Nuri Seferi
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | Albanian Tyson |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Born | 23 December 1976 |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | Cruiserweight Heavyweight |
| Boxing career | |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 53 |
| Wins | 42 |
| Win by KO | 24 |
| Losses | 11 |
| Draws | 0 |
Nuri Seferi (born 23 December 1976) is an Albanian professional boxer who competes out of Burgdorf, Switzerland.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Seferi was born in Gostivar, SR Macedonia, 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]He made his professional debut on 31 March 1999 against Slovak 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. His most recent fight was against German boxer Mahmoud Charr on December 21, 2022, which he lost via 2nd round TKO. He has fought well-known boxers like Nenad Stankovic, Gusmyr Perdomo, Douglas Otieno Okola, and Giulian Ilie.[3]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]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.[4]
Professional boxing record
[edit | edit source]| 42 Wins (24 knockouts, 18 decisions), 11 Losses (3 knockout, 8 decisions),[5] | |||||||
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 42-11 | Germany Mahmoud Charr | TKO | 2 (10) | 2022-12-21 | Hamburg, Germany | |
| Win | 42-10 | Hungary Tamás Laska | KO | 2 (8) | 2022-07-02 | Bad Wildungen, Germany | |
| Loss | 41-10 | Russia Murat Gassiev | TKO | 1 (10) | 2020-10-31 | WoW Arena, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia | |
| Win | 41-9 | Germany Mazen Girke | TKO | 5 (6) | 2020-01-18 | Edel-optics.de Arena, Hamburg, Germany | |
| Win | 40-9 | Germany Rad Rashid | MD | 8 | 2019-05-25 | Kirchberg, Switzerland | |
| Loss | 39-9 |  Taylor Mabika
|
UD | 12 | 2018-06-08 | Libreville, Gabon | |
| Win | 39-8 |  Gogita Gorgiladze
|
UD | 8 | 2017-12-22 | Sporthalle, Hamburg | |
| Win | 38-8 | Hungary László Hubert | KO | 3 (8) | 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 | Serbia Dušan Krstin | TKO | 6 (8) | 2016-05-21 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Loss | 36-7 | Poland Krzysztof Głowacki | UD | 12 | 2015-01-31 | Toruń, Poland | WBO Cruiserweight title eliminator. Lost WBO European Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 36-6 | Hungary Tamás Lődi | UD | 12 | 2014-05-16 | Berlin, Germany | Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 35-6 | Venezuela Gusmyr Perdomo | MD | 8 | 2014-04-11 | Berlin, Germany | |
| Win | 34-6 | France Steve Herelius | DQ | 7 (10) | 2013-12-20 | Hamburg, Germany | |
| Win | 33-6 | Serbia Nenad Stankovic | TKO | 1 (12) | 2012-10-07 | Skopje, Macedonia | Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 32-6 | Romania Giulian Ilie | MD | 8 | 2012-07-07 | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Win | 31-6 | Belgium Tony Ingelrest | TKO | 3 (12) | 2011-09-24 | Gostivar, Macedonia | Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 30-6 | Hungary Jozsef Nagy | UD | 8 | 2011-03-19 | Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 29-6 | Kenya 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 | Republic of the Congo Jonathan Pasi | UD | 6 | 2010-06-05 | Niedersachsen, Germany | |
| Win | 26-6 | Hungary Tamás Polster | TKO | 5 (12) | 2009-12-26 | Vienna, Austria | Won interim WBC Mediterranean cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 25-6 | Tanzania Joseph Marwa | UD | 4 | 2009-12-12 | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Win | 24-6 | Hungary Tamás Polster | KO | 2 (8) | 2009-07-25 | Vienna, Austria | |
| Win | 23-6 | Slovakia Vladimír Idranyi | UD | 6 | 2008-12-20 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Win | 22-6 | Germany Muhammad Ali Durmaz | TKO | 2 (8) | 2008-11-28 | Skopje, Macedonia | |
| Loss | 21-6 | United Kingdom Herbie Hide | UD | 12 | 2008-07-04 | Ankara, Turkey | WBC International cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 21-5 | Croatia Josip Jalušić | UD | 12 | 2008-05-03 | Kirchberg, Switzerland | Interim Global Boxing Union cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 20-5 | Croatia Josip Jalušić | UD | 12 | 2007-12-08 | Kirchberg, Switzerland | Interim Global Boxing Union cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 19-5 | Slovakia Roman Klučar | TKO | 2 (8) | 2007-05-26 | Kirchberg, Switzerland | |
| Win | 18-5 | Croatia Siniša Puljak | TKO | 5 (8) | 2007-01-20 | Basel, Switzerland | |
| Win | 17-5 | Romania Florin Chidici | TKO | 3 (8) | 2006-09-16 | Montreux, Switzerland | |
| Loss | 16-5 | Germany Marco Huck | UD | 10 | 2006-06-03 | Niedersachsen, Germany | Seferi received point deduction in 4th round for attacking with head. |
| Loss | 16-4 | Russia Nikolay Popov | UD | 12 | 2006-04-26 | Moscow, Russia | vacant WBO Asia Pacific cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 16-3 | North Macedonia Sasha Mitreski | TKO | 6 (8) | 2005-12-26 | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Loss | 15-3 | Ukraine Taras Bydenko | UD | 10 | 2005-09-28 | Hamburg, Germany | German International heavyweight title. |
| Win | 15-2 | Belarus Ihar Shukala | TKO | 3 (8) | 2005-05-21 | Baden, Switzerland | |
| Win | 14-2 | Poland Lukasz Rusiewicz | UD | 8 | 2005-02-26 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Loss | 13-2 | Russia Denis Bakhtov | UD | 10 | 2005-02-11 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| Win | 13-1 | Poland Andrzej Witkowski | UD | 8 | 2004-09-25 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Win | 12-1 | Bruce Oezbek
|
UD | 8 | 2004-06-12 | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Win | 11-1 | Russia Muslim Biarslanov | SD | 8 | 2003-06-09 | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Win | 10-1 | Germany Mario Stein | TKO | 1 (6) | 2002-09-28 | Stadthalle, Germany | |
| Win | 9-1 | Czech Republic Rudolf Murko | TKO | 1 (6) | 2002-05-20 | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Loss | 8-1 | Ukraine Kostyantyn Okhrey | TKO | 4 (6) | 2001-06-16 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | Seferi couldn't continue due to a rib-injury. |
| Win | 8-0 | Romania Mihail Gorgoiu | KO | 1 (6) | 2001-05-12 | St. Gallen, Switzerland | |
| Win | 7-0 | Croatia Velimir Listes | KO | 1 (6) | 2000-12-09 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Win | 6-0 | Slovakia Stefan Cirok | TKO | 2 (6) | 2000-08-28 | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Win | 5-0 | Slovakia Julius Gal | TKO | 3 (6) | 2000-05-20 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Win | 4-0 | Germany Steffen Holtz | KO | 4 (6) | 2000-03-17 | Stuttgart, Germany | |
| Win | 3-0 | Hungary Richard Raffesberger | TKO | 3 (6) | 1999-03-10 | Winterthur, Switzerland | |
| Win | 2-0 | Slovakia František Pacalaj | TKO | 1 (6) | 1999-05-22 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Win | 1-0 | Slovakia Miroslav Dzurenda | KO | 1 (6) | 1999-03-31 | Worb, Switzerland | |
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