# Nuri Seferi

Nuri Seferi (born 23 December 1976) is an Albanian professional boxer who competes out of Burgdorf, Switzerland.

## Biography

Seferi was born in Gostivar, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) and is of Albanian heritage. Whilst in Yugoslavia as an eight-year-old he started wrestling, a sport which his grandfather had competed in professionally. In 1992 his family fled from Gostivar and moved to Burgdorf, Switzerland. Seferi found it hard to adapt to the lifestyle and language change, and as he was 15 at the time he was too old for compulsory education. He took up boxing in order to help with integration into Swiss society. He began to train under the guidance of trainer Sandor Konya at a local gym in Burgdorf, but he also trained with legendary Swiss martial artist and kickboxer Andy Hug as well.

## Amateur career

With a perfect record of 10 wins with 9 knockouts as an amateur, Seferi became the Swiss amateur heavyweight champion in 1998. Shortly after winning the title however he began to focus on turning professional and retired a successful amateur career undefeated.

## Professional

He made his professional debut on 31 March 1999 against Slovak Miroslav Dzurenda in Worb, Switzerland. The 22-year-old Seferi won the fight by a knockout in the first round. his first defeat came on 16 June 2001 to Ukrainian Kostyantyn Okhrey, with Seferi being unable to continue in the 4th round due to a rib injury. Of his first 10 wins in 6 round bouts, all were won by knockouts in the first 4 rounds, with 6 knockouts coming in the opening rounds.
On 7 July 2012 Seferi made his comeback fight following his operation against Giulian Ilie in Bern, Switzerland before the Wladimir Klitschko v Tony Thompson bout. Seferi started the fight poorly, getting outfoxed and unable to match Ilie's speed. However, he gained momentum in the latter rounds and knocked down his opponent in the sixth and eighth round respectively to win on points over the 8 rounds.
He fought Steve Herelius on 7 December 2013. Seferi dominated the fight, but his opponent got disqualified in the 7th round.
He was defeated by Krzysztof Glowacki in January 2015.
He won the WBO European Cruiserweight title on 26 June 2010 and defended his title successfully four times until losing to Krzysztof Głowacki on 31 January 2015. His most recent fight was against German boxer Mahmoud Charr on December 21, 2022, which he lost via 2nd round TKO. He has fought well-known boxers like Nenad Stankovic, Gusmyr Perdomo, Douglas Otieno Okola, and Giulian Ilie.

## Personal life

He has a younger brother, Sefer Seferi who is also a professional boxer in the cruiserweight division. In December 2011, Nuri and his brother Sefer were named honorary citizens of their birthplace, Gostivar in Macedonia by the city's mayor Rufi Osmani.

