Nikola Stevanović Explained

Nikola Stevanović
Никола Стевановић
Nickname:Johnny (Џони, Džoni)
Nationality:Serbian
Weight:Light Middleweight
Height:6 ft 0 in
Birth Date:May 21, 1987
Birth Place:Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Stance:Orthodox
Total:27
Wins:25
Ko:8
Losses:1
Draws:1

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

Professional career

Stevanovic started boxing at age 11. He trained at the boxing club Cukaricki, and then at 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.At 20 years old, Stevanovic defeated Belgian Cedric Charlier on October 5, 2007, and became the IBF World Junior Champion. He successfully defended his title against Georgia's Alexander Benidze on April 19, 2008. In June 2009, he won the vacant IBF International Title after defeating Francesco di Fiore, and in October 2009, he won the Intercontinental IBF Title by beating Tshepo Mashego.On January 24, 2009, Stevanovic lost 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 with Fight of the Year three times: in 2009 against Tshepo Mashego; in 2011 against Stefano Castellucci; [2] and in 2012 against Ayoub Nefzi.[3] He received an award for the best Serbian boxer from 2004 to 2014.[4]

After a 9-year break, Nikola returned to the ring by participating in a boxing show in Lebane called "Svome gradu".[5]

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
27Win25–1-1 Nikolozi Gviniashvili
26Win24–1-1 Ilya Kharlamau
25Win23–1-1 Ayoub Nefzi
24Win22–1-1 Stefano Castellucci
23Win21–1-1 Chris van Heerden
22Win20–1-1 Marjan Markovic
21Win19–1-1 Tshepo Mashego
20Win18–1-1 Francesco Di Fiore
19Win17–1-1 Mariusz Biskupski
18Loss17-1–0 Alexander Abraham
17Win16-1–0 Nikola Matic
16Win15–1-0 Joseph Sovijus
15Win14-1–0 Alexander Benidze
14Win13-1–0 Thomas Hengstberger
13Win12-1–0 Cedric Charlier
12Draw12-0 Salvatore Annunziata
11Win11-0 Slavomir Merva
10Win10–0 Rumen Kostov
9Win9–0 Joseph Sovijus
8Win8–0 Patrik Prokopecz
7Win7–0 Hamid Semic
6Win6–0 Igor Krbusik
5Win5–0 Petr Rykala
4Win4–0 Jozef Kubovsky
3Win3–0 Krasimir Dimitrov
2Win2–0 Stefan Dimitrov
1Win1–0 Catalin Tilimpea

Notes and References

  1. http://www.boxingnews24.com/2009/01/abraham-decisions-stevanovic/ Abraham Decisions Stevanovic
  2. Web site: IBF Convention: Awards Banquet . 2012-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120706100528/http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/ibf-convention-awards-banquet-117211 . 2012-07-06 . dead.
  3. http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/2013-ibf-awards-banquet-200843 2013 IBF awards banquet
  4. Web site: NIKOLA STEVANOVIĆ, BOKSER DECENIJE . 2024-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140323021053/http://udarac.com/2014/03/16/nikola-stevanovic-bokser-decenije/ . 2014-03-23 . dead .
  5. Web site: Sinoć u Lebanu održano spektakularno veče profi boksa. 2021-07-11. Info Centar Juga - informativni portal. sr-RS. 2021-07-13.