Shefat Isufi (born 22 January 1990), is a German professional boxer who held the WBF World light-heavyweight title from 16 April 2022. He previously held the WBO Inter-Continental Title in Super Middle Weight from 8 July 2017 to 18 May 2019.
Background Isufi was born in Veliki Trnovac, Serbia, but in 2010 moved to Munich, Germany to continue his professional boxing career.
Professional career Isufi made his professional debut on 10 April 2010, went his first 14 fights unbeaten until he lost to fellow German Dennis Ronert, but in his first three fights, two of them were draws.
On 29 December 2015 Isufi won the vacant International Boxing Federation East/West Europe Light heavyweight Title against Slavisa Simeunovic in Regensburg, Germany.
Right after the first title on 7 May 2016, Isufi won the vacant Pan Asian Boxing Association Light heavyweight Title against Giorgi Beroshvili with TKO in round 2 and defended that title again after three months on 20 August 2016 against Mikheil Khutsishvili in Alanya, Turkey.
Isufi started to compete to Super middleweight and on 8 July 2017 he won the vacant World Boxing Organization Inter-Continental Title against David Zegarra with Knockout in round 11. Isufi was able to defend the title twice, on 16 February 2018 against Rafael Sosa Pintos and on 21 July 2018 against Mohamed El Achi, both fights Isufi won with unanimous decision after 10 rounds.
From December 2018 to May 2019, Isufi was listed as a number 1 contender in the world in WBO Super middleweight.
On 18 May 2019, Isufi made his first attempt at a world title, by challenging Billy Joe Saunders for a vacant World Title in Super middleweight who lost with unanimous decision after 12 rounds.
After winning the Interim German International (BDB) Light Heavyweight Title against Bosko Misic with TKO in round 3, Isufi fought Tomasz Adamek for WBF Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title on 18 July 2021 and won the fight with unanimous decision after 10 rounds.
On 16 April 2022 Isufi won the vacant WBF World title when he out-scored Bulgarian Grigor Saruhanian after 12 rounds with unanimous decision. Isufi is still the WBF World Light Heavyweight champion after retaining his title against Canadian Ryan Ford, and after a close and entertaining encounter he emerged victorious by unanimous decision on 16 September 2022 at the Rudolf Weber Arena in Oberhausen, Germany.
Accomplishments International Boxing Federation Youth Cruiser Champion 2014 International Boxing Federation East/West Europe Light Heavyweight Champion 2015, 2016 Pan Asian Boxing Association Light Heavyweight Champion 2016 World Boxing Organization Inter-Continental Super Middleweight Champion 2017, 2018 Interim German International (BDB) Light Heavy Title 2020 World Boxing Federation Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight Champion 2021 World Boxing Federation World Light Heavyweight Champion 2022
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes42Win36-4-2Ryan FordUD1216 Sep 202241Win35-4-2Bernard DonfackUD82 July 202240Win34-4-2Grigor SaruhanianUD1216 Apr 202239Win33-4-2Slavisa SimeunovicRTD2 (6), 3:0030 Jan 202238Win32-4-2Tomasz AdamekUD1004 Sep 2021Won World Boxing Federation Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title37Win31-4-2Ericles Torres MarinKO2 (8), 1:4421 May 202136Win30-4-2Bosko MisicTKO318 Jul 202035Win29-4-2Nicolas HolcapfelTKO426 Dec 201934Win28-4-2Levan ShoniaUD608 Nov 201933Loss27-4-2Billy Joe SaundersUD1218 May 201932Win27-3-2Mohamed El AchiUD1221 Jul 201831Win26-3-2Rafael Sosa PintosUD1016 Feb 201830Win25-3-2Badri KereselidzeTKO115 Dec 201729Win24-3-2David ZegarraKO1108 Jul 201728Win23-3-2Soso AbuladzeTKO429 Apr 201727Win22-3-2Daniel UrbanskiKO319 Nov 201626Win21-3-2Mikheil KhutsishviliRTD820 Aug 201625Win20-3-2Giorgi BeroshviliTKO27 May 201624Win19-3-2Slavisa SimeunovicTKO329 Dec 201523Win18-3-2Paata AduashviliUD612 Dec 201522Loss17-3-2Dariusz SekRTD804 Jul 201521Win17-2-2Achilles SzaboTKO52 May 201520Win16-2-2Istvan ZellerTKO328 Mar 201519Win15-2-2Ata DoganTKO424 Jan 201518Win14-2-2Allou Diallo AliKO218 Oct 201417Win13-2-2Dejan KrnetaTKO607 Jun 201416Loss12-2-2Tasos BerdesisUD615 Mar 201415Loss12-1-2Dennis RonertUD1001 Mar 201414Win12-0-2Vasile DragomirRTD401 Nov 201313Win11-0-2Ognjen ZekanovicTKO329 Jun 201312Win10-0-2Emil MarkicTKO423 Mar 201311Win9-0-2Nersad MalicevicRTD316 Mar 201310Win8-0-2Mesud SelimovicUD410 Nov 20129Win7-0-2Valeri QadeMD421 Apr 20128Win6-0-2Mesud SelimovicPTS403 Mar 20127Win5-0-2Fred LemareTKO212 Nov 20116Win4-0-2Mutlu AksuTKO114 Oct 20115Win3-0-2Jameil BleindTKO420 May 20114Win2-0-2Nenad KovacTKO17 May 20113Draw1-0-2Tani DimaPTS620 Jun 20102Win1-0-1Richard HerzogPTS413 May 20101Draw0-0-1 Ali ChakievMD410 Apr 2010
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