Nuri Seferi (born 23 December 1976) is an Albanian professional boxer who competes out of Burgdorf, Switzerland.
Biography Seferi was born in Gostivar, SR Macedonia, 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. 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 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.
Professional He made his professional debut on 31 March 1999 against Slovak 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.
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 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.
Personal life 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.
Professional boxing record 42 Wins (24 knockouts, 18 decisions), 11 Losses (3 knockout, 8 decisions), Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location NotesLoss Mahmoud CharrTKO2 (10)2022-12-21Hamburg, GermanyWin Tamás LaskaKO2 (8)2022-07-02Bad Wildungen, GermanyLoss Murat GassievTKO1 (10)2020-10-31 WoW Arena, Krasnaya Polyana, RussiaWin Mazen GirkeTKO5 (6)2020-01-18 Edel-optics.de Arena, Hamburg, GermanyWin Rad RashidMD8 2019-05-25 Kirchberg, SwitzerlandLoss Taylor MabikaUD122018-06-08 Libreville, GabonWin Gogita GorgiladzeUD82017-12-22 Sporthalle, HamburgWin László HubertKO3 (8)2017-04-01 Burgdorf, SwitzerlandLoss Firat ArslanUD122016-09-27 Stuttgart, GermanyWin Dušan Krstin TKO6 (8)2016-05-21 Burgdorf, SwitzerlandLoss Krzysztof GłowackiUD122015-01-31 Toruń, PolandWin Tamás LődiUD122014-05-16 Berlin, GermanyWin Gusmyr PerdomoMD82014-04-11 Berlin, GermanyWin Steve HereliusDQ7 (10)2013-12-20 Hamburg, GermanyWin Nenad StankovicTKO1 (12)2012-10-07 Skopje, MacedoniaWin Giulian IlieMD82012-07-07 Bern, SwitzerlandWin Tony IngelrestTKO3 (12)2011-09-24 Gostivar, MacedoniaWin Jozsef NagyUD82011-03-19Nordrhein-Westfalen, GermanyWin Douglas Otieno OkolaUD122010-11-27 Gostivar, MacedoniaWin Sandro SiproshviliUD122010-06-26 Vienna, AustriaWin Jonathan PasiUD62010-06-05Niedersachsen, GermanyWin Tamás PolsterTKO5 (12)2009-12-26 Vienna, AustriaWin Joseph MarwaUD42009-12-12 Bern, SwitzerlandWin Tamás PolsterKO2 (8)2009-07-25 Vienna, AustriaWin Vladimír IdranyiUD62008-12-20Burgdorf, SwitzerlandWin Muhammad Ali DurmazTKO2 (8)2008-11-28Skopje, MacedoniaLoss Herbie HideUD122008-07-04Ankara, TurkeyWin Josip JalušićUD122008-05-03Kirchberg, SwitzerlandWin Josip JalušićUD122007-12-08Kirchberg, SwitzerlandWin Roman KlučarTKO2 (8)2007-05-26Kirchberg, SwitzerlandWin Siniša PuljakTKO5 (8)2007-01-20Basel, SwitzerlandWin Florin ChidiciTKO3 (8)2006-09-16Montreux, SwitzerlandLoss Marco HuckUD102006-06-03Niedersachsen, GermanyLoss Nikolay PopovUD122006-04-26Moscow, RussiaWin Sasha MitreskiTKO6 (8)2005-12-26Bern, SwitzerlandLoss Taras BydenkoUD102005-09-28Hamburg, GermanyWin Ihar ShukalaTKO3 (8)2005-05-21Baden, SwitzerlandWin Lukasz RusiewiczUD82005-02-26Burgdorf, SwitzerlandLoss Denis BakhtovUD102005-02-11Saint Petersburg, RussiaWin Andrzej WitkowskiUD82004-09-25Burgdorf, SwitzerlandWin Bruce OezbekUD82004-06-12Bern, SwitzerlandWin Muslim BiarslanovSD82003-06-09Bern, SwitzerlandWin Mario SteinTKO1 (6)2002-09-28Stadthalle, GermanyWin Rudolf MurkoTKO1 (6)2002-05-20Bern, SwitzerlandLoss Kostyantyn OkhreyTKO4 (6)2001-06-16Burgdorf, SwitzerlandWin Mihail GorgoiuKO1 (6)2001-05-12St. Gallen, SwitzerlandWin Velimir ListesKO1 (6)2000-12-09Burgdorf, SwitzerlandWin Stefan CirokTKO2 (6)2000-08-28Bern, SwitzerlandWin Julius GalTKO3 (6)2000-05-20Burgdorf, SwitzerlandWin Steffen HoltzKO4 (6)2000-03-17Stuttgart, GermanyWin Richard RaffesbergerTKO3 (6)1999-03-10Winterthur, SwitzerlandWin František PacalajTKO1 (6)1999-05-22Burgdorf, SwitzerlandWin Miroslav DzurendaKO1 (6)1999-03-31Worb, Switzerland
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