Daisy Lang () (born 4 April 1972 as Desislava Kirova ()) is a former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2004. She is a three division world champion and was the first Bulgarian woman to capture a world title, having held the WIBF super-flyweight, bantamweight, and super-bantamweight titles between 1999 and 2004.
Boxing career Lang began boxing professionally in February 1996 in Germany. She lived in Düsseldorf and trained in Hamburg, where Universum Box-Promotion was based, she won her first three fights of her career in 1996, two of them by knockout. On 29 November 1997 Daisy lost against Michele Aboro in the six rounds fight. In February 1998, Daisy Lang won the vacant WIBF European Bantamweight title in ten rounds against Krisztina Horvai.
After winning another fight by knockout in round 2, she defended her European championship belt against Anastasia Toktaulova on 27 March 1999. On 17 July of the same year, Lang became world champion with a victory against Gizella Papp in the battle for the vacant WIBF Super Flyweight title.
From 1999 to 2002 Daisy Lang successfully defended her title against Sonia Pereira, Kathy Williams, Oana Jurma, Brenda Burnside, Nadia Debras, Michelle Sutcliffe and Réka Krempf. On 14 September 2002 she won against Lisa Foster in a fight for the GBU world Bantamweight championship in ten rounds. On 18 January 2003 Lang drew against Silke Weickenmeier in fight for the GBU Super bantamweight title, but won the rematch on 10 May with a majority decision in ten rounds. On 15 November 2003 she lost against Galina Ivanova in ten rounds, in a fight for the WIBF Super Flyweight title.
In 2004, she won an 8-round match against Marian Pampuk of Hungary, but in her next match on 29 May 2004 she lost against Regina Halmich in a fight for the vacant IWBF Super Flyweight title, in ten rounds by unanimous decision. In October 2004 she won another fight by knockout Simone Suchiu in the third round.
Awards 2016: Lifetime achievement award from the US Martial Arts Hall of Fame: "Hall of Heroes" 2017: The International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame USA (IWBHF) 2018, 2019: Hall of Honors Achievements in Martial Arts&Women Pro Boxing, Munich, Germany 2019: AMAA Martial Arts Ambassador of the year, Las Vegas, NV 2019: Master Hall of Fame Inductee, Costa Mesa, CA 2024: Honorary Sign with Ribbon Award, Sofia, Bulgariahttps://sportal.bg/news-2024102010143608111 2025: IWBHF Lifetime Achievement Special Award, Las Vegas, NVhttps://www.womenboxing.com/NEWS2025/news041925iwbhf-2025-event-in-las-vegas.htm
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes23Win19–3–1 Simone Suciu TKO4 (8)16 Oct 200422Loss18–3–1 Regina HalmichUD1029 May 200421Win18–2–1 Mariann Pampuk PTS82 Mar 200420Loss17–2–1 Galina Koleva Ivanova UD1015 Nov 200319Win17–1–1 Silke WeickenmeierMD1010 May 200318Draw16–1–1 Silke WeickenmeierPTS1018 Jan 200317Win16–1 Lisa FosterUD1014 Sep 200216Win15–1 Reka Krempf UD106 Apr 200215Win14–1 Michelle Sutcliffe TD7 (10)29 Sep 200114Win13–1 Nadia Debras UD1027 Jan 200113Win12–1 Brenda Burnside UD1014 Oct 200012Win11–1 Oana Jurma TKO3 (10)13 May 200011Win10–1 Kathy Williams UD105 Feb 200010Win9–1 Sonia Pereira UD1023 Oct 19999Win8–1 Gizella Papp KO8 (10)17 Jul 19998Win7–1 Anastasia Toktaulova UD1027 Mar 19997Win6–1 Sandra Podence KO2 (6)30 Jan 19996Win5–1 Krisztina Horvai UD103 Oct 19985Win4–1 Valerie Rangheard KO414 Feb 19984Loss3–1 Michele Aboro PTS629 Nov 19973Win3–0Bresda Movotna KO3 (6)29 Aug 19962Win2–0 Nathalie Meiss PTS66 Jul 19961Win1–0 Darina ChakolaevaKO327 Feb 1996
Filmography
+ Film Year Title Role Notes 2002 Frogmen Operation Stormbringer Anya 2006 Undisputed II: Last Man Standing Svetlana 2007 Lords of the Underworld Boxing Trainer Missionary Man Biker Girl 2009 The Gold & the Beautiful Reeza 2015 DELKA: Stand-Up Tall or Fall Nina post-production2017Ashley and RedBlue Drop1 episode2018This is Our Christmas Ntasha Hipsteiner
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