Dilan Prašović (born 25 December 1994) is a Montenegrin

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who challenged for the

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cruiserweight title in 2021.

Professional career

After over 100 fights in the amateur ranks, Prašović made his professional debut on 25 October 2014, beating Aleksandar Petrović on

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Budva Budva ( cnr, Будва, or ) is a Montenegrin town on the Adriatic Sea. It has 19,218 inhabitants, and it is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budva riviera, is the center of Montenegrin tourism, kno ...

. After a 7–0 start, he earned his first title shot on 13 April 2018, stopping Máté Kristóf in the second round to claim the vacant

Youth cruiserweight title. He retained once – a first-round

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(KO) of Angelo Venjakob less than two months later. He entered the top ten of the WBO rankings for the first time in April 2019 after a second-round

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(TKO) victory over Juan Ezequiel Basualdo that moved him to 11–0. He ended the year with two more wins and a #3 spot in the rankings. In January 2020, the WBO ordered a final eliminator between Prašović and the #4 ranked cruiserweight Edin Puhalo, which Prašović won convincingly on 23 October to become world title challenger.

Professional boxing record

Personal life

In February 2020 he was honored by his hometown of

Herceg Novi Herceg Novi ( cyrl, Херцег Нови, ) is a coastal town in Montenegro located at the Western entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of the Herceg Novi Municipality with around 33,000 in ...

for his sporting achievements in the past year.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prasovic, Dilan Living people 1994 births Montenegrin male boxers Cruiserweight boxers Sportspeople from Kotor People from Herceg Novi