Marco Huck

Marco Huck
Huck in 2008
Statistics
Real name	Muamer Hukić
Nickname(s)	Käpt'n ("Captain")
Rated at	Cruiserweight Heavyweight
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Reach	195 cm (77 in)
Nationality	German
Born	11 November 1984 Ugao, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Boxing record
Total fights	43
Wins	39
Wins by KO	27
Losses	3
Draws	1

Muamer Hukić (born 11 November 1984), known professionally as Marco Huck, is a German professional boxer known for his aggressive style and punching power.^[1] He is the current IBO cruiserweight champion, having previously held the WBO and European cruiserweight titles (the latter twice). During his reign as WBO champion, Huck made thirteen consecutive successful defenses, which is a division record shared with Johnny Nelson.

Early life

Huck is an ethnic Bosniak, born in Serbia, who moved to Germany with his family when he was eight years old, since becoming a naturalized citizen.^[2][3]

Career

Muamer started Taekwondo and Kickboxing at the age of ten. As an amateur kickboxer, he won a gold medal at the W.A.K.O European championships in 2002 and 2003. He then decided to switch to boxing, having participated in the sport since he was 15.^[4]

Huck has notable victories over opponents such as Michael Simms, Claudio Rîşco, Pietro Aurino and Vadim Tokarev. Huck challenged Steve Cunningham on December 29, 2007 for his first world title, the IBF Cruiserweight title. After eleven hard fought and exhausting rounds, the twelfth begun; Cunningham was landing hard shots as Huck kept moving forward. Following a rough clinch between the two, Cunningham landed a vicious straight right counter, the fighters clinched and Huck fell. Once he was back on his feet, Huck walked back against the ropes signalling that the shot had hurt him and Cunningham went straight in for the attack. For the remainder of the round, Cunningham chased his German counterpart across the ring hitting him with a barrage of hard shots which ended when Huck's corner threw in the towel and ended the beating.

After the loss to Cunningham, Huck won six straight fights by knockout. On March 13, 2010, Huck won the WBO Cruiserweight title from Victor Emilio Ramírez by unanimous decision. After a string of defenses, Huck challenged Alexander Povetkin for the WBA Heavyweight title on February 25, 2012. It was a close and painful fight, Povetkin looked physically exhausted as him team urged him from his corner while Huck was in good condition for most of the fight. Povetkin was awarded a somewhat controversial Majority Decision in the end.

Following further defenses of his title, Huck matched the record for most consecutive world title defenses at Cruiserweight, held by Johnny Nelson, when he successfully retained the WBO Cruiserweight title against Mirko Larghetti on August 30, 2014, his thirteenth successful consecutive title defense.^[5] Huck was due to make history against Krzysztof Głowacki, as it was to be his fourteenth defense, a new record. The bout took place on August 14, 2015 in Huck's American debut on Premier Boxing Champions. Głowacki came out extremely aggressive and was effective early, going as far as to rock Huck in the opening round. As the rounds went on, Huck took control and in the sixth, he dropped his Polish counterpart with a huge left hand, Głowacki staggered to his feet and as the ref allowed the fight to continue, Huck came in to finish and Głowacki threw back everything he had, rocking Huck in the process and keeping him from ending the bout. The fight continued, and it was becoming more and more clear that Huck was taking control, he hit Głowacki with a huge punch in the tenth but his opponent survived. Coming into the eleventh round Huck was ahead on all three scorecards, he out-boxed the now desperate Głowacki for most of the round. Until after throwing a barrage of shots, Huck moved back with his hands down and Głowacki threw a vicious left-right combination and Huck tumbled back. He got back up on rubbery legs, and as the ref allowed the bout to continue, Głowacki rushed in and threw everything at Huck while he lay on the ropes, he took two huge right hands as he dropped down against the ropes, just as the referee came in and waved off the bout. Huck lost his WBO Cruiserweight title and failed to break the record.^[6]

Titles

Pro Boxing

• 2009–15 WBO Cruiserweight Champion (13 title defenses)
• 2008–09 European Cruiserweight Champion (3 title defenses)
• 2007 IBF Inter-Continental Cruiserweight Champion
• 2006–07 European Union Cruiserweight Champion (1 title defence)

Amateur Kickboxing

• 2003 W.A.K.O. World Championships 2003 in Paris, France −86 kg (Full-Contact)
• 2002 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Jesolo, Italy −86 kg (Full-Contact)

Professional record

References

1. Professional boxing record for Marco Huck from BoxRec. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
2. http://www.thebalkansdaily.com/marco-huck-i-am-proud-to-be-bosniak-from-serbia/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. http://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/politika/1214321-vucic-ugostio-svetskog-rekordera-i-bokserskog-sampiona-hukica-foto. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "Q & A With German Cruiser Marco Huck (Info on early career/kickboxing)". www.eastsideboxing.com. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
5. "Marco Huck keeps cruiserweight belt". Retrieved 30 August 2014.
6. "Krzysztof Glowacki ends Marco Huck's title reign". Retrieved 15 August 2015.

External links

• Professional boxing record for Marco Huck from BoxRec
• Personal Homepage