Seferi was born in Gostivar, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) and is of Albanian heritage. Whilst in Yugoslavia as an eight-year-old he started wrestling, a sport which his grandfather had competed in professionally. In 1992 his family fled from Gostivar and moved to Burgdorf, Switzerland. Seferi found it hard to adapt to the lifestyle and language change, and as he was 15 at the time he was too old for compulsory education. He took up boxing in order to help with integration into Swiss society.[1] He began to train under the guidance of trainer Sandor Konya at a local gym in Burgdorf, but he also trained with legendary Swiss martial artist and kickboxer Andy Hug as well.
Amateur careeredit
With a perfect record of 10 wins with 9 knockouts as an amateur, Seferi became the Swiss amateur heavyweight champion in 1998. Shortly after winning the title however he began to focus on turning professional and retired a successful amateur career undefeated.
Professionaledit
He made his professional debut on 31 March 1999 against Slovakian Miroslav Dzurenda in Worb, Switzerland. The 22-year-old Seferi won the fight by a knockout in the first round. his first defeat came on 16 June 2001 to Ukrainian Kostyantyn Okhrey, with Seferi being unable to continue in the 4th round due to a rib injury. Of his first 10 wins in 6 round bouts, all were won by knockouts in the first 4 rounds, with 6 knockouts coming in the opening rounds.
On 7 July 2012 Seferi made his comeback fight following his operation against Giulian Ilie in Bern, Switzerland before the Wladimir Klitschko v Tony Thompson bout. Seferi started the fight poorly, getting outfoxed and unable to match Ilie's speed. However, he gained momentum in the latter rounds and knocked down his opponent in the sixth and eighth round respectively to win on points over the 8 rounds.[2]
He fought Steve Herelius on 7 December 2013. Seferi dominated the fight, but his opponent got disqualified in the 7th round.
He won the WBO European Cruiserweight title on 26 June 2010 and defended his title successfully four times until losing to Krzysztof Głowacki on 31 January 2015. His most recent fight was against German boxer Mahmoud Charr on December 21, 2022, which he lost via 2nd round TKO. He has fought well-known boxers like Nenad Stankovic, Gusmyr Perdomo, Douglas Otieno Okola, and Giulian Ilie.[3]
Personal lifeedit
He has a younger brother, Sefer Seferi who is also a professional boxer in the cruiserweight division. In December 2011, Nuri and his brother Sefer were named honorary citizens of their birthplace, Gostivar in Macedonia by the city's mayor Rufi Osmani.[4]
^Administrator. "Die Seferi Brüder sind zu Ehrenbürgern von Gostivar ernannt worden". nuriseferi.ch.
^. Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
External linksedit
Boxrec Profile
January 01, 1970
nuri, seferi, born, december, 1976, albanian, professional, boxer, competes, burgdorf, switzerland, born, 1976, december, 1976, gostivar, yugoslavia, present, north, macedonia, nationalityalbanianother, namesalbanian, tysonstatisticsweight, cruiserweightheavyw. Nuri Seferi born 23 December 1976 is an Albanian professional boxer who competes out of Burgdorf Switzerland Nuri SeferiBornNuri Seferi 1976 12 23 23 December 1976 age 47 Gostivar SFR Yugoslavia present day North Macedonia NationalityAlbanianOther namesAlbanian TysonStatisticsWeight s CruiserweightHeavyweightHeight5 ft 11 in 1 80 m StanceOrthodoxBoxing recordTotal fights53Wins42Wins by KO24Losses11Draws0 Contents 1 Biography 2 Amateur career 3 Professional 4 Personal life 5 Professional boxing record 6 References 7 External linksBiography editSeferi was born in Gostivar SFR Yugoslavia present day North Macedonia and is of Albanian heritage Whilst in Yugoslavia as an eight year old he started wrestling a sport which his grandfather had competed in professionally