Nikola Stevanović

Nikola Stevanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Стевановић; born 21 May 1987, in Belgrade) is a Serbian professional boxer and a former IBF Intercontinental light middleweight champion.

For the Serbian footballer, see Nikola Stevanović (footballer).
Nikola Stevanović
Никола Стевановић
Statistics
Nickname(s)Johnny (Џони,Džoni)
Weight(s)Light Middleweight
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
NationalitySerbian
Born (1987-05-21) May 21, 1987
Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights25
Wins23
Wins by KO8
Losses1
Draws1

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 a 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
Win23–1-1 Ayoub Nefzi UD122012-05-18 Hall of Sports, Belgrade Retained IBF Inter-Continental light middleweight title.
Win22–1-1 Stefano Castellucci TKO11 (12), 1:452011-05-20 Sport Hall Sumice, Belgrade Retained IBF Inter-Continental light middleweight title.
Win21–1-1Chris van Heerden SD122010-05-29 Sport Hall Pinki, Belgrade Retained IBF Inter-Continental light middleweight title.
Win20–1-1 Marjan Markovic PTS82010-04-03 Sport Hall Pinki, Belgrade
Win19–1-1 Tshepo Mashego UD122009-10-05 Sport Hall Banjica, Belgrade Won IBF Inter-Continental light middleweight title.
Win18–1-1 Francesco Di Fiore UD122009-06-20 Sport Hall Pinki, Belgrade Won vacant IBF International light middleweight title.
Win17–1-1 Mariusz Biskupski TKO6 (8), 1:202009-03-28 Sport Hall Pinki, Belgrade
Loss17-1–0 Alexander Abraham UD122009-01-24 Erdgas Arena, Germany Lost EBU-EE (European External European Union) title.
Win16-1–0 Nikola Matic TKO4(6), 3:002008-12-26 Hall Spen, Novi Sad, Serbia
Win15–1-0 Joseph Sovijus KO5 (6)2008-06-28 Mirosaljci, Belgrade, Serbia
Win14-1–0 Alexander Benidze UD102008-04-19 Sport Hall Banjica, Belgrade, Serbia Won IBF Youth Middleweight title.
Win13-1–0 Thomas Hengstberger KO2 (6),1:142007-11-30 Lagator Hall, Loznica, Serbia
Win12-1–0 Cedric Charlier UD102007-10-05 Hall of Sports, Belgrade, Serbia Won IBF Youth Light-Middleweight title.
Draw12-0 Salvatore Annunziata PTS102007-04-25 Portici, Campania, Italy IBF Youth Light-Middleweight title.
Win11-0 Slavomir Merva TKO1(6)2007-03-18 Nachtwerk, Vienna, Austria
Win10–0 Rumen Kostov PTS42007-02-17 Hall of Sports, Trstenik, Serbia
Win9–0 Joseph Sovijus PTS42006-10-05 Hall of Sports, Trstenik, Serbia
Win8–0 Patrik Prokopecz TKO5 (6), 2:082006-06-04 Hall of Sports Prijepolje, Prijepolje, Serbia
Win7–0 Hamid Semic PTS62005-11-26 Sporthalle, Steyr, Austria
Win6–0 Igor Krbusik PTS62005-10-05 Hall of Sports, Belgrade, Serbia
Win5–0 Petr Rykala PTS62005-05-21 Sporthalle, Saint Valentin, Austria
Win4–0 Jozef Kubovsky PTS42005-04-10 Hall of Sports, Belgrade, Serbia
Win3–0 Krasimir Dimitrov PTS42005-01-23 Hall of Sports, Belgrade, Serbia
Win2–0 Stefan Dimitrov UD42004-1-25 Sky Bar, Belgrade, Serbia
Win1–0 Catalin Tilimpea KO1 (4)2004-10-05 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". Archived from the original on 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  3. 2013 IBF awards banquet
  4. "Nikola Stevanovic Professional boxing record". BoxRec.com.
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