Selçuk Aydın (born 4 September 1983) is a Turkish professional boxer. He held the European welterweight title from 2009 to 2010, the WBC Silver welterweight title from 2010 to 2012, and has challenged once for the WBC interim welterweight title in 2012. As an amateur he won several medals at the European and European Union Championships, all in the lightweight division.

Amateur career As an amateur he fought as a teenager at bantamweight where he won the European U17 title in 1999 and as a senior in the lightweight (60 kg) category where he won the European junior title in 2001.1999 results2001 results At senior level he won bronze in 2002 and a silver medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia where he lost to Dimitar Shtilianov. 2003 at the world championships he lost his second fight against Thai Pichai Sayotha.

Aydın won the 2004 World University Boxing Championships and also participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece but was eliminated in the first round by Shtilianov.

He was more successful at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain and won the silver medal, at the World Championships 2005 he lost his third bout to Jong Sub-Baik. The short-tempered Aydin was suspended for several years after hitting a referee and turned pro.

Professional career Selcuk Aydin's professional debut was against Marian Gabris and knocked him out in the 1st round with 1 minute 31 seconds in. He then fought various other fighters. His first major fight for a title was against Lucky Lewele for the vacant WBC International welterweight title. He defeated him with a unanimous decision to gain the title. He then defended his title against Marat Khuzeev, Luis Hernandez, Said Ouali and Jackson Osei Bonsu. On June 5, 2010 Selcuk had a bout with Jo Jo Dan for the vacant WBC Silver welterweight title. He defeated Jo Jo Dan with a controversial split decision to win and nab himself the WBC Silver welterweight title. He would then go onto defeat Jo Jo Dan again via controversial decision in a re-match over a year later on November 26, 2011.Hopes To Challenge Berto For WBC Title

Selcuk Aydin vs. Robert Guerrero On 28 July 2012 Selcuk Aydin faced Robert Guerrero for the interim WBC Welterweight Title. It was by far Selcuk's most important fight in his career at this point. Robert Guerrero was shown as a clear favourite for this fight. The fight lasted the full 12 rounds and Robert Guerrero won with a unanimous decision with the referee's scoring it 117-111, 116-112, 116-112. After the fight Selcuk Aydin was interviewed and said he had been ripped off by not being given this chance when he was first declared the mandatory contender to fight for the belt and said since then he has lost his will and energy.

Selcuk Aydin vs. Jesus Soto Karass

After suffering the first loss of his career against Robert Guerrero, Aydin returned to the ring for a 10-round fight with Jesus Soto Karass on January 26, 2013. The fight went the distance, where Soto Karass was awarded a majority decision victory.

Selcuk Aydin vs. DeMarcus Corley

Following an eighth-round KO victory over Aaron Herrera two months earlier, Aydin then went on to face DeMarcus Corley on September 27, 2013. Aydin won by TKO in the fifth round when Corley was unable to continue and decided to quit in the process.

Postol vs. Aydin

Aydin fought against Ukrainian undefeated boxer Postol for title elimination in U.S and lost this match by KO in round 11.

Ring return

In the fifth round, Selcuk Aydin won by TKO against Nodar Robakidze.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes32Win29–3 Adnan ZilicTKO1 (8), 27 Feb 201631Win28–3 Nodar RobakidzeRTD5 (8), 18 Dec 201530Win27–3 Misa NikolicKO1 (8), 11 Apr 201529Loss26–3 Viktor PostolKO11 (12), 17 May 201428Win26–2 DeMarcus Corley4 (12), 27 Sep 201327Win25–2 Aaron HerreraKO8 (10), 27 Jul 201326Win24–2 Giuseppe LauriUD1022 Mar 201325Loss23–2 Jesus Soto Karass 1026 Jan 201324Loss23–1 Robert GuerreroUD1228 Jul 201223Win23–0 Jo Jo DanUD1226 Nov 201122Win22–0 Roman DekhkanovKO5 (12), 15 Jul 201121Win21–0 Dzmitry LubachkinKO1 (12), 1 Apr 201120Win20–0 Jo Jo DanSD125 Jun 201019Win19–0 Jackson Osei BonsuKO9 (12), 11 Jul 200918Win18–0 Said Ouali1217 Apr 200917Win17–0 Luis HernandezTKO1 (12), 6 Mar 200916Win16–0 Marat KhuzeevKO2 (12), 12 Sep 200815Win15–0 Lucky LeweleUD1226 Apr 200814Win14–0 Farhad BakirovUD815 Feb 200813Win13–0 Leonti VorontsukKO2 (6)15 Feb 200812Win12–0 Jurijs BoreikoTKO2 (8), 23 Dec 200711Win11–0 Aliaksandr ShnipTKO1 (8)23 Nov 200710Win10–0 Sergey StarkovTKO6 (8)21 Sep 20079Win9–0 Yuri TsybenkoKO2 (8), 16 Jun 20078Win8–0 Rastislav KovacTKO3 (8), 27 Apr 20077Win7–0 Diego Martin AlzugarayKO2 (8), 24 Mar 20076Win6–0 Vitali MartynauKO1 (6), 9 Mar 20075Win5–0 Sergejs Savrinovics610 Feb 20074Win4–0 Deniss AleksejevsTKO2 (4), 27 Jan 20073Win3–0 Jonny IbramovTKO2 (4), 15 Dec 20062Win2–0 Marius Bugheata1 (4), 2 Dec 20061Win1–0 Marian Gabris1 (4), 10 Nov 2006

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