In 1992 his family fled from Gostivar and moved to Burgdorf Switzerland Seferi found it hard to adapt to the lifestyle and language change and as he was 15 at the time he was too old for compulsory education He took up boxing in order to help with integration into Swiss society 1 He began to train under the guidance of trainer Sandor Konya at a local gym in Burgdorf but he also trained with legendary Swiss martial artist and kickboxer Andy Hug as well Amateur career editWith a perfect record of 10 wins with 9 knockouts as an amateur Seferi became the Swiss amateur heavyweight champion in 1998 Shortly after winning the title however he began to focus on turning professional and retired a successful amateur career undefeated Professional editHe made his professional debut on 31 March 1999 against Slovakian Miroslav Dzurenda in Worb Switzerland The 22 year old Seferi won the fight by a knockout in the first round his first defeat came on 16 June 2001 to Ukrainian Kostyantyn Okhrey with Seferi being unable to continue in the 4th round due to a rib injury Of his first 10 wins in 6 round bouts all were won by knockouts in the first 4 rounds with 6 knockouts coming in the opening rounds On 7 July 2012 Seferi made his comeback fight following his operation against Giulian Ilie in Bern Switzerland before the Wladimir Klitschko v Tony Thompson bout Seferi started the fight poorly getting outfoxed and unable to match Ilie s speed However he gained momentum in the latter rounds and knocked down his opponent in the sixth and eighth round respectively to win on points over the 8 rounds 2 He fought Steve Herelius on 7 December 2013 Seferi dominated the fight but his opponent got disqualified in the 7th round He was defeated by Krzysztof Glowacki in January 2015 He won the WBO European Cruiserweight title on 26 June 2010 and defended his title successfully four times until losing to Krzysztof Glowacki on 31 January 2015 His most recent fight was against German boxer Mahmoud Charr on December 21 2022 which he lost via 2nd round TKO He has fought well known boxers like Nenad Stankovic Gusmyr Perdomo Douglas Otieno Okola and Giulian Ilie 3 Personal life editHe has a younger brother Sefer Seferi who is also a professional boxer in the cruiserweight division In December 2011 Nuri and his brother Sefer were named honorary citizens of their birthplace Gostivar in Macedonia by the city s mayor Rufi Osmani 4 Professional boxing record edit42 Wins 24 knockouts 18 decisions 10 11 Losses 3 knockout 8 decisions 5 Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes Loss 42 11 nbsp Mahmoud Charr TKO 2 10 2022 12 21 nbsp Hamburg Germany Win 42 10 nbsp Tamas Laska KO 2 8 2022 07 02 nbsp Bad Wildungen Germany Loss 41 10 nbsp Murat Gassiev TKO 1 10 2020 10 31 nbsp WoW Arena Krasnaya Polyana Russia Win 41 9 nbsp Mazen Girke TKO 5 6 2020 01 18 nbsp Edel optics de Arena Hamburg Germany Win 40 9 nbsp Rad Rashid MD 8 2019 05 25 nbsp Kirchberg Switzerland Loss 39 9 nbsp Taylor Mabika UD 12 2018 06 08 nbsp Libreville Gabon Win 39 8 nbsp Gogita Gorgiladze UD 8 2017 12 22 nbsp Sporthalle Hamburg Win 38 8 nbsp Laszlo Hubert KO 3 8 2017 04 01 nbsp Burgdorf Switzerland Loss 37 8 nbsp Firat Arslan UD 12 2016 09 27 nbsp Stuttgart Germany IBO Cruiserweight title eliminator For vacant WBO European Cruiserweight title Win 37 7 nbsp Dusan Krstin TKO 6 8 2016 05 21 nbsp Burgdorf Switzerland Loss 36 7 nbsp Krzysztof Glowacki UD 12 2015 01 31 nbsp Torun Poland WBO Cruiserweight title eliminator Lost WBO European Cruiserweight title Win 36 6 nbsp Tamas Lodi UD 12 2014 05 16 nbsp Berlin Germany Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title Win 35 6 nbsp Gusmyr Perdomo MD 8 2014 04 11 nbsp Berlin Germany Win 34 6 nbsp Steve Herelius DQ 7 10 2013 12 20 nbsp Hamburg Germany Win 33 6 nbsp Nenad Stankovic TKO 1 12 2012 10 07 nbsp Skopje