- Firat Arslan
Firat Arslan (born
September 28 ,1970 in Friedberg,Germany ) is a German professional boxer of Turkish descent best known to win a WBA cruiserweight title at the age of 37. He has a fight record of 28 victories with 18 knockouts, 4 defeats and 1 drawProfessional 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 contenderGrigory 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 inValery Brudov . Later that year he bested 43 year oldVirgil Hill for the WBA title. He beat contenderDarnell Wilson on May 3, 2008 in Germany by Unanimous Decision.He lost his title against Panamanian Guillermo Jones in Hamburg, on September 27th, 2008, one day before his birthday.
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