## Professional boxing record

42 Wins (24 knockouts, 18 decisions), 11 Losses (3 knockout, 8 decisions), :
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 42-11 | Mahmoud Charr | TKO | 2 (10) | 2022-12-21 | Hamburg, Germany | |
| Win | 42-10 | Tamás Laska | KO | 2 (8) | 2022-07-02 | Bad Wildungen, Germany | |
| Loss | 41-10 | Murat Gassiev | TKO | 1 (10) | 2020-10-31 | WoW Arena, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia | |
| Win | 41-9 | Mazen Girke | TKO | 5 (6) | 2020-01-18 | Edel-optics.de Arena, Hamburg, Germany | |
| Win | 40-9 | Rad Rashid | MD | 8 | 2019-05-25 | Kirchberg, Switzerland | |
| Loss | 39-9 | Taylor Mabika | UD | 12 | 2018-06-08 | Libreville, Gabon | |
| Win | 39-8 | Gogita Gorgiladze | UD | 8 | 2017-12-22 | Sporthalle, Hamburg | |
| Win | 38-8 | László Hubert | KO | 3 (8) | 2017-04-01 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Loss | 37-8 | Firat Arslan | UD | 12 | 2016-09-27 | Stuttgart, Germany | IBO Cruiserweight title eliminator. For vacant WBO European Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 37-7 | Dušan Krstin | TKO | 6 (8) | 2016-05-21 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Loss | 36-7 | Krzysztof Głowacki | UD | 12 | 2015-01-31 | Toruń, Poland | WBO Cruiserweight title eliminator. Lost WBO European Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 36-6 | Tamás Lődi | UD | 12 | 2014-05-16 | Berlin, Germany | Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 35-6 | Gusmyr Perdomo | MD | 8 | 2014-04-11 | Berlin, Germany | |
| Win | 34-6 | Steve Herelius | DQ | 7 (10) | 2013-12-20 | Hamburg, Germany | |
| Win | 33-6 | Nenad Stankovic | TKO | 1 (12) | 2012-10-07 | Skopje, Macedonia | Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 32-6 | Giulian Ilie | MD | 8 | 2012-07-07 | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Win | 31-6 | Tony Ingelrest | TKO | 3 (12) | 2011-09-24 | Gostivar, Macedonia | Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 30-6 | Jozsef Nagy | UD | 8 | 2011-03-19 | Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
| Win | 29-6 | Douglas Otieno Okola | UD | 12 | 2010-11-27 | Gostivar, Macedonia | Retained WBO European Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 28-6 | Sandro Siproshvili | UD | 12 | 2010-06-26 | Vienna, Austria | Won Vacant WBO European Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 27-6 | Jonathan Pasi | UD | 6 | 2010-06-05 | Niedersachsen, Germany | |
| Win | 26-6 | Tamás Polster | TKO | 5 (12) | 2009-12-26 | Vienna, Austria | Won interim WBC Mediterranean cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 25-6 | Joseph Marwa | UD | 4 | 2009-12-12 | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Win | 24-6 | Tamás Polster | KO | 2 (8) | 2009-07-25 | Vienna, Austria | |
| Win | 23-6 | Vladimír Idranyi | UD | 6 | 2008-12-20 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Win | 22-6 | Muhammad Ali Durmaz | TKO | 2 (8) | 2008-11-28 | Skopje, Macedonia | |
| Loss | 21-6 | Herbie Hide | UD | 12 | 2008-07-04 | Ankara, Turkey | WBC International cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 21-5 | Josip Jalušić | UD | 12 | 2008-05-03 | Kirchberg, Switzerland | Interim Global Boxing Union cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 20-5 | Josip Jalušić | UD | 12 | 2007-12-08 | Kirchberg, Switzerland | Interim Global Boxing Union cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 19-5 | Roman Klučar | TKO | 2 (8) | 2007-05-26 | Kirchberg, Switzerland | |
| Win | 18-5 | Siniša Puljak | TKO | 5 (8) | 2007-01-20 | Basel, Switzerland | |
| Win | 17-5 | Florin Chidici | TKO | 3 (8) | 2006-09-16 | Montreux, Switzerland | |
| Loss | 16-5 | Marco Huck | UD | 10 | 2006-06-03 | Niedersachsen, Germany | Seferi received point deduction in 4th round for attacking with head. |
| Loss | 16-4 | Nikolay Popov | UD | 12 | 2006-04-26 | Moscow, Russia | vacant WBO Asia Pacific cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 16-3 | Sasha Mitreski | TKO | 6 (8) | 2005-12-26 | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Loss | 15-3 | Taras Bydenko | UD | 10 | 2005-09-28 | Hamburg, Germany | German International heavyweight title. |
| Win | 15-2 | Ihar Shukala | TKO | 3 (8) | 2005-05-21 | Baden, Switzerland | |
| Win | 14-2 | Lukasz Rusiewicz | UD | 8 | 2005-02-26 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Loss | 13-2 | Denis Bakhtov | UD | 10 | 2005-02-11 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| Win | 13-1 | Andrzej Witkowski | UD | 8 | 2004-09-25 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Win | 12-1 | Bruce Oezbek | UD | 8 | 2004-06-12 | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Win | 11-1 | Muslim Biarslanov | SD | 8 | 2003-06-09 | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Win | 10-1 | Mario Stein | TKO | 1 (6) | 2002-09-28 | Stadthalle, Germany | |
| Win | 9-1 | Rudolf Murko | TKO | 1 (6) | 2002-05-20 | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Loss | 8-1 | Kostyantyn Okhrey | TKO | 4 (6) | 2001-06-16 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | Seferi couldn't continue due to a rib-injury. |
| Win | 8-0 | Mihail Gorgoiu | KO | 1 (6) | 2001-05-12 | St. Gallen, Switzerland | |
| Win | 7-0 | Velimir Listes | KO | 1 (6) | 2000-12-09 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Win | 6-0 | Stefan Cirok | TKO | 2 (6) | 2000-08-28 | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Win | 5-0 | Julius Gal | TKO | 3 (6) | 2000-05-20 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Win | 4-0 | Steffen Holtz | KO | 4 (6) | 2000-03-17 | Stuttgart, Germany | |
| Win | 3-0 | Richard Raffesberger | TKO | 3 (6) | 1999-03-10 | Winterthur, Switzerland | |
| Win | 2-0 | František Pacalaj | TKO | 1 (6) | 1999-05-22 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | |
| Win | 1-0 | Miroslav Dzurenda | KO | 1 (6) | 1999-03-31 | Worb, Switzerland | |