Steve Hérélius (born 15 July 1976) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2013 and held the WBA interim cruiserweight title from 2010 to 2011.
Professional career Nicknamed Centurion, Hérélius turned pro in 2002 and after winning his first fourteen fights fought veteran heavyweight Albert Sosnowski in 2007 and lost via TKO. After fighting mainly journeyman opposition he positioned himself to challenge Firat Arslan for the vacant WBA interim Cruiserweight belt. Arslan was coming into the bout after an extended absence, and was unable to continue after taking a hard uppercut from Herelius at the end of the 11th round. On 12 February 2011, Hérélius lost the WBA interim Cruiserweight belt to Yoan Pablo Hernández by knockout of the 7th round.
Bare-knuckle boxing In his third bout with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Hérélius faced Leonardo Perdomo on 27 March 2025 at BKFC 70 and lost by knockout 13 seconds into the first round.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes27LossNuri Seferi7 (10), 20 Dec 201326Loss21–4–1Santander SilgadoTKO2 (10), 1 Nov 201325Loss21–3–1Dmytro KucherKO2 (12), 27 Oct 201224Loss21–2–1Yoan Pablo HernándezKO7 (12), 12 Feb 201123Win21–1–1Roman KracikUD830 Oct 201022Win20–1–1Firat ArslanRTD11 (12), 3 Jul 201021Win19–1–1Lubos SudaUD824 Oct 200920Win18–1–1Jean Marc Monrose6 (12)27 Jun 200919Win17–1–1Tomas MrazekPTS610 Apr 200918Win16–1–1Jean Marc Monrose105 Mar 200917Win15–1–1Andrey Zaitsev5 (6)5 Jun 200816Draw14–1–1Zine Eddine BenmakhloufPTS830 Oct 200715Loss14–1Albert SosnowskiTKO9 (10), 8 Jun 200714Win14–0Suren KalachyanTKO2 (8)20 Mar 200713Win13–0Ghuslain KiabellaTKO2 (8)30 Jan 200712Win12–0Wallace McDanielKO3 (6), 5 Jan 200711Win11–0Innocent OtukwuTKO2 (6), 28 Jul 200610Win10–0Vlado Szabo4 (6)18 Jul 20069Win9–0Zoltan PetranyiTKO2 (8)17 Jun 20068Win8–0Bertrand TietsiaPTS813 May 20067Win7–0Bruce OezbekTKO4 (8)26 Mar 20056Win6–0Thierry GuezouliTKO4 (10)30 Oct 20045Win5–0Thierry GuezouliTKO3 (10)29 Apr 20044Win4–0Antoine Palatis1020 Dec 20033Win3–0Nino Fiumana PTS611 Feb 20032Win2–0Alain Martin1 (6)29 Nov 20021Win1–0Ken Sharpe610 May 2002
Bare knuckle record
|Loss |align=center|1–2 |Leonardo Perdomo |KO |BKFC 70 | |align=center|1 |align=center|0:13 |Hollywood, Florida, United States
|Loss |align=center|1–1 |Josh Copeland |TKO |BKFC 50 | |align=center|3 |align=center|1:43 |Denver Colorado, United States |- |Win |align=center|1–0 |Juan Torres |Decision (split) |BKFC 18 | |align=center|5 |align=center|2:00 |Hollywood, Florida, United States
See also List of southpaw stance boxers
References
External links
Steve Hérélius - Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Profile