferi

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

Nuri Seferi
Statistics
Real nameNuri Seferi
Nickname(s)Albanian Tyson
Weight(s)Cruiserweight
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
NationalityAlbanian
Born (1976-12-23) 23 December 1976
Gostivar, SFR Yugoslavia
(present-day North Macedonia)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights51
Wins41
Wins by KO22
Losses10
Draws0

Biography

Seferi was born in Gostivar, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) and is of Albanian heritage. 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
41 Wins (22 knockouts, 19 decisions), 10

10 Losses (2 knockout, 8 decisions),[4]

Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Win 38-8 Laszlo Hubert KO 3 2017-04-01 Burgdorf, Switzerland
Loss 37-8 Firat Arslan UD 12 2016-09-27 Stuttgart, Germany IBO Cruiserweight title eliminator.
For vacant WBO European Cruiserweight title.
Win 37-7 Dusan Krstin TKO 6 2016-05-21 Burgdorf, Switzerland
Loss 36-7 Krzysztof Głowacki UD 12 2015-01-31 Torun, Poland WBO Cruiserweight title eliminator.
Lost WBO European Cruiserweight title.
Win 36-6 Tamas Lodi UD 12 2014-05-16 Berlin, Germany Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title.
Win 35-6 Gusmyr Perdomo MD 8 2014-04-11 Berlin, Germany
Win 34-6 Steve Herelius DQ 7 2013-12-20 Hamburg, Germany
Win 33-6 Nenad Stankovic TKO 1 2012-10-07 Skopje, Macedonia Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title.
Win 32-6 Giulian Ilie MD 8 2012-07-07 Bern, Switzerland
Win 31-6 Tony Ingelrest TKO 3 2011-09-24 Gostivar, Macedonia Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title.
Win 30-6 Jozsef Nagy UD 8 2011-03-19 Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Win 29-6 Douglas Otieno Okola UD 12 2010-11-27 Gostivar, Macedonia Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title.
Win 28-6 Sandro Siproshvili UD 12 2010-06-26 Vienna, Austria Won Vacant WBO European Cruiserweight title.
Win 27-6 Jonathan Pasi UD 6 2010-06-05 Niedersachsen, Germany
Win 26-6 Tamas Polster TKO 5 2009-12-26 Vienna, Austria Won interim WBC Mediterranean cruiserweight title.
Win 25-6 Joseph Marwa UD 4 2009-12-12 Bern, Switzerland
Win 24-6 Tamas Polster KO 2 2009-07-25 Vienna, Austria
Win 23-6 Vladimir Idranyi UD 6 2008-12-20 Burgdorf, Switzerland
Win 22-6 Muhammad Ali Durmaz TKO 2 2008-11-28 Skopje, Macedonia
Loss 21-6 Herbie Hide UD 12 2008-07-04 Ankara, Turkey WBC International cruiserweight title.
Win 21-5 Josip Jalusic UD 12 2008-05-03 Kirchberg, Switzerland Interim Global Boxing Union cruiserweight title.
Win 20-5 Josip Jalusic UD 12 2007-12-08 Kirchberg, Switzerland Interim Global Boxing Union cruiserweight title.
Win 19-5 Roman Klucar TKO 2 2007-05-26 Kirchberg, Switzerland
Win 18-5 SedSinisa Puljak TKO 5 2007-01-20 Basel, Switzerland
Win 17-5 Florin Chidici TKO 3 2006-09-16 Montreux, Switzerland
Loss 16-5 Marco Huck UD 10 2006-06-03 Niedersachsen, Germany Seferi received point deduction in 4th round for attacking with head.
Loss 16-4 Nikolay Popov UD 12 2006-04-26 Moscow, Russia vacant WBO Asia Pacific cruiserweight title.
Win 16-3 Sasha Mitreski TKO 6 2005-12-26 Bern, Switzerland
Loss 15-3 Taras Bydenko UD 10 2005-09-28 Hamburg, Germany German International heavyweight title.
Win 15-2 Ihar Shukala TKO 3 2005-05-21 Baden, Switzerland
Win 14-2 Lukasz Rusiewicz UD 8 2005-02-26 Burgdorf, Switzerland
Loss 13-2 Denis Bakhtov UD 10 2005-02-11 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Win 13-1 Andrzej Witkowski UD 8 2004-09-25 Burgdorf, Switzerland
Win 12-1 Bruce Oezbek UD 8 2004-06-12 Bern, Switzerland
Win 11-1 Muslim Biarslanov SD 8 2003-06-09 Bern, Switzerland
Win 10-1 Mario Stein TKO 1 2002-09-28 Stadthalle, Germany
Win 9-1 Rudolf Murko TKO 1 2002-05-20 Bern, Switzerland
Loss 8-1 Kostyantyn Okhrey TKO 4 2001-06-16 Burgdorf, Switzerland Seferi couldn't continue due to a rib-injury.
Win 8-0 Mihail Gorgoiu KO 1 2001-05-12 Saint-Gallen, Switzerland
Win 7-0 Velimir Listes KO 1 2000-12-09 Burgdorf, Switzerland
Win 6-0 Stefan Cirok TKO 2 2000-08-28 Bern, Switzerland
Win 5-0 Julius Gal TKO 3 2000-05-20 Burgdorf, Switzerland
Win 4-0 Steffen Holtz KO 4 2000-03-17 Stuttgart Germany
Win 3-0 Richard Raffesberger TKO 3 1999-03-10 Winterthur, Switzerland
Win 2-0 Frantisek Pacalaj TKO 1 1999-05-22 Burgdorf, Switzerland
Win 1-0 Miroslav Dzurenda KO 1 1999-03-31 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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