| Dejan Zlatičanin | |
| Nickname: | Dynamite |
| Weight: | Lightweight |
| Height: | 1.63 m |
| Reach: | 165 cm |
| Nationality: | Montenegrin |
| Birth Date: | 23 April 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 28 |
| Wins: | 24 |
| Ko: | 16 |
| Losses: | 4 |
Dejan Zlatičanin (born 23 April 1984) is a Montenegrin professional boxer. He is the first Montenegrin boxer to win a boxing world title, having held the WBC lightweight title from 2016 to 2017.
Zlatičanin made his professional debut on 3 May 2008, scoring a third-round technical decision against Wladimir Borov. On 1 February 2011, he won his first regional championship—the vacant WBC Mediterranean lightweight title—via unanimous decision (UD) over Felix Lora.[1] Later that year, on 26 November, he upgraded to the vacant WBC International title with a UD over Godfrey Nzimande, after which two successful defences were made between 2012 and 2013.
On 27 June 2014, Zlatičanin regained the same title (now vacant) by knocking down and winning an upset split decision against former world champion Ricky Burns.[2]
The pinnacle of Zlatičanin's career came on 11 June 2016, when he became the first Montenegrin world boxing champion by stopping Franklin Mamani in three rounds to win the WBC lightweight title. His signature left hand helped him knock out the accomplished Bolivian boxer [3]
Zlatičanin would lose the WBC lightweight title in his first title defense against Mikey Garcia, on January 28, 2017. Garcia was ranked #2 by the WBC at lightweight.[4] He was defeated in the third round by a right hand from Garcia[5]
On 11 September 2021, Zlaticanin faced Zaur Abdullaev, who was ranked #6 by the WBC and #10 by the IBF at lightweight. Zlaticanin lost the bout via unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the fight in favor of Abdullaev, 119–109, 118–110 and 117–111.[6]
In his next bout, Zlaticanin fought Lewis Ritson. Ritson was consistently outboxed Zlaticanin throughout the fight and earned a unanimous decision victory, 100–90 twice and 99–91 in his favour.[7]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Loss | 24–4 | Lewis Ritson | UD | 10 | 25 Mar 2022 | |||
| 27 | Loss | 24–3 |  Zaur Abdullaev | UD | 12 | 11 Sep 2021 | | ||
| 26 | Win | 24–2 | Viskhan Murzabekov | UD | 10 | 10 Nov 2019 |  | ||
| 25 | Loss | 23–2 |  Roberto Ramirez | TKO | 2 (10), | 21 Jun 2018 |  | ||
| 24 | Win | 23–1 |  Hevinson Herrera | KO | 1 (8), | 15 Dec 2017 | | ||
| 23 | Loss | 22–1 | Mikey Garcia | KO | 3 (12), | 28 Jan 2017 | | ||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 |  Franklin Mamani | TKO | 3 (12), | 11 Jun 2016 | | ||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 |  Ivan Redkach | TKO | 4 (12), | 13 Jun 2015 | | ||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 |  Alex Bone | UD | 10 | 25 Oct 2014 | | ||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Ricky Burns | 12 | 27 Jun 2014 | ||||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Asan Yuseinov | KO | 1 (10), | 24 Aug 2013 | | ||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Petr Petrov | UD | 12 | 13 Apr 2013 | | ||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 |  Bahrom Payozov | KO | 8 (12), | 24 Jul 2012 | | ||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Vasile Herteg | KO | 1 (8), | 24 Mar 2012 | | ||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Godfrey Nzimande | UD | 12 | 26 Nov 2011 | | ||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Hoang Sang Nguyen | KO | 5 (12), | 29 Apr 2011 | | ||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 |  Felix Lora | UD | 12 | 25 Feb 2011 |  | ||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Cristian Spataru | KO | 2 (6) | 4 Mar 2010 | | ||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 |  Istvan Hegedus | TKO | 4 (6) | 28 Nov 2009 | | ||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Antonio Horvatić | TKO | 1 (6) | 3 Oct 2009 | | ||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Suleyman Dag | TKO | 2 (6), | 16 Apr 2009 | | ||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Sandor Fekete | 4 | 17 Dec 2008 |  | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Edin Kavara | KO | 1 (6), | 18 Oct 2008 | | ||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Bojan Žarkov | KO | 1 (6) | 26 Sep 2008 | | ||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Tibor Horvath | TKO | 1 (4) | 23 Aug 2008 | | ||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Bojan Žarkov | 1 (4) | 9 Aug 2008 | | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Enko Alic | 1 (6) | 1 Aug 2008 | | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Wladimir Borov | 3 (4) | 3 May 2008 | |