Stjepan Božić

Not to be confused with Stipe Božić.
Stjepan Božić
Statistics
Rated at super middleweight
Height 5 ft 10 ½ in (179cm)
Nationality Croatian
Born 23 October 1974
Brežice, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 40
Wins 29
Wins by KO 19
Losses 11
Draws 0
No contests 0

Stjepan Božić (born October 23, 1974 in Brežice, Slovenia) is a Croatian super middleweight boxer. He won the title of World Boxing Foundation (WBFo) world champion on June 6, 2005 fighting against Australian Nader Hamdan.[1] He successfully defended the title on December 2 in the same year versus Argentinian Julio Vasquez.[1][2]

He won the WBA intercontinental title versus Danish Lolenga Mock.[3] After several defenses of the WBA intercontinental title, Božić landed a shot at the WBA world title, losing to Dimitri Sartison by sixth round TKO.

Private life

Stjepan has been married to Angelina since 2005. The couple had two kids Dominik and Matej.[4] In April 2010 Stjepan announced that he is divorcing.[4][5]

Professional boxing record [6]

28 Wins (19 knockouts, 9 decisions), 7 Losses (4 knockouts, 3 decisions), 0 Draws
Res. Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 29–11Poland Michal Gerlecki TKO 4 (8) 2015-03-14 Poland Lubin
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 29–10Poland Marek Matyja TKO 3 (8) 2015-01-31 Poland Torun
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 29–9Germany Tyron Zeuge RTD 5 (12) 2014-12-06 Germany Oldenburg For IBF International super middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 29–8Slovakia Miroslav Kvocka UD 6 2014-08-03 Croatia Novalja
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 28–8Russia Fedor Chudinov RTD 5 (12) 2014-03-23 Russia Noginsk For vacant WBC CIS and Slovenian Boxing Bureau (CISBB) super middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 28–7Georgia (country) Paata Varduashvili RTD 4 (8) 2013-12-19 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 27–7Croatia Edo Čavrk TKO 2 (8) 2013-11-24 Croatia Zagreb
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 26–7United Kingdom James DeGale RTD 4 (12) 2013-06-08 United Kingdom Greenhithe For WBC Silver super middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 26–6Croatia Gordan Glišić TKO 2 (8) 2012-11-23 Croatia Pula
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 25–6Serbia Miša Nikolić KO 2 (6) 2012-03-24 Montenegro Nikšić
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 24–6Germany Henry Weber SD 8 2011-10-01 Germany Neubrandenburg
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 24–5Germany Arthur Abraham TKO 2 (10) 2011-02-12 Germany Muelheim
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 24–4Hungary Gyula Gaspar TKO 2 (8) 2010-04-09 Slovenia Ljubljana
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 23–4Germany Dimitri Sartison TKO 6 (12) 2009-11-21 Germany Kiel For vacant WBA World super middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 23–3Slovakia Joseph Sovijus TKO 3 (8) 2008-12-17 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 22–3Armenia Roman Aramian UD 12 2008-07-25 Croatia Novalja Retained WBA Inter-Continental super middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 21–3Belgium Djamel Selini TKO 8 (12) 2008-03-29 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg Retained WBA Inter-Continental super middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 20–3Denmark Lolenga Mock UD 12 2007-08-02 Croatia Pag Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental super middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 19-3Slovakia Stefan Stanko TKO 3 (6) 2007-01-26 Croatia Rijeka
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 18–3Ukraine Vitaliy Tsypko TKO 2 (8) 2006-09-23 Germany Wetzlar
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 18–2Russia David Gogiya SD 8 2006-03-04 Germany Oldenburg
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 18–1Argentina Julio César Vásquez RTD 7 (12) 2005-12-02 Croatia Zadar Retained World Boxing Foundation super middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 17–1Australia Nader Hamdan UD 12 2005-04-06 Croatia Zagreb Won vacant World Boxing Foundation super middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 16–1Romania Octavian Stoica DQ 2 (8) 2005-03-26 France Besançon
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 15–1France Wilfried Visee Rivelli UD 8) 2004-10-21 France Levallois-Perret
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 14–1Portugal Eliseo Nogueira UD 8 2004-03-20 France Lyon
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 13–1France Karim Bennama UD 8 2003-10-10 France Marseille
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 12–1Portugal Eliseo Nogueira UD 8 2004-03-20 France Levallois-Perret
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 11–1Hungary Andras Lukats KO 3 (6) 2003-05-03 Croatia Vukovar
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 10–1France Youssef Temsoury TKO 6 (8) 2003-02-24 France Levallois-Perret
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 9–1Slovakia Stefan Stanko TKO 3 (10) 2002-11-24 Croatia Rijeka
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 8–1Armenia Morahir Babayan TKO 2 (8) 2002-07-13 France Palavas-les-Flots
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 7–1Montenegro Milojko Pivljanin TKO 3 (6) 2002-04-13 Croatia Zagreb
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 6–1France Aime Bafounta PTS 8 2001-12-22 France Orléans
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 6–0Colombia Ricardo Simarra UD 6 2001-09-15 Morocco Agadir
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 5–0Slovakia Stefan Stanko TKO 3 (6) 2001-05-28 France Levallois-Perret
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 4–0Italy Giovanni Jemma TKO 6 2001-04-01 France Le Cannet
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 3–0Algeria Karim Gherbi TKO 4 (6) 2001-02-16 France Mont-de-Marsan
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 2–0Algeria Miloud Chinoun TKO 4 (6) 2000-11-30 France Élancourt
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 1–0Slovakia Tibor Horvath TKO 5 (6) 2000-09-16 France Châteauroux Professional debut

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.worldboxingfoundation.com/champions/wbf-world-championship-history
  2. ↑ http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/stjepan-bozic-obranio-naslov-svjetskog-prvaka/294750.aspx
  3. ↑ http://www.saddoboxing.com/9320-gabriel-campillo-lolenga-mock.html>
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.tportal.hr/showtime/estrada/63062/Razvodi-se-boksac-Stjepan-Bozic.html
  5. ↑ http://www.vecernji.hr/scena/rastaju-se-boksac-stjepan-bozic-supruga-angelina-clanak-123595
  6. ↑ "BoxRec". Retrieved 15 March 2015.