Sefer Seferi (The Real Deal) boxer

Sefer Seferi boxer
bouts
26
won
23
lost
2
draw
1
Status
active
Division
cruiserweight
Debut
2007-05-26
Height
-
Reach
-
Age
40
Born
1979-03-05
Death
-
Nationality
Albania

Sefer Seferi (born 5 March 1979) is an Albanian professional boxer who challenged for the IBO cruiserweight title in 2019. His older brother Nuri Seferi is also a professional boxer.Seferi was born in Gostivar, SFR Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia), and is of Albanian heritage. Whilst in Yugoslavia both he and brother Nuri started out wrestling, a sport which their grandfather had competed in professionally. In 1992 the family fled from Gostivar and moved to Burgdorf, Switzerland. Both brothers took up boxing in order to help with integration into Swiss society.Seferi made his professional debut in May 2007 in the cruiserweight division. Over the next 9 years he built up a record of 21–0 with 19 knockouts, albeit against low level opposition.On 17 September 2016, Seferi fought former WBC heavyweight title challenger and future WBA heavyweight champion Manuel Charr for WBA International heavyweight title, with Seferi making the step up to heavyweight for the first time. Charr defeated Seferi by unanimous decision after 10 rounds, ending Seferi's unbeaten record.On 20 May 2018, Seferi was announced as the first opponent for the return of former unified and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, with the fight set to take place on 9 June at Manchester Arena. The fight would be Fury's first since he beat Wladimir Klitschko to become champion more than two and half years previously in November 2015. In April 2018, several weeks before Fury's opponent was announced, several press outlets reported Seferi was rumoured to have been chosen, with Seferi himself quoted as saying, "This would make my dream come true. I never thought I'd have the chance to stand against Fury, he is my idol. Fury is a boxing legend of the 21st century. He is tall, has weight and strength but moves easily, and he dethroned Klitschko. Fury is a bear." The fight ended in a disappointing fourth round corner retirement loss for Seferi.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2018-11-17 Firat Arslan WWWWWW EWS Arena, Goeppingen DRAW
Majority decision
2018-06-09 Tyson Fury WWWWWW Manchester Arena, Manchester LOST
Corner retirement
2018-03-16 Laszlo Hubert WLWLWL Hallmann Dome, Vienna WIN
KO
2017-04-01 Marcelo Ferreira dos Santos WWWWWW Markthalle, Burgdorf WIN
KO
2016-09-17 Manuel Charr LWLWLW EWS Arena, Goeppingen LOST
Unanimous decision
2016-04-23 Laszlo Hubert WLWLWW Markthalle, Burgdorf WIN
Technical knockout
2015-06-27 Radenko Kovac WWLLLL Sportpark Lippe, Detmold WIN
KO
2015-05-09 Sasa Dajic LLLLL Hildesheim WIN
KO
2014-05-16 Josef Krivka WWLLWL CU Arena, Hamburg WIN
Technical knockout
2014-04-26 Josip Jalusic LLLLLL Atrium Sports Center, Buchs WIN
Technical knockout
2012-10-07 Gyula Bozai LWLLWW Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena, Skopje WIN
Unanimous decision
2012-02-11 Marko Angermann LWWLWW Boxsporthalle Braamkamp, Winterhude WIN
Technical knockout
2011-10-15 Josip Jalusic LLLLLL Sporthalle Schuetzenmatt, Burgdorf WIN
Technical knockout
2011-09-24 Gabor Zsalek LLWLLW Gostivar WIN
Technical knockout
2010-11-27 Istvan Bobis LLLDL Gostivar WIN
Technical knockout
2010-06-26 Viktor Szalai WLLLWL Calafatti Halle Prater, Vienna WIN
Technical knockout
2009-12-26 Tomislav Juric Grgic LLLLLL Stadthalle, Vienna WIN
Technical knockout
2009-12-05 Ferenc Zsalek LLLWLL Sporthalle, Kirchberg WIN
KO
2009-07-25 Gyorgy Mihalik LWLL Salla e Sportit, Gostivar WIN
Technical knockout
2009-04-18 Ivica Cukusic LLLLLL Pallati i Rinise, Pristina WIN
Corner retirement
2008-12-20 Roman Klucar LLLLLL Markthalle, Burgdorf WIN
Technical knockout
2008-11-28 Attila Makula debut Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena, Skopje WIN
Technical knockout
2008-06-28 Gyorgy Mihalik LW Markthalle, Burgdorf WIN
KO
2008-05-03 Jonathan Pasi LLWLWL Sporthalle, Kirchberg WIN
Technical knockout
2007-12-08 Drazen Ordulj WLLLLL Sporthalle, Kirchberg WIN
Unanimous decision
2007-05-26 Anton Lascek WLLLLL Sporthalle, Kirchberg WIN
Technical knockout