Christian Thun (The Hurricane) pugile

Christian Alfred Thun (born 24 February 1992) is a German professional boxer who has held the IBO Continental heavyweight title since 2020.Christian Alfred Thun was born on 24 February 1992 in Ennepetal, Germany, to a German father and Italian mother. He moved to Italy when he was 5 and then to England around 12 years old, where he began his amateur boxing career. He was introduced to boxing at the Peacock Gym in London and had his first fight at 15. After spending most of his career in England, Thun had the opportunity to box in Italy in 2013, where he secured a place on the Italian Olympic team. Alongside boxing, in which he compiled an amateur record of 49–6, Thun also obtained a Bachelor's degree in International Business Management in London. He speaks five languages; English, Italian, German, Spanish, and Russian. Thun made his professional debut on 2 March 2018, scoring a second-round technical knockout (TKO) victory against Georgi Urjumelashvili at the Espace Leó Ferré in Fontvieille, Monaco.He scored two victories in 2018–a knockout (KO) against Davit Gogishvili in June and a points decision (PTS) against Euloge Bakanda Boule in September–before facing Viktar Chvarkou on 16 March 2019, at the Hotel W in Barcelona, Spain. Thun emerged victorious after Chvrakou was disqualified in the sixth round for two intentional headbutts.