Konstantin Airich (born 4 November 1978) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 2007 to 2016.
Professional career Airich's first defeat was against Danny Williams in a controversial fight. In the sixth round, Williams landed a number of big shots and was thought to be on the verge of knocking Airich out, when the bell sounded with 1:28 left on the clock. Williams ended the fight in the following round, when Airich's promoter decided to throw in the towel.
His second loss was a majority decision loss to Ondrej Pala on 6 March 2009.
Airich took part in the Prizefighter International Heavyweights tournament held at Alexandra Palace in London on 7 May 2011. After winning his opening bout of the evening against Lucian Bot, Airich was eliminated in the semifinal when he suffered a first-round knockout defeat to eventual runner up Tye Fields.
One month after that defeat, on 17 June 2011 he once again took part in the Bigger's Better VI boxing tournament and won the tournament by defeating every opponent he faced.
After Airich became the vacant IBF Inter-Continental heavyweight titleholder by knocking out German fighter Varol Vekiloglu in round 1. On 9 March 2012 he faced Ondrej Pala for the second time to defend his IBF Inter-Continental heavyweight title and for Pala's WBO European heavyweight title. This time Airich defeated Pala by TKO in round 9.
On 19 May 2012 he faced Odlanier Solis, who was coming back from a defeat and knee injury suffered during his last fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko a year before. Airich lost the fight by unanimous decision.
On 13 September 2014, Airich faced British fighter, and London 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist, Anthony Joshua in an 8-round fight. During the third round, Joshua knocked Airich down and the referee stopped the fight. Airich was the first fighter to go past the second round with Anthony Joshua despite the loss.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes43LossRobert HeleniusKO1 (8), 10 Sep 201642Loss23–17–2Krzysztof ZimnochTKO4 (6), 28 May 201641Loss23–16–2Sergey KuzminTKO2 (10), 8 Apr 201640Win23–15–2Robert FilipovicMD826 Feb 201639Loss22–15–2Alexander UstinovKO5 (10), 12 Dec 201538Loss22–14–2Andriy RudenkoTKO5 (10), 31 Oct 201537Win22–13–2Robert FilipovicTKO6 (8), 11 Oct 201536Loss21–13–2Adrian GranatTKO3 (8)28 Aug 201535Loss21–12–2Tom SchwarzUD811 Jul 201534Loss21–11–2Mariusz WachTKO6 (10), 19 Jun 201533Loss21–10–2Anthony JoshuaTKO3 (8), 13 Sep 201432Loss21–9–2Denis BakhtovUD826 Jul 201431Win21–8–2Marcel GottschalkTKO6 (10), 30 May 201430Win20–8–2Engin SolmazTKO3 (4), 26 Apr 201429Loss19–8–2Christian HammerUD1011 Apr 201428Loss19–7–2Manuel CharrKO1 (12), 21 Dec 201227Loss19–6–2Vyacheslav GlazkovUD108 Sep 201226Loss19–5–2Odlanier SolísUD1219 May 201225Win19–4–2Ondřej PálaTKO9 (12), 9 Mar 201224Win18–4–2Varol VekilogluKO1 (12), 14 Oct 201123Loss17–4–2Tye FieldsKO1 (3), 7 May 201122Win17–3–2Lucian BotUD37 May 201121Loss16–3–2Gbenga OloukunTKO4 (10), 12 Nov 201020Win16–2–2Serdar UysalTKO1 (6)11 Sep 201019Win15–2–2Alexander KahlTKO2 (8), 4 Jun 201018Win14–2–2Alexey VarakinTKO1 (8), 9 Apr 201017Draw13–2–2Oleksiy MazikinMD823 Jan 201016Win13–2–1Cisse SalifUD824 Oct 200915Win12–2–1Yuri LunevKO1 (8), 18 Sep 200914Loss11–2–1Ondřej Pála106 Mar 200913Win11–1–1Furkat TursunovUD818 Nov 200812Win10–1–1Vaclav CihlarKO1 (6)27 Sep 200811Loss9–1–1Danny WilliamsTKO7 (8)30 May 200810Win9–0–1Andriy Oliynyk826 Apr 20089Draw8–0–1Oleksiy Mazikin814 Mar 20088Win8–0Turhan Altunkaya2 (10), 23 Dec 20077Win7–0Raymond OchiengKO2 (8)21 Sep 20076Win6–0Engin SolmazTKO3 (6), 6 Jul 20075Win5–0Adnan Serin5 (6)16 Jun 20074Win4–0Engin SolmazTKO5 (6)27 Apr 20073Win3–0Valeri MeiersonTKO2 (4)9 Mar 20072Win2–0Tomas MrazekTKO2 (4)10 Feb 20071Win1–0Mihaly Farkas1 (4)25 Jan 2007
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