Firat Arslan

Firat Arslan (Turkish: Fırat Arslan born on 28 September 1970 in Friedberg) is a German professional boxer of Turkish descent best known for winning the WBA title in Cruiserweight division at the age of 37.

Professional career

Southpaw Arslan began his professional career in 1997 and won his first 13 fights with aggressive brawling before dropping back to back decisions to Collice Mutizwa and Rüdiger May. His biggest success in the early phase of his career was a draw against unbeaten Russian Vadim Tokarev in 2003 but he lost his next fight to Czech Lubos Suda. In 2005 he beat local hero Alexander Petkovic and his career picked up momentum. His big breakthrough was entirely unexpected,though, as he managed to not only dominate but also KO unbeaten Russian fringe contender Grigory Drozd. For that he got a title shot in July 2007 and captured the Interim WBA Cruiserweight Title with a split decision win over yet another Russian in Valery Brudov. Later that year he bested 43-year-old Virgil Hill for the WBA title. He beat contender Darnell Wilson on May 3, 2008 in Germany by Unanimous Decision.

He lost his title against Panamanian Guillermo Jones in Hamburg, on September 27, 2008, one day before his birthday. After the loss to Jones, Arslan took an extended leave from boxing and returned almost two years later to face unheralded Steve Hérélius for the interim title. Arslan was in front but at the end of the 11th round he was unable to continue because of a syncope.

Arslan recently fought Yoan Pablo Hernandez for a chance to take Hernandez's Cruiserweight belt, but lost in a tightly contested match^[2] with scores of: 115-113, 116-113, and 113-115.

Professional boxing record

36 Wins (22 knockouts, 13 decisions), 8 Losses (3 knockouts, 5 decisions), 1 Draw
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	36-8-2	Paata Aduashvili	KO	2 (12)	2015-11-07	Ludwigsburg	Win vacant WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council cruiserweight title.
Win	35-8-2	Gyula Bozai	UD	8	2015-05-02	Dachau
Loss	34-8–2	Yoan Pablo Hernández	SD	12	2014-08-16	Erfurt	For IBF and The Ring Cruiserweight titles.
Win	34-7-2	Tamas Bajzath	UD	8	07/06/2014	Schwerin
Loss	33-7-2	Marco Huck	TKO	6	25/01/2014	Stuttgart	For WBO Cruiserweight Title.
Win	33-6-2	Varol Vekiloglu	UD	10	27/04/2013	Hamburg
Loss	32-6-2	Marco Huck	UD	12	03/11/2012	Halle	For WBO Cruiserweight Title.
Draw	32-5-2	Alexander Alekseev	MD	12	11/05/2012	Nürburg	For EBU Cruiserweight Title.
Win	32-5-1	Orlando Antonio Farias	TKO	2	28/01/2012	Rotherbaum
Win	31-5-1	Lubos Suda	TKO	5	15/07/2011	Göppingen	Won IBF International Cruiserweight Title.
Win	30-5-1	Michal Bilak	TKO	3	01/04/2011	Lichtenberg
Loss	29-5-1	Steve Hérélius	RTD	11	03/07/2010	Stuttgart	For WBA Cruiserweight Title.
Loss	29-4-1	Guillermo Jones	TKO	10	27/09/2008	Hamburg	Lost WBA Cruiserweight Title.
Win	29-3-1	Darnell Wilson	UD	12	03/05/2008	Stuttgart	Retained WBA Cruiserweight Title.
Win	28-3-1	Virgil Hill	UD	12	24/11/2007	Dresden	Won WBA Cruiserweight Title.
Win	27-3-1	Valery Brudov	SD	12	16/06/2007	Budapest	Won WBA interim Cruiserweight Title.
Win	26-3-1	Grigory Drozd	TKO	5	28/10/2006	Stuttgart	WBA Cruiserweight Title Eliminator.
Win	25-3-1	Gabor Halasz	TKO	2	23/05/2006	Ptuj	Retained WBO Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title.
Win	24-3-1	Carlos Cruzat	UD	12	15/11/2005	Göppingen	Retained WBO Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title.
Win	23-3-1	Wlodek Kopec	KO	1	28/05/2005	Stuttgart
Win	22-3-1	Alexander Petkovic	TKO	7	18/01/2005	Cuxhaven	Won WBO Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title.
Win	21-3-1	Lee Manuel Ossie	UD	10	31/07/2004	Stuttgart	Won EBU EU Cruiserweight Title.
Win	20-3-1	Marco Heinichen	KO	5	20/03/2004	Cologne	Won BDB Cruiserweight Title.
Win	19-3-1	Mircea Telecan	TKO	2	17/01/2004	Koblenz
Loss	18-3-1	Lubos Suda	UD	12	12/12/2003	Prague	For WBA Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title.
Draw	18-2-1	Vadim Tokarev	PTS	12	16/08/2003	Nürburg	For IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title.
Win	18-2	Bruce Oezbek	UD	10	24/05/2003	Neuwied	Won German International Cruiserweight Title.
Win	17-2	Mircea Telecan	TKO	2	07/09/2002	Neuwied
Win	16-2	Cosmin Pocora	KO	1	15/06/2002	Neuwied
Win	15-2	Mihai Iftode	PTS	4	08/06/2002	Giessen
Win	14-2	Mark Hobson	TKO	7	08/10/2001	Barnsley
Loss	13-2	Rüdiger May	UD	10	19/05/2001	Cologne	For BDB Cruiserweight Title.
Loss	13-1	Collice Mutizwa	PTS	6	08/12/2000	Crystal Palace
Win	13-0	Tony Booth	TKO	2	31/10/2000	Hammersmith
Win	12-0	Chris Woollas	TKO	2	13/07/2000	Bethnal Green
Win	11-0	Yves Monsieur	KO	2	27/05/2000	Koblenz
Win	10-0	Zoltan Petranyi	KO	3	16/10/1999	Koblenz
Win	9-0	Zoltán Béres	PTS	8	21/08/1999	Dresden
Win	8-0	Frantisek Pacalaj	TKO	2	19/06/1999	Vienna
Win	7-0	Zoltan Kovacs	KO	1	27/03/1999	Dresden
Win	6-0	Wesly Dramasky	KO	2	14/11/1998	Koblenz
Win	5-0	Patrik Akerlund	SD	6	22/07/1998	Outrup
Win	4-0	Ladislav Olah	TKO	2	21/04/1998	Leganés
Win	3-0	Roman Nikodem	KO	2	29/11/1997	Ingelmunster
Win	2-0	Kevin Mitchell	PTS	4	02/09/1997	Southwark
Win	1-0	Zsolt Janko	PTS	4	25/01/1997	Stuttgart	Professional debut.

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Firat Arslan from BoxRec