Stipe Drews (born Stipe Drviš, 8 June 1973) is a retired Croatian professional boxer. He won the WBA's version of the world light heavyweight championship title on 27 April 2007.
Amateur career As an amateur he took part at the European championships in 1996, but lost his third fight to the eventual champion Pietro Aurino. In the same year he was nominated for the 1996 Summer Olympics, but lost in the quarter-finals to Seung-Bae Lee. He was second at the Mediterranean games in 1997. During his amateur career he was six times Croatian champion. He won 90 fights out of 100.
Amateur highlights Amateur Record: 90–10 6 time Croatian Champion Member of the 1996 Croatian Olympic Team as a Light Heavyweight. His results were: Defeated John Douglas (Guyana) TKO 2 Defeated Timur Ibragimov (Uzbekistan) 10–9 Lost to Lee Seung-Bae (South Korea) 11–14
Professional career Drews began his professional career in 1999. On 8 February 2003 he became European champion with a victory over Silvio Branco. After three title defenses he relinquished the title and instead fought against Paul Briggs for the WBC World Championship title. He lost this fight. Drews fought again several times for the European title and won all matches. Two world champion matches were called off. On 28 April 2007, Drews won in Oberhausen, Germany against Silvio Branco, and became the WBA World light heavyweight champion. He lost his title against Australian Danny Green in Perth on 16 December 2007. Drews lost the match on points.
Personal
Stipe Drews bears the nickname Spiderman which is due to his long arms and his speed. He currently lives in Pula, Croatia with his wife and one child, where he manages his beach bar Pomidor.
In March 2008 Stipe Drews participated in reality show called "Farma" on Croatian Nova TV. After enduring three weeks in the show, he started up a fist fight with 57-year-old photographer Stephen Lupino during live TV broadcast and thus was disqualified from the show.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes34Loss32–2 Danny Green 33Win32–1 Silvio Branco 32Win31–1 Kai Kurzawa 31Win30–1 Antonio Brancalion 30Win29–1 Omar Gonzalez 29Win28–1 Yameen Muhammad 28Win27–1 Ovill McKenzie 27Loss26–1 Paul Briggs 26Win26–0 Kostyantyn Shvets 25Win25–0 Olivier Beard 24Win24–0 Kamel Amrane 23Win23–0 Silvio Branco 22Win22–0 Lee Manuel Ossie 21Win21–0 Faustino Gonzalez 20Win20–0 Mohamed Siluvangi 19Win19–0 Yohan Gimenez 18Win18–0 Massimiliano Saiani 17Win17–0 Bruce Özbek16Win16–0 Zoltán Béres 15Win15–0 Talal Santiago 14Win14–0 Julius Gal 13Win13–0 Tamás Elekes 12Win12–0 Ridha Soussi 11Win11–0 Andre Mewis 10Win10–0 Mihai Iftode 9Win9–0 Ivica Cukusic 8Win8–0 Stefan Stanko 7Win7–0 Ruben Ruiz 6Win6–0 Jaroslav Cepicky 5Win5–0 Julius Gal 4Win4–0 Csaba Olah 3Win3–0 László Mikes 2Win2–0 Philip Houthoofdt 1Win1–0 Julius Gal
See also List of world light-heavyweight boxing champions
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