Stipe Drews

Stipe Drews
Statistics
Real name	Stipe Drviš
Nickname(s)	Spiderman
Weight(s)	Light Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Nationality	Croatian
Born	(1973-06-08) 8 June 1973 Makarska, Croatia,
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	34
Wins	32
Wins by KO	13
Losses	2
Draws	0
No contests	0

Stipe Drews

Medal record
Representing  Croatia
Men’s Boxing
Mediterranean Games
	Bari 1997	-81 kg.[1]

Stipe Drews, birth name Stipe Drviš (pronounced as STEE-peh DER-vish, born 8 June 1973 in Makarska, Croatia), is a retired Croatian professional boxer. He won the WBA's version of the world light heavyweight championship title on 27 April 2007.

Amateur career

As an amateur he took part at the European championships in 1996, but lost his third fight to the eventual champion Pietro Aurino. In the same year he was nominated for the 1996 Summer Olympics, but lost in the quarter-finals to Seung-Bae Lee. He was second at the Adriatic games in 1997. During his amateur career he was six times Croatian champion. He won 90 fights out of 100.

Amateur highlights

• Amateur Record: 90–10
• 6 time Croatian Champion
• Member of the 1996 Croatian Olympic Team as a Light Heavyweight. His results were:
  • Defeated John Douglas (Guyana) TKO 2
  • Defeated Timur Ibragimov (Uzbekistan) 10–9
  • Lost to Lee Seung-Bae (South Korea) 11–14

Professional career

Drews began his professional career in 1999. On 8 February 2003 he became European champion with a victory over Silvio Branco. After three title defenses he relinquished the title and instead fought against Paul Briggs for the WBC World Championship title. He lost this fight. Drews fought again several times for the European title and won all matches. Two world champion matches were called off. On 28 April 2007, Drews won in Oberhausen, Germany against Silvio Branco, and became the WBA World light heavyweight champion. He lost his title against Australian Danny Green in Perth on 16 December 2007. Drews lost the match on points.^[2]

Personal

Stipe Drews bears the nickname Spiderman which is due to his long arms and his speed. He currently lives in Pula, Croatia with his wife and one child,where he manages his beach bar Pomidor.

In March 2008 Stipe Drews participated in reality show called "Farma" on Croatian Nova TV. After enduring three weeks in the show, he started up a fist fight with 57-year-old photographer Stephen Lupino during live TV broadcast and thus was disqualified from the show.^[3]

Professional boxing record

32 Wins (13 knockouts), 2 Losses[4]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	32–2	Danny Green	UD	12	2007–12–16	Challenge Stadium, Perth, Western Australia	Lost WBA (Regular) Light heavyweight title.
Win	32–1	Silvio Branco	UD	12	2007–04–28	König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia	Won WBA (Regular) Light heavyweight title.
Win	31–1	Kai Kurzawa	UD	12	2006–05–27	Zenith, Munich, Bavaria	Retained EBU Light heavyweight title.
Win	30–1	Antonio Brancalion	UD	12	2006–01–07	Zenith, Munich, Bavaria	Won vacant EBU Light heavyweight title. Retained WBO Inter-Continental Light heavyweight title.
Win	29–1	Omar Gonzalez	UD	12	2005–06–18	Pula Arena, Pula, Istria	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental Light heavyweight title.
Win	28–1	Yameen Muhammad	TKO	1	2005–03–05	Wilhelm Dopatka Halle, Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win	27–1	Ovill McKenzie	UD	8	2004–12–04	Estrel Convention Center, Berlin
Loss	26–1	Paul Briggs	UD	12	2004–08–15	State Sports Centre, Sydney, New South Wales	WBC Light heavyweight title eliminator.
Win	26–0	Kostyantyn Shvets	UD	12	2004–05–08	Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia	Retained EBU Light heavyweight title.
Win	25–0	Olivier Beard	TKO	6	2003–11–18	Universum Gym, Hamburg	Retained EBU Light heavyweight title.
Win	24–0	Kamel Amrane	UD	12	2003–07–12	Wilhelm Dopatka Halle, Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia	Retained EBU and IBF Inter-Continental Light heavyweight titles.
Win	23–0	Silvio Branco	UD	12	2003–02–08	Estrel Convention Center, Berlin	Won vacant EBU Light heavyweight title.
Win	22–0	Lee Manuel Ossie	UD	12	2002–11–23	Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia	Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental Light heavyweight title.
Win	21–0	Faustino Gonzalez	UD	8	2002–09–14	Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
Win	20–0	Mohamed Siluvangi	PTS	8	2002–07–20	Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win	19–0	Yohan Gimenez	PTS	6	2002–04–06	Universum Gym, Hamburg
Win	18–0	Massimiliano Saiani	TKO	3	2002–02–08	Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
Win	17–0	Bruce Özbek	KO	2	2001–11–24	Universum Gym, Hamburg
Win	16–0	Zoltán Béres	PTS	6	2001–09–23	Festzelt, Eddersheim, Hesse
Win	15–0	Talal Santiago	TKO	6	2001–07–21	Tivoli Eissporthalle, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win	14–0	Julius Gal	PTS	6	2001–05–05	Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
Win	13–0	Tamás Elekes	TKO	5	2001–01–27	Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich, Bavaria
Win	12–0	Ridha Soussi	PTS	8	2000–11–25	Preussag Arena, Hanover, Lower Saxony
Win	11–0	Andre Mewis	KO	5	2000–10–01	Universum Gym, Hamburg	Won vacant German International Light heavyweight title.
Win	10–0	Mihai Iftode	PTS	4	2000–06–23	FTC Stadium, Budapest, Central Hungary
Win	9–0	Ivica Cukusic	PTS	6	2000–05–28	Universum Gym, Hamburg
Win	8–0	Stefan Stanko	TKO	2	2000–03–31	St. Gallen, St. Gallen
Win	7–0	Ruben Ruiz	KO	1	2000–02–05	Rhein-Ruhr Halle, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win	6–0	Jaroslav Cepicky	TKO	4	1999–12–11	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg
Win	5–0	Julius Gal	PTS	6	1999–10–23	Ballsporthalle, Frankfurt, Hesse
Win	4–0	Csaba Olah	TKO	5	1999–10–09	König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Win	3–0	László Mikes	KO	4	1999–09–18	Maritim Hotel, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Win	2–0	Philip Houthoofdt	TKO	1	1999–07–10	Sporthalle Augsburg, Augsburg, Bavaria
Win	1–0	Julius Gal	PTS	4	1999–05–22	Sportpalace, Budapest, Central Hungary

See also

• List of WBA world champions

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Stipe Drews from BoxRec