Selçuk Aydın

Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Competitor for  Turkey
European Amateur Championships
Bronze	2002 Perm	Lightweight
Silver	2004 Pula	Lightweight
EU Amateur Championships
Gold	2003 Strasbourg	Lightweight
Silver	2004 Madrid	Lightweight
Silver	2006 Pécs	Lightweight
Mediterranean Games
Silver	2005 Almeíra	Lightweight

Selçuk Aydın (born September 4, 1983) is a Turkish boxer best known for winning several medals in the European Amateur Championships and winning the vacant WBC Silver Welterweight Title as professional boxer by controversially defeating Jo Jo Dan. He is currently considered by many as the most successful Turkish professional boxer. He is still undefeated in europe.

Amateur

As an amateur he fought as a teenager at bantamweight where he won the European U17 title in 1999 and as a grown-up in the lightweight (60 kg) category where he won the European junior title in 2001.

As a senior he won bronze in 2002 and a silver medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia where he lost to Dimitar Stilianov. 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 Dimitar Stilianov.

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.

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 onto 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 is now scheduled to face the undefeated WBC International Champion Viktor Postol in Ukraine, April 2014. The winner will then go onto fight the undefeated Puerto Rican-American: Danny Garcia.

Professional Boxing Record

26 Wins (19 Knockouts), 2 Defeats, 0 Draws
Result	Opponent	Date	Type	Round	Location	Notes
style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A	Viktor Postol	April 2014	N/A	/12	Kiev, Ukraine, Kiev	WBC light welterweight title Eliminator
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	DeMarcus Corley	27/09/2013	RTD	4/12	Tekirdağ Atatürk Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul, Turkey	Won vacant WBC Mediterranean light welterweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Aaron Herrera	27/07/2013	KO	8/10	Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Germany
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Giuseppe Lauri	22/03/2013	MD	10/10	Universal Hall, Berlin, Germany	Won interim PABA light welterweight title
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Jesus Soto Karass	26/01/2013	MD	10/10	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, The Joint, Las Vegas, Nevada
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	Robert Guerrero	28/07/2012	UD	12/12	HP Pavilion, San Jose, California, United States	For WBC Welterweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Jo Jo Dan	26/11/2011	UD	12/12	Spor Salonu, Trabzon, Turkey	Retained WBC Silver Welterweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Roman Dekhkanov	15/07/2011	KO	5/12	EWS Arena, Goeppingen, Germany
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Dzmitry Lubachkin	01/04/2011	KO	1/12	Digibet Pferdesportpark, Berlin, Germany
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Jo Jo Dan	05/06/2010	SD	12/12	Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul, Turkey	Won vacant WBC Silver welterweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Jackson Osei Bonsu	07/11/2009	KO	9/12	BJK Akatlar Arena, Istanbul, Turkey	Won EBU (European) welterweight title - Retained WBC International welterweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Said Ouali	17/04/2009	SD	12/12	Buffalo Bill's Star Arena, Primm, Nevada, USA	Retained WBC International welterweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Luis Hernandez	03/06/2009	TKO	1/12	Kugelbake-Halle, Niedersachsen, Germany	Retained WBC International welterweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Marat Khuzeev	12/09/2008	KO	2/12	Kugelbake-Halle, Niedersachsen, Germany	Retained WBC International welterweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Lucky Lewele	04/26/2008	UD	12/12	Spor Salonu, Trabzon, Turkey	Won WBC International welterweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Farhad Bakirov	15/02/2008	UD	8/8	Zenith - Die Kulturhalle, Munich, Bayern, Germany
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Leonti Vorontsuk	15/02/2008	KO	2/6	Istanbul, Turkey
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Jurijs Boreiko	23/12/2007	TKO	2/8	Maritim Hotel, Halle an der Saale, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Aliaksandr Shnip	23/11/2007	TKO	1/8	Palacio de los deportes, Andoain, País Vasco, Spain
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Sergey Starkov	21/09/2007	TKO	6/8	{Hansehalle, Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Yuri Tsybenko	16/06/2007	KO	2/8	Atatürk Sport Salonu, Ankara, Turkey
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Rastislav Kovac	27/04/2007	TKO	3/8	Arena Gym, Hamburg, Germany
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Diego Martin Alzugaray	24/03/2007	KO	2/8	Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Vitali Martynau	03/09/2007	KO	1/6	Arena Gym, Hamburg, Germany
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Sergejs Savrinovics	02/10/2007	KO	6/6	Hotel Elysee, Rothenbaum, Hamburg, Germany
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Deniss Aleksejevs	27/01/2007	TKO	2/4	Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Jonny Ibramov	15/12/2006	TKO	2/4	Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Marius Bugheata	02/12/2006	KO	1/4	Rhein-Mosel-Halle, Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	Marian Gabris	10/11/2006	TKO	1/4	York Hall, Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany

See also

• List of current WBC international champions

External links

• Selçuk Aydın resmi web sitesi
• 1999 results
• 2001 results
• Selçuk Aydın - Reportage (Turkish | Video)
• Hopes To Challenge Berto For WBC Title
• Professional boxing record for Selçuk Aydın from BoxRec