Štěpán Horváth | |
Weight: | Middleweight Light middleweight |
Height: | 5 ft 9 in |
Nationality: | Czech |
Birth Date: | 20 December 1982 |
Birth Place: | Chomutov, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 28 |
Wins: | 21 |
Ko: | 11 |
Losses: | 7 |
Štěpán Horváth (born December 20, 1982) is a Czech professional boxer who held the WBO European super welterweight title between 2016 and 2017. He is of partial Romani descent.[1]
Having lost in previous fights to boxers such as Frank Buglioni, Chris Eubank Jr, and Liam Williams, Horváth won the WBO European super welterweight title in Plzeň against German-Italian boxer Davide Doria in March 2016.[2] In June 2016, Horváth improved his record to 17–5 in defending his title against Hungarian challenger Ferenc Hafner in four rounds.[3] He defended his title for a second time at Královka Arena in Prague against German boxer Arthur Hermann in March 2017.[4]