Macedonia Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title Win 32 6 nbsp Giulian Ilie MD 8 2012 07 07 nbsp Bern Switzerland Win 31 6 nbsp Tony Ingelrest TKO 3 12 2011 09 24 nbsp Gostivar Macedonia Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title Win 30 6 nbsp Jozsef Nagy UD 8 2011 03 19 nbsp Nordrhein Westfalen Germany Win 29 6 nbsp Douglas Otieno Okola UD 12 2010 11 27 nbsp Gostivar Macedonia Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title Win 28 6 nbsp Sandro Siproshvili UD 12 2010 06 26 nbsp Vienna Austria Won Vacant WBO European Cruiserweight title Win 27 6 nbsp Jonathan Pasi UD 6 2010 06 05 nbsp Niedersachsen Germany Win 26 6 nbsp Tamas Polster TKO 5 12 2009 12 26 nbsp Vienna Austria Won interim WBC Mediterranean cruiserweight title Win 25 6 nbsp Joseph Marwa UD 4 2009 12 12 nbsp Bern Switzerland Win 24 6 nbsp Tamas Polster KO 2 8 2009 07 25 nbsp Vienna Austria Win 23 6 nbsp Vladimir Idranyi UD 6 2008 12 20 nbsp Burgdorf Switzerland Win 22 6 nbsp Muhammad Ali Durmaz TKO 2 8 2008 11 28 nbsp Skopje Macedonia Loss 21 6 nbsp Herbie Hide UD 12 2008 07 04 nbsp Ankara Turkey WBC International cruiserweight title Win 21 5 nbsp Josip Jalusic UD 12 2008 05 03 nbsp Kirchberg Switzerland Interim Global Boxing Union cruiserweight title Win 20 5 nbsp Josip Jalusic UD 12 2007 12 08 nbsp Kirchberg Switzerland Interim Global Boxing Union cruiserweight title Win 19 5 nbsp Roman Klucar TKO 2 8 2007 05 26 nbsp Kirchberg Switzerland Win 18 5 nbsp SedSinisa Puljak TKO 5 8 2007 01 20 nbsp Basel Switzerland Win 17 5 nbsp Florin Chidici TKO 3 8 2006 09 16 nbsp Montreux Switzerland Loss 16 5 nbsp Marco Huck UD 10 2006 06 03 nbsp Niedersachsen Germany Seferi received point deduction in 4th round for attacking with head Loss 16 4 nbsp Nikolay Popov UD 12 2006 04 26 nbsp Moscow Russia vacant WBO Asia Pacific cruiserweight title Win 16 3 nbsp Sasha Mitreski TKO 6 8 2005 12 26 nbsp Bern Switzerland Loss 15 3 nbsp Taras Bydenko UD 10 2005 09 28 nbsp Hamburg Germany German International heavyweight title Win 15 2 nbsp Ihar Shukala TKO 3 8 2005 05 21 nbsp Baden Switzerland Win 14 2 nbsp Lukasz Rusiewicz UD 8 2005 02 26 nbsp Burgdorf Switzerland Loss 13 2 nbsp Denis Bakhtov UD 10 2005 02 11 nbsp Saint Petersburg Russia Win 13 1 nbsp Andrzej Witkowski UD 8 2004 09 25 nbsp Burgdorf Switzerland Win 12 1 nbsp Bruce Oezbek UD 8 2004 06 12 nbsp Bern Switzerland Win 11 1 nbsp Muslim Biarslanov SD 8 2003 06 09 nbsp Bern Switzerland Win 10 1 nbsp Mario Stein TKO 1 6 2002 09 28 nbsp Stadthalle Germany Win 9 1 nbsp Rudolf Murko TKO 1 6 2002 05 20 nbsp Bern Switzerland Loss 8 1 nbsp Kostyantyn Okhrey TKO 4 6 2001 06 16 nbsp Burgdorf Switzerland Seferi couldn t continue due to a rib injury Win 8 0 nbsp Mihail Gorgoiu KO 1 6 2001 05 12 nbsp Saint Gallen Switzerland Win 7 0 nbsp Velimir Listes KO 1 6 2000 12 09 nbsp Burgdorf Switzerland Win 6 0 nbsp Stefan Cirok TKO 2 6 2000 08 28 nbsp Bern Switzerland Win 5 0 nbsp Julius Gal TKO 3 6 2000 05 20 nbsp Burgdorf Switzerland Win 4 0 nbsp Steffen Holtz KO 4 6 2000 03 17 nbsp Stuttgart Germany Win 3 0 nbsp Richard Raffesberger TKO 3 6 1999 03 10 nbsp Winterthur Switzerland Win 2 0 nbsp Frantisek Pacalaj TKO 1 6 1999 05 22 nbsp Burgdorf Switzerland Win 1 0 nbsp Miroslav Dzurenda KO 1 6 1999 03 31 nbsp Worb SwitzerlandReferences edit Administrator Auf den ersten Blick ein typischer Boxer nuriseferi ch Wladimir Klitschko Batters Tony Thompson For TKO in Six Boxing News boxingscene com Nuri Seferi Boxer Bio Record Fights News amp More Boxing Undefeated boxingundefeated com Retrieved 2023 10 05 Administrator Die Seferi Bruder sind zu Ehrenburgern von Gostivar ernannt worden nuriseferi ch Luan Krasniqi Boxer Archived from the original on 2015 03 27 Retrieved 2012 10 03 External links editBoxrec Profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nuri Seferi amp oldid 1219997357, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
