Nikita Ababiy (born October 20, 1998) is an American professional boxer of Russian descent. As an amateur he was a Jr. Golden Gloves National Champion as well as two-time World Ring Side Champion.Nikita Ababiy Team USA Ababiy was also in the USA Youth Team in 2016.
Professional career Ababiy made his professional debut under Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing USA banner on October 6, 2018, at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. The fight was streamed live, exclusively on DAZN in the U.S. as part of the undercard of Jessie Vargas vs. Thomas Dulorme. Ababiy won the fight via first round knockout (KO). Ababiy's second professional fight was against American welterweight Javier Rodriquez at the Kansas Star Arena in Kansas on November 17, 2018. The bout was stopped in the first round and the referee declared Ababiy the winner by TKO. Ababiy's third professional fight was on the undercard of Dmitry Bivol vs. Joe Smith Jr. against American Cory Dulaney on March 9, 2018. Ababiy got a TKO victory in the first round, achieving his third first-round knockout victory in a row.
In April 2019, Ababiy made his first appearance outside the United States at The O2 Arena in London. He secured a second-round TKO victory over Dimitri Faltin to take his record to 4–0 and make it 4 consecutive knockout victories. Two months later, Ababiy defeated Juan Francisco Lopez Barajas of Mexico with a first-round knockout, in Madison Square Garden, New York City. In July 2019, Ababiy won by unanimous decision against Cuban Yunier Calzada after 6 rounds. In Ababiy's seventh professional fight, on November 5, 2019, he defeated Isiah Seldon via first-round knockout, bringing his knockout total to 6 out of 7 fights. In his eighth professional fight, he won by disqualification against Jonathan Batista on the KSI vs. Logan Paul II undercard after Batista continued to fight after the round ending bell had been sounded. This brought Ababiy's record to 8–0 with 6 first-round victories.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes13Win13–0 Jesus Cruz SilvaTKO1 (6) Apr 27, 2024 12Win12–0 Noe Larios JrUD8Jun 25, 2022 11Win11–0 Sanny DuversonneUD8Oct 16, 2021 10Win10–0 Brandon MaddoxUD6Nov 27, 2020 9Win9–0 Jarvis WilliamsUD6Aug 15, 2020 8Win8–0 Jonathan Batista1 (4), Nov 9, 2019 7Win7–0 Isiah SeldonKO1 (6), Oct 5, 2019 6Win6–0 Yunier Calzada6Jul 27, 2019 5Win5–0 Juan Francisco Lopez BarajasKO1 (4), Jun 8, 2019 4Win4–0 Dimitri FaltinTKO2 (4), Apr 20, 2019 3Win3–0 Cory DulaneyTKO1 (4), Mar 9, 2019 2Win2–0 Javier Rodriguez1 (4), Nov 17, 2018 1Win1–0 Jake Henriksen1 (4), Oct 6, 2018
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