Nikola Stevanović

Nikola Stevanović
Никола Стевановић
Statistics
Nickname(s) Johnny (Џони,Džoni)
Rated at Light Middleweight
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality Serbian
Born (1987-05-21) May 21, 1987
Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 25
Wins 23
Wins by KO 8
Losses 1
Draws 1

Nikola Stevanović (Serbian: Никола Стевановић; Belgrade, 21 May 1987) is a Serbian professional boxer and the former IBF Intercontinental Light Middleweight Champion.

Professional career

Stevanovic started boxing at age 11. He trained at a boxing club Cukaricki, and then in a boxing club Partizan with his brother Stefan.

He made his professional debut as an 17-year-old on October 5, 2004. in Belgrade. He defeated Catalin Andrei Tilimpe via a first round knockout. With 20 years Stevanovic defeat Belgian Cedric Charlier and became the IBF World Junior Champion. He successfully defended Title against Georgia's Alexander Benidze. In June 2009. he won the vacant IBF International Title after defeating Francesco di Fiore, and in October 2009. won the Intercontinental IBF Title beating Tshepo Mashego . On January 24, 2009, Stevanovic lost the fight to Alexander Abraham for the EBU-EE (European External European Union) Light Middleweight Title at the Erdgas Arena, Germany.[1]

Nikola Stevanovic has been honoured for Fight of the Year three times: in 2009. against Tshepo Mashego, for fight in 2011. against Stefano Castellucci [2] and for fight in 2012. against Ayoub Nefzi.[3] He received the award for the best Serbian boxer in the period from 2004. to 2014.

Professional boxing record

23 Wins (8 Knockouts), 1 Loss, 1 Draws[4]
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
Win23–1-1Belgium Ayoub Nefzi UD122012-05-18 Serbia Hall of Sports, Belgrade Retained IBF Inter-Continental light middleweight title.
Win22–1-1Italy Stefano Castellucci TKO11 (12), 1:452011-05-20 Serbia Sport Hall Sumice, Belgrade Retained IBF Inter-Continental light middleweight title.
Win21–1-1South AfricaChris van Heerden SD122010-05-29 Serbia Sport Hall Pinki, Belgrade Retained IBF Inter-Continental light middleweight title.
Win20–1-1Croatia Marjan Markovic PTS82010-04-03 Serbia Sport Hall Pinki, Belgrade
Win19–1-1South Africa Tshepo Mashego UD122009-10-05 Serbia Sport Hall Banjica, Belgrade Won IBF Inter-Continental light middleweight title.
Win18–1-1Italy Francesco Di Fiore UD122009-06-20 Serbia Sport Hall Pinki, Belgrade Won vacant IBF International light middleweight title.
Win17–1-1Poland Mariusz Biskupski TKO6 (8), 1:202009-03-28 Serbia Sport Hall Pinki, Belgrade
Loss17-1–0Armenia Alexander Abraham UD122009-01-24 Germany Erdgas Arena, Germany Lost EBU-EE (European External European Union) title.
Win16-1–0Croatia Nikola Matic TKO4(6), 3:002008-12-26 Serbia Hall Spen, Novi Sad, Serbia
Win15–1-0Slovakia Joseph Sovijus KO5 (6)2008-06-28 Serbia Mirosaljci, Belgrade, Serbia
Win14-1–0Georgia (country) Alexander Benidze UD102008-04-19 Serbia Sport Hall Banjica, Belgrade, Serbia Won IBF Youth Middleweight title.
Win13-1–0Austria Thomas Hengstberger KO2 (6),1:142007-11-30 Serbia Lagator Hall, Loznica, Serbia
Win12-1–0Belgium Cedric Charlier UD102007-10-05 Serbia Hall of Sports, Belgrade, Serbia Won IBF Youth Light-Middleweight title.
Draw12-0Italy Salvatore Annunziata PTS102007-04-25 Italy Portici, Campania, Italy IBF Youth Light-Middleweight title.
Win11-0Slovakia Slavomir Merva TKO1(6)2007-03-18 Austria Nachtwerk, Vienna, Austria
Win10–0Bulgaria Rumen Kostov PTS42007-02-17 Serbia Hall of Sports, Trstenik, Serbia
Win9–0Slovakia Joseph Sovijus PTS42006-10-05 Serbia Hall of Sports, Trstenik, Serbia
Win8–0Slovakia Patrik Prokopecz TKO5 (6), 2:082006-06-04 Serbia Hall of Sports Prijepolje, Prijepolje, Serbia
Win7–0Bosnia and Herzegovina Hamid Semic PTS62005-11-26 Austria Sporthalle, Steyr, Austria
Win6–0Slovakia Igor Krbusik PTS62005-10-05 Serbia Hall of Sports, Belgrade, Serbia
Win5–0Czech Republic Petr Rykala PTS62005-05-21 Austria Sporthalle, Saint Valentin, Austria
Win4–0Slovakia Jozef Kubovsky PTS42005-04-10 Serbia Hall of Sports, Belgrade, Serbia
Win3–0Bulgaria Krasimir Dimitrov PTS42005-01-23 Serbia Hall of Sports, Belgrade, Serbia
Win2–0Bulgaria Stefan Dimitrov UD42004-1-25 Serbia Sky Bar, Belgrade, Serbia
Win1–0Romania Catalin Tilimpea KO1 (4)2004-10-05 Serbia Sky Bar, Belgrade, Serbia Stevanovic's professional debut.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Gregorz Proksa		 IBF Youth Middleweight Champion
October 05, 2007 – April 19, 2008 		Succeeded by
Max Bursak
Preceded by
Salvatore Anuziatta		 IBF Youth Light Middleweight Champion
April 19, 2008 – October 17, 2008 		Succeeded by
Adriano Cardarello
Preceded by
Frank Haroche Horta		 IBF International Light Middleweight Champion
June 20, 2009 – June 04, 2010 		Succeeded by
Moez Fhima
Preceded by
Vincent Vuma		 IBF Intercontinental Light Middleweight Champion
October 05, 2009 – February 28, 2013 		Succeeded by
Lenny Bottai

References

  1. ↑ Abraham Decisions Stevanovic
  2. ↑ IBF Convention: Awards Banquet
  3. ↑ 2013 IBF awards banquet
  4. ↑ "Nikola Stevanovic Professional boxing record". BoxRec.com.

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