Ivana Habazin

Ivana Habazin (born 22 October 1989) is a Croatian professional boxer. She was a four-time world champion, having held the IBF female welterweight title in 2014, WBC female welterweight title and WBA Interim female welterweight title in 2024. She also held the IBO female middleweight title in 2018.

Early life Habazin was born on 22 October 1989 in Zlatar, Croatia. A Catholic, Habazin wanted to enter a monastery at the age of 14, but later decided to pursue a career in boxing, which she began training at the age of 19. She was inspired to begin boxing by the movie Rocky.

She holds master's degrees in Theology, Criminal Justice and International Relations and Diplomacy.

Professional career Habazin made her professional debut in June 2010, against Edit Szigeti, whom she defeated by a first round TKO. Habazin kept her undefeated record over her next nine fights, achieving stoppage victories against Emeke Halas, Ava Kovacs and twice against Daniela Bickei, as well as decision victories against Edita Karabeg twice, Marija Vuković and twice against Suzana Radovanović.

Her 10 fight winning streak earned her the chance to fight Eva Bajic for the vacant IBF female welterweight title. Bajic won the fight by unanimous decision.

Habazin rebounded from this loss with two decision victories, defeating Teodora Georgieva and Borislava Goranova. She once against challenged for the IBF female welterweight title against Sabrina Giuliani in March 2014. Habazin won the fight by split decision. She afterwards scheduled to defend her IBF title against Cecilia Brækhus, who was the defending WBO, WBA and WBC champion. Brækhus won the fight by unanimous decision.

She once again rebounded from this loss with two victories, a decision against Galina Gyumliyska and a first round stoppage of Dajana Bukva. These two victories gave Habazin the chance to fight Mikaela Laurén for the WBC female light middleweight title. Laurén won the fight by a third round TKO.

Following this loss, Habazin would win her next two fights, winning unanimous decisions against Valentina Stanković and Sanja Ristić. She was scheduled to fight Elene Sikmashvili for the vacant IBO female middleweight title. Habazin defeated Sikmashvili by a fifth round TKO. Habazin was scheduled to defend her IBO title six months later against Gifty Amanua Ankrah. Habazin won the fight by unanimous decision. Three months later, Habazin fought a rematch with Eva Bajic, winning the fight by unanimous decision.

Habazin was scheduled to defend her title for the second time against Claressa Shields in January 2020. This was the third time this fight was scheduled, with Shields pulling out the first time due to a knee injury, while the fight was cancelled the second time as Shields' brother Timothy Johnson assaulted Habazin's coach James Ali Bashir. Shields won the fight by unanimous decision.

She was scheduled to fight Layla McCarter in March 2021. Habazin was later rescheduled to fight Nana Chakhvashvili in April 2021 for the World Boxing Council Middle East Welterweight title. She won the fight by a second round TKO. Ms. McCarter also fought on the card.

She claimed the vacant WBC 147-pound (welterweight) title by winning against Hungarian Kinga Magyar on 20 April 2024 in Dražen Petrović Basketball Centre in Zagreb.

IBF and WBC welterweight championship unification Habazin faced Natasha Jonas for the unified IBF and WBC welterweight titles in Liverpool, England on 14 December 2024. She lost the fight by unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes29Loss23–6Natasha JonasUD1014 Dec 202428Win23-5Kinga MagyarUD1020 Apr 202427Win22–5Timea BelikUD629 Sep 202326Loss21–5Terri HarperUD1027 May 202325Win21–4Diana Prazak UD1022 Oct 202224Loss20–4Claressa ShieldsUD1010 Jan 202023Win20–3Eva Bajic UD108 Dec 201822Win19–3Gifty Amanua Ankrah UD108 Sep 201821Win18–3Elene Sikmashvili TKO5 (10)16 Mar 201820Win17–3Sanja Ristić UD629 Oct 201719Win16–3Valentina Stanković UD65 Jul 201718Loss15–3Mikaela LaurénTKO3 (10)23 Apr 201617Win15–2Dajana Bukva TKO1 (6)5 Dec 201516Win14–2Galina Gyumliyska PTS629 Nov 201415Loss13–2Cecilia BrækhusUD1013 Sep 201414Win13–1Sabrina Giuliani SD1022 Mar 201413Win12–1Borislava Goranova PTS630 Nov 201312Win11–1Teodora Georgieva UD89 Jun 201311Loss10–1Eva BajicUD1022 Mar 201310Win10–0Suzana RadovanovićPTS822 Sep 20129Win9–0Edita KarabegPTS824 Feb 20128Win8–0Ava KovacsTKO5 (8)20 Nov 20117Win7–0Emeke Halas TKO4 (8)1 Oct 20116Win6–0Daniela Bickei TKO6 (6)7 Jul 20115Win5–0Edita Karabeg PTS628 May 20114Win4–0Marija Vuković UD620 Feb 20113Win3–0Suzana Radovanović PTS44 Dec 20102Win2–0Daniela BickeiTKO3 (4)22 Sep 20101Win1–0Edit Szigeti TKO1 (4)25 Jun 2010

Ivana Habazin

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